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A review by kmacdo23
Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This novel is a revelation, a scream trapped in the throat of a teenage girl, a rosary made of strangers' teeth. One that I would pray upon, with reverence. This is a lesson I would sit through again. This is a volcano errupting and there's nowhere you can go to escape. I was so unsettled. I was held so tenderly by this story.
Welcome to The White Age. Explore the horrors of teenage girlhood. The horrors of womanhood. This novel twists the relief of being recognized as the fucked up girl that you are with the religions of desire and violence.
What would you do for someone you love as the other half of yourself, the completion of you? Everything? Everything, and all the brutality that implies.
What is a scary story, a monster, a fear, but something kept alive by the same unwitting people that fall victim to its effect. Come see what you could keep alive.
Welcome to The White Age. Explore the horrors of teenage girlhood. The horrors of womanhood. This novel twists the relief of being recognized as the fucked up girl that you are with the religions of desire and violence.
What would you do for someone you love as the other half of yourself, the completion of you? Everything? Everything, and all the brutality that implies.
What is a scary story, a monster, a fear, but something kept alive by the same unwitting people that fall victim to its effect. Come see what you could keep alive.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail