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

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

I loved “Hell Followed with us” but in this book I found the writing to be a tad insufferable… the inner dialogue just didn’t feel realistic to me, and I found the main character Silas to be… a bit of a caricature of what he was supposed to be? Things just felt a little too on the nose, and I felt like I was reading someone write a story, instead of feeling the story???? Does that make sense??? But I did find the story to be engaging, it just didn’t stick out to me very mu

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Blood, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, Body horror, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Self harm