Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

671 reviews

slimygf's review against another edition

5.0

dark 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: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

efsparks's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual assault, Transphobia

meowmeow580's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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incredible, delicious, scary, tense, horrific. This book will live in my head for the rest of time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

judah_g's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense slow-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Transphobia

taurusundead's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

cancersun's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Gore, Transphobia

Minor: Sexual assault

junebug555's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

xcameronfx's review against another edition

5.0

emotional 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: Yes

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I absolutely loved this book - thank you to Lexi aka newlynova for the recommendation!! I already can't wait for the sequel, and I pretty much never read books other than standalone novels. Such good trans, queer, and autistic representation, and covered a really wide range of important topics that I think YA novels tend to shy away from. This definitely didn't read like a stereotypical YA fantasy/fiction; it treated the reader with respect and didn't try and "dumb down" the difficult themes or language for a younger audience. White's style of writing is clear yet descriptive: I felt like I could see Braxton's and the spirit veil, as well as each of the characters.

Daphne and Silas's relationship is so wonderful and wholesome, and the relief that Silas felt at finding someone like him was so palpable it almost made me tear up.

I would highly recommend this book to (both adult and YA) fans of horror, historical fiction, and even fantasy!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Transphobia, Blood, Medical content, Abortion

Moderate: Sexual assault

fenyx_'s review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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yes yes yes yes!!! andrew joseph white i love u, this was fucking beautiful, and i wish i could read more. hell yeah t4t relationships one day this will become a tv show and i’ll be damned if i’m not on the crew. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault

cuddlethulhu's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail