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A review by themargherita_s
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
5.0
I received an ARC and I’m leaving an honest review.
Andrew is not capable of writing a bad book.
When I read Hell Followed With Us it immediately became a new favorite, but now The Spirit Bares Its Teeth has surpassed it a million times over and I'm kind of shocked. I feel like the writing and content has clearly matured from the first book and I love that. It did also make this a little heavier and darker read, at least for me, compared to Hell Followed With Us (which was already heavy enough with all the religious trauma lol).
I admit I got a little lost with the names of the girls at the school in the beginning, but I started to get them after a while.
I could perfectly see this story as a tv show and I honestly hope it gets an adaptation someday in the future.
Representation: autistic bisexual trans boy mc, trans woman li, sapphic secondary characters, autistic secondary character.
Content Warnings: ableism, deadnaming, transphobia, gender dysphoria, misogyny, gaslighting, gore, animal death, detailed medical procedures, medical content, injury detail, rape, child abuse, pedophilia, blood, murder, torture, violence, sexual violence, confinement, forced institutionalization, pregnancy, child pregnancy, gory 'homemade' abortion (sorry I don't know how to describe it), mention of miscarriage, mention of self-harm and suicide attempts, vomit, religious bigotry.
Andrew is not capable of writing a bad book.
When I read Hell Followed With Us it immediately became a new favorite, but now The Spirit Bares Its Teeth has surpassed it a million times over and I'm kind of shocked. I feel like the writing and content has clearly matured from the first book and I love that. It did also make this a little heavier and darker read, at least for me, compared to Hell Followed With Us (which was already heavy enough with all the religious trauma lol).
I admit I got a little lost with the names of the girls at the school in the beginning, but I started to get them after a while.
I could perfectly see this story as a tv show and I honestly hope it gets an adaptation someday in the future.
Representation: autistic bisexual trans boy mc, trans woman li, sapphic secondary characters, autistic secondary character.
Content Warnings: ableism, deadnaming, transphobia, gender dysphoria, misogyny, gaslighting, gore, animal death, detailed medical procedures, medical content, injury detail, rape, child abuse, pedophilia, blood, murder, torture, violence, sexual violence, confinement, forced institutionalization, pregnancy, child pregnancy, gory 'homemade' abortion (sorry I don't know how to describe it), mention of miscarriage, mention of self-harm and suicide attempts, vomit, religious bigotry.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Blood, Violence, Abortion, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Ableism, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Pregnancy, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Rape, and Torture
Moderate: Vomit, Religious bigotry, Animal death, Self harm, and Suicide