5.52k reviews for:

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White

4.51 AVERAGE

rowanbooker's review

4.75

adventurous 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: Yes

sunnida_y's review against another edition

5.0

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This book made me feel so many pleasantly unpleasant emotions. It’s been awhile since I’ve felt so seen and immersed in a book.

tyrannosaur's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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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This was absolutely incredible, I think it gave such an amazing insight into some of the terrors of being different in the Victorian era. I was terrified and on the edge of my seat for every single page. Will forever recommend this book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail

okgm's review

3.25

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

whimsically_ours's review

4.0

dark emotional sad fast-paced

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

strangie's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

taaaaammy's review against another edition

4.0

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

laurahel98's review

5.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

delaney_de_spain's review

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wyrdwit's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated