A review by brekaboujie
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White

challenging 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

4.0

Look. I'm not built for horror. This was genuinely extremely disturbing at points and I had to skip one of the scenes because it was so horrendously visceral but at the same time this book was brilliant. I've never read such an authentic and unapologetic depiction of trans and autistic identity. There were parts of this that made me so hopeful and there were parts that made me want to absolutely burn the world down and kill every man. This was extremely good. But also, don't read this if you are not into legitimate horror in the classical, horrifying themes sense. I'm surprised this is a YA book as well?? As it's again. Absolutely horrifying. Anyways. Excellent ending, so if you can stomach the gore and abuse then it does leave you feeling somewhat satisfied and ... vindicated? Perhaps the wrong word. But good lord, it's intense.

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