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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

143 reviews

kerryem's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Body horror, Gore, Abortion, Death, Ableism, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Forced institutionalization, and Dysphoria

breadbummer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

It's been maybe five years since the last time I remember being so engrossed with a book! For once, I'm so glad I judged a book by its cover (it's a pretty neat cover), as The Spirit Bares Its Teeth has just about everything I could want from a story.

• Trans protagonist (written by a trans author) ✅
• Murder mystery ✅
• Set in the Victorian era ✅
• Upfront trigger warnings ✅
• VENGEANCE!!!! (no bs about forgiveness) ✅

I cannot recommend this novel enough!! As I said, though, please note the HEFTY list of content warnings before jumping in. White makes sure to cover the big hitters like anti-transness and ableism, but it should also be noted that

abortion

(among many other things) has its very graphic moment.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Abortion, Sexism, Self harm, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Death, Deadnaming, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Torture, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Dysphoria, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Blood, Child death, Body horror, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Transphobia, and Ableism

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Lesbophobia, Rape, Colonisation, and Vomit

Minor: Infertility, Animal death, Genocide, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

There was no specific option for animal dissections or something close enough to it listed here, so I thought I'd make note of it. Everything that is done to animals in this book is post-mortem, though it's still graphic.

cluelessavian's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Ableism, Abortion, Torture, Body horror, Medical content, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Deadnaming, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Cursing, Outing, Vomit, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape and Miscarriage

somersaf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

After reading the trigger warnings, I was a tad worried if this would be too much. I found that everything that was used was touched on delicately, and not in vain, which I appreciated.

I enjoyed reading this book, and spent the whole day on edge the further in I got. I will say I was not ready for

Daphne's father to want to marry Silas

. There were some twists I expected, and all worked well! I would love to read a sequel on

if/how the group go about revenge against George.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Transphobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Pregnancy and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage

kb_icarus3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

holy f*ck. ajw, you good bro? w love ❤️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

soren4713's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Gore

Moderate: Transphobia, Pedophilia, and Abortion

Minor: Miscarriage

snleck's review against another edition

dark inspiring 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Dysphoria, Body horror, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Pregnancy, Murder, Misogyny, Hate crime, Transphobia, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Physical abuse, Outing, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Deadnaming, Bullying, Body shaming, Death of parent, Death, Confinement, Child death, Blood, Torture, Self harm, Lesbophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Abortion

queersubtext's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Abortion, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, Transphobia, Murder, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Violence, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Torture, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Outing, Dysphoria, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pedophilia and Miscarriage

greeneerie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

oh my GOD

Despite having read the warnings, I did not expect this book to be so heavy. Not that that is a bad thing, the writing was wonderful and I loved the book even more because of this, it's just not something I had prepared myself for. I've read White's other book, "Hell Followed With Us", and while it dealt with some similar/equally as heavy topics, it wasn't quite so graphic in its descriptions and depictions of them. TSBIT is AMAZING, just be prepared if you're going in expecting it to be light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Violence, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Ableism, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Deadnaming

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Rape, Pregnancy, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Transphobia, Lesbophobia, and Miscarriage

quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, Misogyny, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Body horror, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Transphobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Confinement, Deadnaming, Rape, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Abortion, and Pregnancy