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Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq

19 reviews

chrispybacon's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

What the fuck.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Drug use, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Medical trauma, Colonisation, and Body shaming

Couldnt add it to the triggers bit: Infanticide and Beastiality (bruh)

theolivetree's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Sexual violence, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Genocide and Racism

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Bullying, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Domestic abuse, Incest, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, and Pregnancy

tangerinetigerlilies's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Racism, Murder, Pregnancy, Body horror, Gore, Pedophilia, Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, and Physical abuse

siobhanward's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was heartbreaking, but so good. Tagaq's account of life in Canada's north is incredible and her poetry really is art. I'm happy that I listened to it, rather than read it, although I would like to read a physical copy at some point, since there are definitely some things I'd like to read to try to absorb better.

I thought the book was well-constructed and I enjoyed that the chapters were punctuated with Tagaq's throat singing. That was the main reason that I listened to the book rather than read it.

The content was incredibly heavy - accounts of sexual abuse, drug addiction, death. Not a light read, but certainly a worthwhile one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

emory's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

My most succinct reason for disliking this is just that it's not for me. I very much enjoyed the surrealism of the plot, but so much of the book was overshadowed by sections upon sections of what seemed to me to be trite quips trying very hard to be profound and quotable through vague generality. The sections and poems with genuine heart shone through besides, but I couldn't get past the writing, and although a goal of this book seems to be challenging notions of what is natural and sitting with that discomfort, I personally could not get past the recurring upsetting sexual imagery and motifs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Colonisation, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Vomit

A few depictions and mentions of, albeit in dreams and myth, bestiality.

kassiopeija's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Addiction

dianahincureads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Split Tooth is an experience. Truly unlike anything I’ve read before. Following the perspective of a young Inuk woman growing up in Nunavut in the 1970s, the novel sketches the portrait of a community affected by colonialism and poverty. At only 11, the unnamed protagonist sees right through the adults around her. Her coming of age is saturated with spirituality, making up for any lack in the material world. To survive the violence she is subjected to daily, she strengthens the ties with her ancestors, holding on to her Inuit identity so tightly that reality blends seamlessly with the unseen. What is real? What is a dream?

Tanya Tagaq’s debut novel is subversive, both in content and form. It is a powerful counter-narrative denouncing the atrocities of colonialism and toxic masculinity. It mixes prose and poetry, autobiography and fiction, reality and myth.

The frozen landscape is an active character. Nature is unforgiving and harsh but aren't humans even harsher? Split Tooth proves just that.

I highly recommend this novel.

📖 « La forme des nuages ressemble à des avertissements codés en morse: l’été ne durera pas. La vie, c’est ça. Mange-la toute de suite. »

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Animal cruelty

booksnbones13's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Child death, Murder, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Body horror, and Alcoholism

jenny_d's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Bullying, Drug abuse, and Alcohol