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A review by xxivo
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? No
5.0
Gosh this book people, I loved it so much.
White's previous book Hell Followed With Us already blew me away with how amazing it was so I definitely had some high expectations. But oh boy did it deliver. This book was absolutely amazing.
The book was so full of gore and I loved every second of it. It was so cool how this book most of it was very medical instead of battle injuries. It gave a very different vibe to most books that I've read and it was awesome.
It's said in the trigger warnings for this book that there is a lot of transphobia in this book. And gosh there really is. The transphobia was harsh and quite a bit there, but the book balanced it out really well and it never became excessive. But through it all it was so amazing to see SIlas hold strong against it all. It gave me a lot of strength to keep pushing forward in life myself. And especially when some people start to stand by his side, it quite made me sob I will tell you.
Because even if this is horror, this book made me very emotional and cry a lot. A big part is because the Autism and trans rep is very near to my heart. I related to so so much, and to see all those struggles I know very personally to be put on paper so well, it made every thing that happened feel very close to me. His experiences with Autism are extremely relatable. I never had a tutor try to take the Autism away, but that doesn't mean that is not a reality for other Autistics in this current age as long as ABA still exists. Nonetheless was my environment not very friendly either, and the comments on the flapping hands were spot on.
A bit later into the book there is also a fully nonverbal Autistic character that appears. I started crying out of happiness when I came upon that character. A nonverbal Autistic character that is handled with love and dignity by the main character? instead of a deviant that needs fixing? that was so refreshing and healing to me. I bonded with him immediately and it will be forever be a character I love in this book.
Altogether this book was amazing and I am already recommending it to many of my friends.
I received an eARC through Netgalley and this was my honest review.
White's previous book Hell Followed With Us already blew me away with how amazing it was so I definitely had some high expectations. But oh boy did it deliver. This book was absolutely amazing.
The book was so full of gore and I loved every second of it. It was so cool how this book most of it was very medical instead of battle injuries. It gave a very different vibe to most books that I've read and it was awesome.
It's said in the trigger warnings for this book that there is a lot of transphobia in this book. And gosh there really is. The transphobia was harsh and quite a bit there, but the book balanced it out really well and it never became excessive. But through it all it was so amazing to see SIlas hold strong against it all. It gave me a lot of strength to keep pushing forward in life myself. And especially when some people start to stand by his side, it quite made me sob I will tell you.
Because even if this is horror, this book made me very emotional and cry a lot. A big part is because the Autism and trans rep is very near to my heart. I related to so so much, and to see all those struggles I know very personally to be put on paper so well, it made every thing that happened feel very close to me. His experiences with Autism are extremely relatable. I never had a tutor try to take the Autism away, but that doesn't mean that is not a reality for other Autistics in this current age as long as ABA still exists. Nonetheless was my environment not very friendly either, and the comments on the flapping hands were spot on.
A bit later into the book there is also a fully nonverbal Autistic character that appears. I started crying out of happiness when I came upon that character. A nonverbal Autistic character that is handled with love and dignity by the main character? instead of a deviant that needs fixing? that was so refreshing and healing to me. I bonded with him immediately and it will be forever be a character I love in this book.
Altogether this book was amazing and I am already recommending it to many of my friends.
I received an eARC through Netgalley and this was my honest review.