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A review by chelseazhao
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
4.0
This was a very uncomfortable read, but that's not to say that it was a bad thing.
There is a lot of medical terminology and surgery. So we do have body parts and bodily fluids throughout.
This is also a book set in the 1800's. And even though we do have light fantasy elements, we get to experience what some of the women of this time had to endure at the hands of the men who want to keep them down and break them.
I also felt that the body dysmorphia that our main character experienced was well done, although uncomfortable to read. I really felt what he was going through.
There is a lot of medical terminology and surgery. So we do have body parts and bodily fluids throughout.
This is also a book set in the 1800's. And even though we do have light fantasy elements, we get to experience what some of the women of this time had to endure at the hands of the men who want to keep them down and break them.
I also felt that the body dysmorphia that our main character experienced was well done, although uncomfortable to read. I really felt what he was going through.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Deadnaming, Pedophilia, Gore, Rape, Blood, and Body horror