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A review by nutm3g
What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The best summarization of this book's concept is this, highly dysfunctional Addams Family with a nice helping of generational trauma. I really wanted to love this book, but there was just too much that felt lacking. It seemed as if it would be a build-up to healing old wounds, but even to the end tension in the family remained. It is a bit difficult to explain why this book did not reach its potential without giving away any spoilers. Regardless of all it lacked, the concept behind it was creative and entertaining which is why I have it 3 stars in the end.
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Murder, Outing, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, and War