Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo

5 reviews

dementis93's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Slavery, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Infidelity

Minor: Grief and War

hngisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Bullying

stormywolf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 Coming off of two somewhat disappointing werewolf stories, and having a surprise spot opened up for October, I decided to seek out another werewolf story to see if I could satiate my craving for fangs and fur. Enter What Big Teeth which happened to be available in both e-book and audio formats in my library. I remembered this book mainly from its enticing cover, its wolfish reference to Red Riding Hood, and seeing it doing the rounds on Facebook earlier this year, but otherwise had no idea what it was about. So, deciding not to question my luck, I went ahead and sank my teeth into this story.

Read my full review at The Wolf's Den

Overall, despite it not being anything like I was expecting, I really came to love this simultaneously familiar and unique story. There was so much here that made me feel like I wanted to dust off my literary analysis skills from high school/college, from the gothic tone, to the dark themes, deep characters, and possible allegories; I think this could easily be a new literary classic. I tried to be somewhat vague in my review, so as not to spoil anything, since I want other readers to be surprised at all the twists and turns the story takes, especially since the cover, title, and summary don't give nearly enough clues. I'd recommend this to anyone who enjoys gothic themes, young adult narratives, complex characters and relationships, LGBTQIA+ stories, or just monsters in general. Whether you're looking for a spooky gothic tale to fit the time of year, or are simply wanting something out of the norm, What Big Teeth might be just what you're looking for. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Grief, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

thebaddestbookworm's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

girlonbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

🛁🛁🛁🛁🛁 (five stars as rated in Eleanor's mother's bathtub)

What exactly is Eleanor Zarrin? Born into a family of *mostly* werewolves, one would think she'd follow suit. And yet, she has no fur or snout or shape-shifting ability to speak of. She is no witch like her aunt. Nor is she water dweller like her mother. In fact, no one at all seems sure of exactly what Eleanor is, least of all Eleanor herself. But she's about to find out.
And my, oh my,
what big teeth she has...

What's this, a Gothic horror novel with a twist on popular folk monsters?? Be still my beating heart because this is the book of my DREAMS! Y'all, this book really goes places. The premise is completely brilliant and the execution of it was just....*chef's kiss.* When I finally put things together at the end... when I realized WHAT (or should I say whom?) Eleanor is supposed to be I felt so dang foolish for having overlooked it. But the pieces are laid out so brilliantly that the answer just isn't terribly obvious! Bah. I loved it. Also, (view spoiler)

"My love is a haunted house, a ghost possessing his own body, a fire that burns itself alive. A light almost too bright to look at, but I forced myself to look as long as I could."

✨ Rep in this book: gay and bisexual characters, NB author
✨ Content warnings for this book: physical abuse, absent parent, death of an animal, arson, blood gore, graphic depictions, bullying, murder, death of a child, homophobia, manipulation, toxic relationship, mind control, violence, mob mentality

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder