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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated

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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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Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth... and sinks them into your throat, taking you along this dark journey into the pit of hell and out again. I listened to the audiobook version in less than a day and couldn't walk away. Raphael Corkhill does an AMAZING job narrating this fictional account of a transman trying to survive a conversion sanatorium and bring down the evil Spiritualist  organisation behind it in Victorian England. 

This is ultimately a story of triumph, of self-acceptance, and of finding your family. While being an incredible story with so much richness, and true horror, both real and paranormal, it is extremely heavy when it comes to LGBTQIA+ and women's rights and how they were treated in this era. This isn't a book for the faint of heart, even though it does have a happy ending. 

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I want to throw up in the best kinda of way.

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Loveable characters: Yes
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This balanced the dichotomy of queer rage and queer tenderness better than I could have ever hoped. Loved this book so much, what a masterpiece.

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Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was a great historical fiction novel centering a trans man. Now i want to read everything else by this author. It is VERY GORY as a heads up. So gripping & thrilling, i loved it. Incredible detail for a medical nerd like me. Only not a 5 star because there was little to no mention of race, except in notes by the author outside the story.
“I hope the scalpel is kind to you. I hope your sutures heal clean”

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Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

what a fun, fantastically horrific and gorey experience this book was. i absolutely adore silas and how even without ever giving a name to what he's going through, you just Know because the way he talks about it is so so genuine. not only about his transness, but his autism as well. i think the way silas incorporates anatomy and surgical procedure into all his analogies and literary devices as a narrator is an amazing way to showcase his hyperfixation!! love love love everything about this book. t4t rep is everything ❤️

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