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A review by _teoeo
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.75
Prepare to be angry. Prepare to be disgusted. Prepare to get your heart broken and stiched back together, not neatly but still perfect.
Oh, I enjoyed that book so much! After I've read "Hell Followed With Us" and loved it, "The Spirit Bares Its Teeth" was one of my most anticipated books this year.
At first, I have to be honest, it was a bit difficult to find your way into the story, for it felt like you just jumped into that world without any explanation of it whatsoever. But the more I read, the more I understood it.
It is a deep dive into being trans and autistic, what it means to be a man or a woman and how society tries to make rules about that. It also is a good example of how language changes the way we precieve for as soon as Silas used she/her pronouns and Daphnes real name it totally changed the way I saw this character.
Even though the plottwists are a little predictable, they aren't less shocking and especially the last 100 pages have the perfect arc of suspense!
Thank you NetGalley for providing an e-ARC of this book!
Oh, I enjoyed that book so much! After I've read "Hell Followed With Us" and loved it, "The Spirit Bares Its Teeth" was one of my most anticipated books this year.
At first, I have to be honest, it was a bit difficult to find your way into the story, for it felt like you just jumped into that world without any explanation of it whatsoever. But the more I read, the more I understood it.
It is a deep dive into being trans and autistic, what it means to be a man or a woman and how society tries to make rules about that. It also is a good example of how language changes the way we precieve
Even though the plottwists are a little predictable, they aren't less shocking and especially the last 100 pages have the perfect arc of suspense!
Thank you NetGalley for providing an e-ARC of this book!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Deadnaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Abortion, Murder, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Child abuse
Minor: Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy