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A review by yaoipaddle
What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I almost dropped this book, but I'm glad I kept reading. It has a slow and slightly frustrating start. The main character takes a long time for me to like her. Not a long time to be "flawless" (Neither she nor anyone else in the book is), but a long time for me to not feel like smacking her and telling her to realize what the heck is going on.
It took me until about a quarter of the way through the book to keep wanting to read and about 40% of the way through I really got into it and zoomed through. The book starts slow and a lot of stuff is kind of sprinkled throughout. It feels semi worth it in the end to me, but I still think the beginning was really rough.
I'd recommend this book if you like gothic stories and elements of fantasy. If you like Gillian Flynn books where everyone kind of sucks but there's still intrigue and enjoyment to get even from the characters that piss you off.
It took me until about a quarter of the way through the book to keep wanting to read and about 40% of the way through I really got into it and zoomed through. The book starts slow and a lot of stuff is kind of sprinkled throughout. It feels semi worth it in the end to me, but I still think the beginning was really rough.
I'd recommend this book if you like gothic stories and elements of fantasy. If you like Gillian Flynn books where everyone kind of sucks but there's still intrigue and enjoyment to get even from the characters that piss you off.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Blood
Moderate: Child death, Death, Infidelity, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia