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A review by lori_larsson
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book is VERY dark in subject matter and full of body horror. It's YA maybe only in word density and sentence structure, if that makes any sense--I'd really have to know the young adult before I would say they were reay for this. But there is a good author's letter in the beginning explaining what the reader is about to get into. I finished this book in 2 days because I could barely put it down, but I was shaking my head the whole time. It was a wild ride.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria