Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo

6 reviews

hookerkitty's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and War

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Harry Szabo cements themself as one to watch with this killer debut. An excellent story about being an outsider, family, generational trauma, and love, this had me enthralled from beginning to end and in awe of their writing. Do yourself a favor and experience it for yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt

nutm3g's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

The best summarization of this book's concept is this, highly dysfunctional Addams Family with a nice helping of generational trauma. I really wanted to love this book, but there was just too much that felt lacking. It seemed as if it would be a build-up to healing old wounds, but even to the end tension in the family remained. It is a bit difficult to explain why this book did not reach its potential without giving away any spoilers. Regardless of all it lacked, the concept behind it was creative and entertaining which is why I have it 3 stars in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and War

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

melaniereadsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I was lucky enough to win a copy of this book from Bookish First! Thanks to them and the publisher!

Eleanor has been away from home for years now, after being exiled to a boarding school for mysterious reasons. But she's done something dangerous at the school, so she runs away back home.

Ellie's family is not normal--a family of monsters, and she is absolutely terrified she will be devoured by them...so why do they seem like they are afraid of her instead, and why has her grandmother been keeping her away?

Wow this book was magnificent! The writing was moody and gothic, with attention to detail and well-described scenes and characters.

I must admit that I didn't see almost anything coming in this book. There were hints as to what was going to happen, but how it happened continually surprised me.

Szabo has done a magnificent job creating a truly horrific breed of monsters that I could never have imagined myself. I was so surprised and truly on the edge of my seat as I devoured this book like the big bad wolf themself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Death of parent

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Religious bigotry

weeziesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This is a bizarre little story that could have been great... if not for the unchecked homophobia.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder