Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

573 reviews

kirahietala's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was upsetting and I loved every bit of it. Not for the faint of heart - check your trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

whatisnotyours's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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There was a lit to like in this book,  but overall I think there were so many concepts and plot crammed in we didn’t get to fully explore the world. The supernatural elements and structure of magic were explained in a superficial sense but I wanted to know much more about the structure of  the society  as well as charactere motivation. (especially the main character's brother!)

Points for aheartfelt love story and going beyond the usual YA horror tropes!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

olliek118's review against another edition

4.75

dark reflective 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Dysphoria

Minor: Miscarriage

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

corbinius's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative inspiring tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Lesbophobia

lemonbugs's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark 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 love u Silas i love u Daphne. be fearless forever

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content

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

hollylayne22's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion

Moderate: Child death, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide attempt

Minor: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

ellislily's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

jennazim's review against another edition

5.0

challenging 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: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Abortion