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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

166 reviews

yassassin's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Classism

ita_am's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Excrement, Grief, Abandonment

Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit

very, very graphic medical descriptions

phvntomstvrs's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional 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: Complicated

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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth brought me to tears and I loved every moment of reading it. Much like White's debut novel, I felt unable to put this down until I finished it and it tugged at my heartstrings with every turn of the plot. I LOVE to see autistic trans guy rep, and my own experiences with sanism made me feel emotional in the best way about Silas in this novel. The ending felt so sweet and open to interpretations of what our protagonists do afterwards- and I for one hope they're burning down the speaker society. fuck the speakers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Deadnaming, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Mental illness, Rape, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt

daybeonemay's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Cursing

Minor: Deadnaming, Rape, Sexual assault

charleyyyyy's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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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This book made me cry out of the sheer relief of being seen and understood🥲❤️‍🩹

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

athenian_frog's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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LISTEN LISTEN take this from a cisgender person I was GLUED TO MY CHAIR, binged this in two days. Cried. Whole spectrum of emotions felt here. 

The way this captures the anxiety queer people can feel around their safety/coming out…the way it highlighted how meaningful finding people like or who accept you. How  insecurities and self preservation can make you comply w/ crazy shit…PLUS the themes of how women and LGBTQ ppl were constantly let down by the medical system??? I was sold. 

The gore and creepy vibes hit so hard. You feel actual revulsion and fear around what they do to the women and MC in the story.  I also really liked that everyone had a role to play. Even the side characters were dynamic, did things that surprised me. 

There is some romance, but it’s not too sudden or unnatural. And it feels like it fits their characters.  They’re honestly just really cute, and a nice touch to whenever some horrific fuckshit goes down. The friendships are tense, but you can tell the girls at the institute care about each other. Some show this in different ways than others. 

Lowkey, I  wish the last twist wasn’t actually another malicious character, but I could see it being the case. The seeds were there, but I thought by then the point had already been made. But in general, I had an actual blast.


PLEASE READ THE CONTENT WARNINGS BEFORE READING!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Outing, Gaslighting, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism

-Depiction of a rabbit being strangled to death -Discussion of animal dissection -Graphic suturing of innards and tissue. -Cruel and unusual punishment of girls and one’s spouse (glass in shoes, in one instance) -Heavy, period typical sexism -Medical gaslighting of women with violet eyes, similar to attitudes towards “hysteria” -Implied rape and impregnation of a teenage girl - Objectification of women of a certain class (violet eyes) - Dysphoric thoughts, insecurities about not looking masculine enough as a trans man -Depiction of forced institutionalization -Depiction of someone who has had their teeth, tongue, and eyes removed -Graphic imaginings of hysterectomy -A middle aged man marries a fourteen year old and gets her pregnant, this is seen as acceptable for him to do by most except for the MC and select characters -Characters are vivisected, and we get brief descriptions of their bodies after and what they may have gone through - Girls are asked inappropriate questions about their sexual behavior/shamed for masturbating or having sex with the same gender -Several characters die either: stabbed to death, frozen to death, vivisected. -Someone tries to cut themself open and abort a fetus, while the MC tries to help them out. The scene is graphic. -Graphic choking, abuse from authority figures. -Graphic physical child abuse, such as slamming your child’s head on a desk, and emotional abuse, such as misgendering and calling names. -Two important side characters try to gaslight the MC in different ways. -Girls in this book are constantly pressured to comply with any desires of a man, to whatever cost. They have sex with them (heavily implied), grit and bear while they are called bitches and cunts by men who see them as disobedient. -A character (GORE)

rips someone’s eyeballs out and chews on the optic nerve.

zombiezami's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 10%

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I liked Hell Followed With Us, and I LOVED Compound Fracture, but this Andrew Joseph White title is too gross for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, Dysphoria

meganista's review against another edition

5.0

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dysphoria

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

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