A review by nerdy_gurl_reads
Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

5.0

𝘽𝙖𝙗𝙮 𝙏𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙝 𝙗𝙮 𝙕𝙤𝙟𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5 

📖𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 

Wow this book is wild! I’ve never read such a twisted book. Seeing a story through a child eyes, gives it such a creepy and disturbing view. Seeing how twisted Hanna is and how she’ll do whatever it takes to get rid of her mom. Seeing the story from Suzette, the mom’s view, is equally disturbing. I think Suzette’s pov for me was a bit harder because I myself and a mom, and can only imagine how hard that would be! I can’t want for Dear Hanna to see what happens to her and her parents. 

𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥𝗕:

MEET HANNA: Seven-year-old Hanna is a sweet-but-silent angel in the eyes of her adoring father Alex. He’s the only person who understands her. But her mother Suzette stands in her way, and she’ll try any trick she can think of to get rid of her. Ideally for good.

MEET SUZETTE: Suzette loves her daughter, but after years of expulsions and strained home schooling, her precarious health and sanity are weakening day by day. She’s also becoming increasingly frightened by Hanna’s little games, while her husband Alex remains blind to the failing family dynamics. Soon, Suzette starts to fear that maybe their supposedly innocent baby girl may have a truly sinister agenda.

A battle of wills between mother and daughter reveals the frailty and falsehood of familial bonds in award-winning playwright and filmmaker Zoje Stage’s tense novel of psychological suspense, Baby Teeth.