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readingradie 's review for:
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
by Andrew Joseph White
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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.
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, 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.