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Fesselnd, erzürnend und nichts für schwache Nerven!
Zugegebenermaßen hatte ich zu Beginn Schwierigkeiten in die Story zu kommen - dies lag allerdings nicht daran, dass es an Qualität mangelte, sondern vielmehr daran, dass ich trotz der Triggerwarnung am Anfang meine Probleme mit den expliziten Beschreibungen von Operationen etc. hatte. Ob ich mich daran gewöhnen konnte? Nunja, teilweise würde ich behaupten. Viele Dinge die beschrieben wurden, gehörten dann einfach zur Geschichte und in meine Fall lies es sich dann auch flüssig lesen. Doch gab es hier und dort erneut Stellen, die in mir Übelkeit hervorriefen. Dies hatte ich bisher nur bei einem Buch erlebt und das war Stephen King's Es. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth ist ein hervorragendes Buch, ein Erlebnis, eine Geschichte die einen förmlich in den Bann zieht, in sich einverleiben möchte und verdammt ich wollte immer mehr davon! 😍 Zur Geschichte: Es geht um Silas Bell, ein Junge im falschen Körper, zu einer Zeit in der es viel schlimmer als noch heute als krank und abstoßend galt. Er wurde gezwungen mit seinen 16 Jahren ein anständiges Mädchen zu sein, dabei wollte er doch einfach nur er selbst sein und Chirurg werden. Als ob das nicht ausreichte, gehört er zu denjenigen mit den violetten Augen, denen die Gabe in die Wiege gelegt wurde mit der Geisterwelt zu kommunizieren, an. Männer heirateten Kinder nur aufgrund ihrer Augen und so sollte auch Silas verheiratet werden. Ehe es dazu kam, wurde er in eine Anstalt gesteckt, um ihn zu heilen. Doch was in diesen Wänden geschieht, das ist weitaus schlimmer als meine Worte beschreiben können und definitiv wert gelesen zu werden! 💕 Macht euch gefasst auf Verzweiflung, Ekel, Hass, Fassungslosigkeit und so viele Gefühle mehr!
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 perfect example of how language changes the way we precieve <spoiler> for as soon as Silas used she/her pronouns and Daphnes real name it totally changed the way I saw this character.</spoiler> 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!
Absolutes Lieblingsbuch <3
Ich habe nach "Hell Followed With Us" (vom selben Autor) nicht damit gerechnet, dass ich mich in naher Zeit in einem anderen Buch noch mehr sehen würde -- falsch gedacht :) Dieser Roman ist wütend und brutal, aber auch lieblich und hoffnungsvoll. Es ist, als würde eine geliebte Person einen bei der Hand halten und gut zureden, während man schrecklichstes erlebt.
Kurzer knackiger Ritt. Man spürt den Druck selbst oft sehr deutlich, unter dem Silas steht und kann da gut mitfühlen. Nebencharaktere, die der Autor allerdings nicht als allzu wichtig empfindet, gehen verloren und da ist es schwer, da mitzufühlen und die Wut aufzubringen, die einige Taten hervorrufen sollen. Tolle Repräsentation von Menschen auf dem Spektrum. An manchen Teilen zu schnelllebig.
Fear and Gore and Hope
I hardly ever read horror, but maybe I should do that more often because I loved this. Definitely check out the trigger warnings if you are sensitive with topics around descriptions of surgery. While I wouldn't be able to watch this as a movie, I have no problem with it in books and found these aspects quite interesting 👀 1883 London. People with violet eyes are able to lift the veil and commune with spirits. These mediums are called Speakers, and the Royal Speaker Society controls who gets a license to do spirit work and who doesn't. Women are forbidden to use these natural gifts and are only expected to become Speaker wives to give birth to violet-eyed children. Those who don't fit the mold are said to be sick with Veil sickness, driving them mad. So they get sent to the Braxton's Finishing School and Sanitorium, where they "fix" them and make good brides out of them. Being trans and autistic, this is where our main character, Silas (who wanted to become a surgeon and not somebodys wife), is sent as well. As you can see, there is much to explain about the story, and I didn't even cover everything from the blurb. It took me a while to get into the story, but when he finally arrives at the school, it gets more and more interesting. I thought it was kinda obvious what was going on, but I didn't read this as a mystery, so it didn't bother me. This story is mainly about the mistreatment and oppression of people that are "other." A lot of misogyny/sexism, ableism, transphobia, and general cruelty. So be prepared to be angry and sad. That said, it is also a lot about their rage, revenge, finding community in dark places, and pushing for survival. The characters are well made. We don't have too much time to focus on the side ones, but that makes sense with the story, and the main character was just soo relatable for me! I am trans-masc, and some of his thoughts felt so close to mine. Especially the fear of pregnancy (it's one of my biggest fears in life), but also things like still feeling companionship with women, since they are being treated the same. I can't mention everything, but his inner workings were the highlight of the book for me. Just the way he described things (btw words like trans and autistic are, of course, not used since they didn't exist back then (the words, not the people!), but I felt like the descriptions were even more interesting like this because they focused more on the exact feelings rather than using other words for it). Also, with the rabbit in his chest, which I think is meant to symbolize anxiety. There was even a bit of a love story, but I won't spoil with whom. It was a surprise to me and I really liked them together, even though the feelings came a bit quick imo. It was also really convenient in a way, but same as the mystery, it didn't bother me. While the pacing is relatively slow, after a while, I just couldn't stop reading. I read over 300 pages in one day, which hasn't happened in a long time for me. Maybe I should read out of my comfort zone more often 😂 I definitely will read more from this author!
This was incredible!
It makes you feel all the emotions! Disgust, anger, restlessness, love, sadness, fear…. The characters and the Story are so well written! You Need to read it!
[I received a free ebook copy from Holiday House / Peachtree / Pixel+Ink and Netgalley. This review is done freely, honestly and without payment]. „At least the doctors had the decency to kill me before they opened me up (...) After i was dead i watched them cut me apart.“ · Summary: Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife. According to Mother, he’ll be married by the end of the year. It doesn’t matter that he’s needed a decade of tutors to hide his autism; that he practices surgery on slaughtered pigs; that he is a boy, not the girl the world insists on seeing. After a failed attempt to escape an arranged marriage, Silas is diagnosed with Veil sickness—a mysterious disease sending violet-eyed women into madness—and shipped away to Braxton’s Finishing School and Sanitorium. The facility is cold, the instructors merciless, and the students either bloom into eligible wives or disappear. When the ghosts of missing students start begging Silas for help, he decides to reach into Braxton’s innards and expose its guts to the world—if the school doesn’t break him first. Featuring an autistic trans protagonist in a historical setting, Andrew Joseph White’s much-anticipated sophomore novel does not back down from exposing the violence of the patriarchy and the harm inflicted on trans youth who are forced into conformity. · I’d like to say I was endlessly excited about this book, but somehow it sounds wrong when you know what the book is about. Was I tense, jittery, and pumped up like a toddler before Christmas? I think so. Already with „Hell Followed With Us“, Andrew Jospeh White has sneaked his way into my heart and I think I can say that after only two (actually already after the first) books, he is one of my favourite authors. I love his books not only for the inclusivity and creativity, but also for that beautiful, sometimes poetically cruel writing style, horror-like settings, AND addressing topics that many don’t dare to approach. (Especially not in this way and combination?). Where „Hell Followed With Us“ was post-apocalyptic and thus more horror-heavy (at least for me), „The Spirit Bares Its Teeth“ created a tightness in my chest and throat that I could hardly breathe at some points. „(...) I need you to remember that. You are beautiful, well-bred, and so, so lucky.“ „Just like a woman does not fully experience womanhood if she doesn’t bear her own children.“ When I have a physical copy in my hands at some point, I’ll probably have to get a second one. Why? So I can throw one around the flat while re-reading, screaming and crying. I’m actually pretty tough when it comes to books (and other media), but Andrew Joseph White wove such a tight web with his language (and the great formatting in the book) that I couldn’t keep myself separate. It made me sick to my stomach and made me cry; had to take long breaks while reading and I would say this book (just like its predecessor) is not a „light read for in between“. This book has something to say and it screams and whispers and cries and fights. It throws around rotten words that none of us want to hear but should never forget. This book is not just fiction (The story is, of course!) - but in there, between the lines, in all those words, is history. Our history. „DON’T HURT HIM HE’LL HURT YOU DON’T HURT HIM HE’LL HURT YOU“ I think I fell in love with Silas (protagonist) almost immediately; he must have taken my heart by storm and that didn’t make the book any easier. He was so approachable, so ... I can’t even put it into words. I guess it felt like he was lying next to me on the couch/bed telling me his story; suffocating me with his words and experiences. It hurt. All the characters in this book hurt and the little bright moments were like a glass of water in the desert. They felt like a illusion. I can’t say this book was a „nice“ experience, but I love it. It’s cruel and brutal and tears your heart apart and then somehow tries to stitch you back together. I love the characters with all their facets and quirks. I am once again grateful for a book that shook and moved me deeply. A book that shows how much pain and injustice can be inflicted on people / living beings just because they are „different“ / don’t fit the norm and you don’t understand them. Because one is afraid of things one cannot control. Because one wants to have power - power all to oneself. Thank you. <3 Over and Out, I’m watching kitten videos on Youtube now.
Mors vincit omnia
Beiträge
Fesselnd, erzürnend und nichts für schwache Nerven!
Zugegebenermaßen hatte ich zu Beginn Schwierigkeiten in die Story zu kommen - dies lag allerdings nicht daran, dass es an Qualität mangelte, sondern vielmehr daran, dass ich trotz der Triggerwarnung am Anfang meine Probleme mit den expliziten Beschreibungen von Operationen etc. hatte. Ob ich mich daran gewöhnen konnte? Nunja, teilweise würde ich behaupten. Viele Dinge die beschrieben wurden, gehörten dann einfach zur Geschichte und in meine Fall lies es sich dann auch flüssig lesen. Doch gab es hier und dort erneut Stellen, die in mir Übelkeit hervorriefen. Dies hatte ich bisher nur bei einem Buch erlebt und das war Stephen King's Es. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth ist ein hervorragendes Buch, ein Erlebnis, eine Geschichte die einen förmlich in den Bann zieht, in sich einverleiben möchte und verdammt ich wollte immer mehr davon! 😍 Zur Geschichte: Es geht um Silas Bell, ein Junge im falschen Körper, zu einer Zeit in der es viel schlimmer als noch heute als krank und abstoßend galt. Er wurde gezwungen mit seinen 16 Jahren ein anständiges Mädchen zu sein, dabei wollte er doch einfach nur er selbst sein und Chirurg werden. Als ob das nicht ausreichte, gehört er zu denjenigen mit den violetten Augen, denen die Gabe in die Wiege gelegt wurde mit der Geisterwelt zu kommunizieren, an. Männer heirateten Kinder nur aufgrund ihrer Augen und so sollte auch Silas verheiratet werden. Ehe es dazu kam, wurde er in eine Anstalt gesteckt, um ihn zu heilen. Doch was in diesen Wänden geschieht, das ist weitaus schlimmer als meine Worte beschreiben können und definitiv wert gelesen zu werden! 💕 Macht euch gefasst auf Verzweiflung, Ekel, Hass, Fassungslosigkeit und so viele Gefühle mehr!
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 perfect example of how language changes the way we precieve <spoiler> for as soon as Silas used she/her pronouns and Daphnes real name it totally changed the way I saw this character.</spoiler> 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!
Absolutes Lieblingsbuch <3
Ich habe nach "Hell Followed With Us" (vom selben Autor) nicht damit gerechnet, dass ich mich in naher Zeit in einem anderen Buch noch mehr sehen würde -- falsch gedacht :) Dieser Roman ist wütend und brutal, aber auch lieblich und hoffnungsvoll. Es ist, als würde eine geliebte Person einen bei der Hand halten und gut zureden, während man schrecklichstes erlebt.
Kurzer knackiger Ritt. Man spürt den Druck selbst oft sehr deutlich, unter dem Silas steht und kann da gut mitfühlen. Nebencharaktere, die der Autor allerdings nicht als allzu wichtig empfindet, gehen verloren und da ist es schwer, da mitzufühlen und die Wut aufzubringen, die einige Taten hervorrufen sollen. Tolle Repräsentation von Menschen auf dem Spektrum. An manchen Teilen zu schnelllebig.
Fear and Gore and Hope
I hardly ever read horror, but maybe I should do that more often because I loved this. Definitely check out the trigger warnings if you are sensitive with topics around descriptions of surgery. While I wouldn't be able to watch this as a movie, I have no problem with it in books and found these aspects quite interesting 👀 1883 London. People with violet eyes are able to lift the veil and commune with spirits. These mediums are called Speakers, and the Royal Speaker Society controls who gets a license to do spirit work and who doesn't. Women are forbidden to use these natural gifts and are only expected to become Speaker wives to give birth to violet-eyed children. Those who don't fit the mold are said to be sick with Veil sickness, driving them mad. So they get sent to the Braxton's Finishing School and Sanitorium, where they "fix" them and make good brides out of them. Being trans and autistic, this is where our main character, Silas (who wanted to become a surgeon and not somebodys wife), is sent as well. As you can see, there is much to explain about the story, and I didn't even cover everything from the blurb. It took me a while to get into the story, but when he finally arrives at the school, it gets more and more interesting. I thought it was kinda obvious what was going on, but I didn't read this as a mystery, so it didn't bother me. This story is mainly about the mistreatment and oppression of people that are "other." A lot of misogyny/sexism, ableism, transphobia, and general cruelty. So be prepared to be angry and sad. That said, it is also a lot about their rage, revenge, finding community in dark places, and pushing for survival. The characters are well made. We don't have too much time to focus on the side ones, but that makes sense with the story, and the main character was just soo relatable for me! I am trans-masc, and some of his thoughts felt so close to mine. Especially the fear of pregnancy (it's one of my biggest fears in life), but also things like still feeling companionship with women, since they are being treated the same. I can't mention everything, but his inner workings were the highlight of the book for me. Just the way he described things (btw words like trans and autistic are, of course, not used since they didn't exist back then (the words, not the people!), but I felt like the descriptions were even more interesting like this because they focused more on the exact feelings rather than using other words for it). Also, with the rabbit in his chest, which I think is meant to symbolize anxiety. There was even a bit of a love story, but I won't spoil with whom. It was a surprise to me and I really liked them together, even though the feelings came a bit quick imo. It was also really convenient in a way, but same as the mystery, it didn't bother me. While the pacing is relatively slow, after a while, I just couldn't stop reading. I read over 300 pages in one day, which hasn't happened in a long time for me. Maybe I should read out of my comfort zone more often 😂 I definitely will read more from this author!
This was incredible!
It makes you feel all the emotions! Disgust, anger, restlessness, love, sadness, fear…. The characters and the Story are so well written! You Need to read it!
[I received a free ebook copy from Holiday House / Peachtree / Pixel+Ink and Netgalley. This review is done freely, honestly and without payment]. „At least the doctors had the decency to kill me before they opened me up (...) After i was dead i watched them cut me apart.“ · Summary: Mors vincit omnia. Death conquers all. London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife. According to Mother, he’ll be married by the end of the year. It doesn’t matter that he’s needed a decade of tutors to hide his autism; that he practices surgery on slaughtered pigs; that he is a boy, not the girl the world insists on seeing. After a failed attempt to escape an arranged marriage, Silas is diagnosed with Veil sickness—a mysterious disease sending violet-eyed women into madness—and shipped away to Braxton’s Finishing School and Sanitorium. The facility is cold, the instructors merciless, and the students either bloom into eligible wives or disappear. When the ghosts of missing students start begging Silas for help, he decides to reach into Braxton’s innards and expose its guts to the world—if the school doesn’t break him first. Featuring an autistic trans protagonist in a historical setting, Andrew Joseph White’s much-anticipated sophomore novel does not back down from exposing the violence of the patriarchy and the harm inflicted on trans youth who are forced into conformity. · I’d like to say I was endlessly excited about this book, but somehow it sounds wrong when you know what the book is about. Was I tense, jittery, and pumped up like a toddler before Christmas? I think so. Already with „Hell Followed With Us“, Andrew Jospeh White has sneaked his way into my heart and I think I can say that after only two (actually already after the first) books, he is one of my favourite authors. I love his books not only for the inclusivity and creativity, but also for that beautiful, sometimes poetically cruel writing style, horror-like settings, AND addressing topics that many don’t dare to approach. (Especially not in this way and combination?). Where „Hell Followed With Us“ was post-apocalyptic and thus more horror-heavy (at least for me), „The Spirit Bares Its Teeth“ created a tightness in my chest and throat that I could hardly breathe at some points. „(...) I need you to remember that. You are beautiful, well-bred, and so, so lucky.“ „Just like a woman does not fully experience womanhood if she doesn’t bear her own children.“ When I have a physical copy in my hands at some point, I’ll probably have to get a second one. Why? So I can throw one around the flat while re-reading, screaming and crying. I’m actually pretty tough when it comes to books (and other media), but Andrew Joseph White wove such a tight web with his language (and the great formatting in the book) that I couldn’t keep myself separate. It made me sick to my stomach and made me cry; had to take long breaks while reading and I would say this book (just like its predecessor) is not a „light read for in between“. This book has something to say and it screams and whispers and cries and fights. It throws around rotten words that none of us want to hear but should never forget. This book is not just fiction (The story is, of course!) - but in there, between the lines, in all those words, is history. Our history. „DON’T HURT HIM HE’LL HURT YOU DON’T HURT HIM HE’LL HURT YOU“ I think I fell in love with Silas (protagonist) almost immediately; he must have taken my heart by storm and that didn’t make the book any easier. He was so approachable, so ... I can’t even put it into words. I guess it felt like he was lying next to me on the couch/bed telling me his story; suffocating me with his words and experiences. It hurt. All the characters in this book hurt and the little bright moments were like a glass of water in the desert. They felt like a illusion. I can’t say this book was a „nice“ experience, but I love it. It’s cruel and brutal and tears your heart apart and then somehow tries to stitch you back together. I love the characters with all their facets and quirks. I am once again grateful for a book that shook and moved me deeply. A book that shows how much pain and injustice can be inflicted on people / living beings just because they are „different“ / don’t fit the norm and you don’t understand them. Because one is afraid of things one cannot control. Because one wants to have power - power all to oneself. Thank you. <3 Over and Out, I’m watching kitten videos on Youtube now.