Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

357 reviews

kiramydeara's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Abortion

Moderate: Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

Minor: Rape

inkstainedghosts13's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Amazing, read all in one night. Amazing trans and neurodivergent representation. Got the Gothic style perfectly. Fantastic book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

bsilliam's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

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, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Dysphoria

captainpiika's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abortion, Dysphoria

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide attempt

bethany_paige's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Sexism, Transphobia, Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault

there’s gore, but described mostly clinically through the mc’s POV. The goriest descriptions are probably when a character attempts an abortion on herself and when the MC murders someone brutally.

bucketofaxolotls's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Sexism, Suicide, Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Self harm

spookyyzoeyy's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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: Yes

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I deeply resonated with this book as it showed a afab person struggling with neurodivergence, sexuality, and gender. I ran through this book, and I loved th  late 1800s setting. I was not expecting the twists, especially at the end. I'm glad everyone had their own ending that was great. I wish I could read more about after the epilogue, but I'm happy to end there as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Medical content

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Vomit

ktv's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a super dark, icky, horror YA and I loved it. The medical content and Silas’ special interest in surgery was really cool. I actually learned a lot. The imagery was all so vivid. 

The way the plot was going was predictable for me, which is saying a lot, because I’m not good with catching foreshadowing and stuff.

I had a hunch that there were nefarious things going on in the basement since the beginning, because that’s the most obvious ending/trope tbh, and it wasn’t confirmed for me until they mentioned the dressing room later in the book, and I remembered that there was the bump under the rug. Also I knew Louise sent out the letters bc it was always insinuated that she was the coward and she never takes action so it was obvious when she left the dorm with the ribbon and something in her pocket. Who else could’ve had access to them other than her and Silas?

There was a lot of repetition and it was really hammered into me that Silas is autistic. After a while, I was like “okay, I get it, I REMEMBER what he’s like and how he acts bc of his autism”. Some of it could’ve been edited out in my opinion. Because of this, it feels like it was written for a younger YA audience.  (Or I just don’t know what the reading level for older teens around Silas’ age is like 💀)

I’m glad that they were able to have their happy ever after after everything that they’ve been through.

that being said, it sucks that not all the girls were able to survive and truly live their lives. I was too optimistic to think that Isabella would make it but I really wanted her to because she was so important to Silas.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, War

sammysamsam's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment

thewritetofight's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious 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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I ate this book up. It was right up my alley and the way the characters are written feels raw and real. I enjoyed the whole read, and the plot twists were very well written- as was everything else

The fact that violet eyes are a very prominent feature in this book made me worried because all I could think of is the Y/Ns of fan fiction with violet eyes, but that notion quickly went away when I realized that is nothing like that lol💜💜

I also love the romance between Silas and Daphne!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Dysphoria

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Pregnancy