redlamp's review against another edition
Graphic: Animal cruelty
ikomena's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? No
0.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Sexual content, Body horror, Gore, and Rape
Minor: Suicide attempt
anikaeb079's review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Drug use, Self harm, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Child death, Physical abuse, Incest, and Animal cruelty
dianahincureads's review against another edition
- 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
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. »
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, and Drug abuse
Moderate: Rape, Sexual violence, Death, and Sexual assault
Minor: Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Animal cruelty
elorant50's review against another edition
- 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? No
5.0
Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Self harm and Suicide
ktrecs's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Religious bigotry, Child death, Colonisation, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Grief, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Cannibalism and Vomit
rotfaced's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I found myself enraptured by the first 2/3rd of the book, engrossed in this world so unlike the one I inhabit. The final acts left me feeling deeply sad and even disturbed, but the journey through these segments was worthwhile. This book is very poetic and meant to invoke reflection, if not empathy; I encourage readers to approach it with no expectations and allow Tagaq's lyrical way of exploring life to animate itself in their mind.
This is a book I couldn't stop listening to; I finished it in hours I carved out my day, finding every excuse to continue the story. That said, I do think it's worth pausing to reflect on scenes and chapters, especially if you feel you did not understand them (or, alternatively, if they resonated deeply with you). It is a heavy story, and with all heavy things, we must pause to rest between carrying them.
Graphic: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Murder, Drug use, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Terminal illness, and Cancer
achiunicorn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Sexual assault
gabriellejane's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit
francienolans's review against another edition
Spoiler
her sucking a fox's dickGraphic: Sexual assault and Animal cruelty