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A review by jurassicreads
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq
3.0
TW/CW: sexual assault, pedophilia, death of family member, childbirth, sexual content, death ideation, suicide ideation, dissociation
The good: This book and the stories it tells clearly come from a deeply personal part of the author's mind and life. It is visceral, disturbing, and at times so relatable it hurts. Tagaq has a beautiful way with imagery. Although I didn't personally understand some of the author's experiences beyond empathetically, I could tell how deeply some of these things haunt and morph their life and choices.
The bad: Unfortunately the biggest negative for me was the triggers above. An author doesn't owe their reader warnings, but I feel like reviews do not talk often enough about the content of this book. This is a dark, moving book that left me feeling wounded, but fulfilled.
The good: This book and the stories it tells clearly come from a deeply personal part of the author's mind and life. It is visceral, disturbing, and at times so relatable it hurts. Tagaq has a beautiful way with imagery. Although I didn't personally understand some of the author's experiences beyond empathetically, I could tell how deeply some of these things haunt and morph their life and choices.
The bad: Unfortunately the biggest negative for me was the triggers above. An author doesn't owe their reader warnings, but I feel like reviews do not talk often enough about the content of this book. This is a dark, moving book that left me feeling wounded, but fulfilled.