Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

145 reviews

thehmkane's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Body shaming, Violence, Homophobia, Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Miscarriage, Abortion, Blood, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Trafficking, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Classism and Colonisation

sarahotto's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Rape, Misogyny, Death, Gore, Self harm, Murder, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Forced institutionalization, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Blood, Sexual assault, Deadnaming, Physical abuse, and Sexism

readingradie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

God, I loved this. The horror of it. The transness of it. If I could read this again to experience it for the first time, I would in a heartbeat. 

The slow reveal was wonderful and the growing horrific realization what was happening was so well written. When the reason Mrs. Forrester's limp is revealed I had to physically look away. God, this was so good.

Also, please heed the content warnings, it gets wild in this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Self harm, Sexual assault, Medical content, Deadnaming, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Rape, Transphobia, Abortion, Body horror, Domestic abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Miscarriage

multiple Victorian Era surgeries done by the protagonist,

descriptions of: dead bodies, severe injuries, gore, literal torture that the person likes, the sexual assault isn't aggressive but I'm not very sensitive to it, the protagonist describing operating on dead animals for practice.

raen_sketches's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Deadnaming, Death, Violence, Sexism, Abortion, Medical content, and Child abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, and Vomit

Minor: Rape and Miscarriage

chainingbooks'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Torture, Misogyny, Gore, Murder, Blood, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual assault

Minor: Pregnancy and Miscarriage

thesunghost's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Blood, Violence, Murder, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Gore, Ableism, Body horror, Death, Medical content, and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Miscarriage, Deadnaming, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Child death

aria_ac's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Transphobia, Death, Body horror, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Abortion, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Misogyny, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Bullying, Confinement, and Rape

Minor: Colonisation and Animal death

agodfrey_gardens's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

The type of book that leaves you staring at the ceiling and feeling hollow inside, like your organs were taken out and inspected against the light, by the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Forced institutionalization, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Transphobia, Confinement, and Pregnancy

rashi's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

I loved “Hell Followed with us” but in this book I found the writing to be a tad insufferable… the inner dialogue just didn’t feel realistic to me, and I found the main character Silas to be… a bit of a caricature of what he was supposed to be? Things just felt a little too on the nose, and I felt like I was reading someone write a story, instead of feeling the story???? Does that make sense??? But I did find the story to be engaging, it just didn’t stick out to me very mu

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Blood, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, Body horror, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Self harm

lori_larsson's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

This book is VERY dark in subject matter and full of body horror. It's YA maybe only in word density and sentence structure, if that makes any sense--I'd really have to know the young adult before I would say they were reay for this. But there is a good author's letter in the beginning explaining what the reader is about to get into.  I finished this book in 2 days because I could barely put it down, but I was shaking my head the whole time. It was a wild ride. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Deadnaming, Miscarriage, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Dysphoria, Medical content, Mental illness, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Medical trauma