Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

382 reviews

crabs_with_sticks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma

quitethespectacle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

An incredible book. Visceral and cutting - it pierced me to the core. I read the whole thing over less than 48 hours and am sorely tempted to immediately begin it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Outing, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

Minor: Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Terminal illness, Cannibalism, Colonisation, War, and Classism

Eye gore

Vivisection

Wrist injury

Self surgery

alexandramtrawick's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, and Abortion

yellowjelly's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

Probably one of the best written books I’ve read in my life. The constant motif of the rabbit Silas has to ignore honestly just brung the book together so nicely. The autistic representation in the book is so well written i am lost for words. Ive never felt so seen and so heard. The long discussions of Silas internal struggle of identity and what he wants in life made me love him so dearly and he and Daphne is the only couple I’ve ever truly loved.  Their love and devotion to each other and the deep understanding of what the other needs Is something I’ve never seen before and craved so deeply. One thing I found hard to read is the constant misogyny, I had a hard time reading how the women were being treated and constantly had to stop reading because of it. the pacing of the book is quite uneven like Andrew whites other book hell followed with us but i think it works much better in this book. The middle is slow but it fleshes out every character well enough that the ending is smooth, we know what each character wants and the twists pull at heart strings so much more. Now my only true sadness is how andrew white always writes such amazing worlds, characters and stories and then leave us with only one book in the world. I wish to see more of this universe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Torture and Violence

Minor: Rape

if you feel uncomfortable about misogyny, pregnancy and sexual assault I don’t recommend you read this book, its amazing discussion for womens rights but it might be a lot to handle especially if your dealing with something. The victim blaming and names they call women of assault was a lot to handle

cassius_orion's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, and Pedophilia

whatamidoing_rn's review against another edition

5.0

This book was so good. Also for the content warning I couldn’t be bothered to put them in the accurate boxes so some of the stuff isn’t extremely detailed, I was just lazy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

dogoodwithbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Gore, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage and Vomit

ellithedino's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

readwithjulia_'s review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

⊹ ࣪ ˖ the spirit bares its teeth - andrew joseph white ⊹ ࣪ ˖

★★★★☆

[thank you NetGalley & Daphne Press for this e-ARC copy of the book in exchange for an honest review; the book is out in the UK on 6th of August ‘24]

WOW! where do i start? 

the author’s style of writing is so enthralling and despite just how gory the book was at times, i still couldn’t stop reading to find out what happens next! as a cis neurodivergent woman, it’s interesting to me how much i related to Silas; the portrayal of his struggles was just wow, eye opening! i think that the all of the themes - while at times extremely graphic, were handled with a lot of care and well-intended so it made this read very interesting & relatable/emotional! 

die hard stan of Elias and Daphne 💘

honestly the best way i can describe this book, is AHS coven (season 3) & asylum (season 2) slightly crossed over with bridgerton; but the protagonist is an autistic trans teenager who wants to be a surgeon - does that even make sense? i think it does - if you read this book, you’ll get it! 

i think the only drawback which is why i haven’t rated this a 5*, is that at times it felt like there were too many characters without much character building (more specifically the other girls), i found it slightly confusing keeping up who was who up until about 80% in; likewise i felt the same about the different “main themes” of the book at the beginning - i.e., i couldn’t really understand the purpose of the veil, how it works, whether there was magic involved or was it all paranormal? i feel like these were kind of resolved towards the end but i did feel quite confused for at least the first half of the book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Deadnaming, Death, Gore, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

arytia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Transphobia, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia, Self harm, Torture, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail