A review by booksbasilbabies
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 
This book is what would happen if the trashiest horror movie you’ve ever seen with the greatest effects available had a love child with the most beautiful chaotic poetry you’ve ever read.

I loved it.

A handful of old “friends” fly to Japan to have two of them get married in a Heinian-era haunted house filled with bones and dead brides. It goes about how you’d expect. Except also really not? I’m trying so hard to be direct without spoiling stuff.

I honestly didn’t go in with much expectation or much real knowledge but oh my goodness. It was graphic and foul, lyrically poetic, filled with characters I despised but somehow…felt for? How is that a thing?

I loved it. I didn’t mean to. But I adored it.