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Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

2 reviews

clover_ino's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

The writing style was strange, so the plot was hard to follow. There were a lot of sentence fragments, and thoughts that started from the main plot, making it easy to get confused. The horror aspect was lacking; there was a lot of potential in the world building, but I found it to be a let down. Personally wouldn't recommend. 
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dinwarden's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad 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

2.5

I really wanted to like this book, the cover is very scary and I was excited to get scared. The ghost was cool, the cast of characters, not so much.

I have no issue with a short story that is more plot driven than character driven, but it felt like the author was trying to make me feel attached to characters who were overall bland and two dimensional.

Philip dying was miserable, literally the most competent person w any personality tbh


Overall, boring, and had a lot more potential unfortunately.
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