Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

362 reviews

rosekimknits's review against another edition

3.5

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Interesting but extremely gory and gruesome. That combined with the language makes this not at all appropriate for children. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Antisemitism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

kurumipanda's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Outing, Gaslighting

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Miscarriage

torismazarine's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

sandreline's review against another edition

5.0

mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Genuinely lives up to the hype.

Absolutely crazy that this is categorized as YA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts

pgt's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Vomit, Colonisation, War

silentserennity's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The Sprit Bares Its Teeth is excellent. I've reread this book several times,  my copy is annotated to the nines and is actually starting to fall apart from all of the abuse I've put it through. Silas is an excellent protagonist, being everything that the Speaker Society despises: queer, autistic, and strong despite everything he's forced through throughout the book's plot. Watching his growth throughout the story legitimately made me cry, being autistic and suffering from anxiety myself. The main plot was absolutely delicious in how horrifyingly grounded in reality it is, despite the supernatural elements. The other characters are also incredibly written, they really do feel like real people with three dimensional goals and actual feelings about what's happening around them, which only makes the tragedy hit all that much harder. I would die for Daphne, she's perfect, 10/10 no notes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Transphobia

reading_iz's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Deadnaming, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Animal death, Rape

capmoons's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Dysphoria

spence_314159's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved this. The author's writing is phenomenal. I will forever recommend this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Torture, Transphobia

Minor: Rape

gellyreads's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Dark, gruesome, and gripping. I can see how some would not enjoy this, and I feel like the author poured a lot of his trauma into this, but I enjoyed a lot of this book. The magic sense and world building were on point, and it was incredibly easy to root for many of the heroes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment