A review by frantic_vampire
What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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? N/A

4.25

This was such a good read for spooky season! What Big Teeth definitely has some very strong influences from The Addams Family. But I also got some Coraline and The Haunting of Bly Manor vibes. With every passing page things got darker and creepier and it was all just delightfully dreadful. It was a lovely and spooky read.

I loved that at the start of the book every member of this monstrous family seemed relatively harmless. And then they started showing their fangs. Things got progressively darker the more you learned about the family. There were so many things were lurking just beneath the surface with this book, from murders to eldritch terrors. The last 75 pages or so of What Big Teeth are truly the most amazing part of this story. I could not put the book down for anything. Oh and then!! Then it dropped a huge bomb on the story and it ended. I was screaming!!! 😵‍💫

Honestly this book was just delightful! I really loved that we got bi, gay, and sapphic rep in a horror setting. I think my only complaint is that this book moved very slowly. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. I just like my books to move a little faster. All in all this was a solid book and I’m giving it a four out of five stars. Beware of that ending though! 😳
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