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River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

33 reviews

waterwolves's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence and Murder

meg_thebrave's review

adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-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

4.75

This is an excellent alternate history with a wonderful cast of colorful queer characters, and I truly love hoppers wrangling hippos. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

musicalpopcorn's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

2.25

This book was beyond ridiculous, but I did finish it. 

The one thing I can say is that it was the right length. If it had been any longer, I wouldn’t have finished it. It was the exact right length of how much I could handle reading it. 

The similes were a lot.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

megh_'s review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Gripping short story, looking forward to reading the prequel and sequel! Loved the lgbt representation too

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

bessjoyce's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

asparagusisreading's review

adventurous fast-paced

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

4.5

River of Teeth is a historical fiction inspired by a real plan the United States government concocted to breed and slaughter hippopotamuses as an alternative meat source. The story is set in 1890s America after the plan has been put in place - multiple hippo generations have come and gone, bred and raised like cattle. Despite the government's best efforts, the plan failed when the hippos became feral and savage, eating anyone and everyone that got too close. To solve their problem, the government hires a small team of mercenary hippo wranglers, lead by Winslow Houndstooth... a man looking for a fortune and revenge.

River of Teeth successfully weaves relationship dynamics and non-heteronormative characters into a fast-paced compelling story full of adventure and mischief, tension (both romantic and murderous), a heist, romance, humor, violence, and history - all packed into less than 200 pages. When this book popped up in StoryGraph's "Up Next Recommendations" feature, I was intrigued. I did not expect to be sucked in immediately and so enthralled by the story. I mean, who wouldn't be intrigued by mercenary cowboys riding hippos? Think The Magnificent Seven, Wild Wild West, The Harder They Fall, and Razorblade Tears. I finished the book in just a few hours reading physically and listening to the audiobook. I have the sequel queued up for tomorrow because I need to know more. This is the first book that I have read by Sarah Gailey and I will certainly be reading more.

Representation: (I don't remember a confirmed official sexuality on page but I assume) pan/bi male main characters, bi plus sized female main character, nonbinary main character (they/them), aroace Latina main character,

Content Warnings:

• violence and gore with blood
• deaths and murder, including both humans and animals
• theft and arson

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, and Murder

amandalachelle's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Fatphobia, Torture, Violence, Blood, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kristina_in_space's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was a doozy of a book. So unexpected and weird! But it was a fun little adventure. It’s short and fast paced. But the characters and story don’t suffer for it. I felt a connection with the characters, as varied as they are. The writing and descriptions are so lush I could easily picture everything, even the hippos. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death

aurora4847's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rebb003's review

adventurous funny hopeful fast-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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death and Violence