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A review by girlonbooks
What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
🛁🛁🛁🛁🛁 (five stars as rated in Eleanor's mother's bathtub)
What exactly is Eleanor Zarrin? Born into a family of *mostly* werewolves, one would think she'd follow suit. And yet, she has no fur or snout or shape-shifting ability to speak of. She is no witch like her aunt. Nor is she water dweller like her mother. In fact, no one at all seems sure of exactly what Eleanor is, least of all Eleanor herself. But she's about to find out.
And my, oh my,
what big teeth she has...
What's this, a Gothic horror novel with a twist on popular folk monsters?? Be still my beating heart because this is the book of my DREAMS! Y'all, this book really goes places. The premise is completely brilliant and the execution of it was just....*chef's kiss.* When I finally put things together at the end... when I realized WHAT (or should I say whom?) Eleanor is supposed to be I felt so dang foolish for having overlooked it. But the pieces are laid out so brilliantly that the answer just isn't terribly obvious! Bah. I loved it. Also, (view spoiler)
What exactly is Eleanor Zarrin? Born into a family of *mostly* werewolves, one would think she'd follow suit. And yet, she has no fur or snout or shape-shifting ability to speak of. She is no witch like her aunt. Nor is she water dweller like her mother. In fact, no one at all seems sure of exactly what Eleanor is, least of all Eleanor herself. But she's about to find out.
And my, oh my,
what big teeth she has...
What's this, a Gothic horror novel with a twist on popular folk monsters?? Be still my beating heart because this is the book of my DREAMS! Y'all, this book really goes places. The premise is completely brilliant and the execution of it was just....*chef's kiss.* When I finally put things together at the end... when I realized WHAT (or should I say whom?) Eleanor is supposed to be I felt so dang foolish for having overlooked it. But the pieces are laid out so brilliantly that the answer just isn't terribly obvious! Bah. I loved it. Also, (view spoiler)
"My love is a haunted house, a ghost possessing his own body, a fire that burns itself alive. A light almost too bright to look at, but I forced myself to look as long as I could."
✨ Rep in this book: gay and bisexual characters, NB author
✨ Content warnings for this book: physical abuse, absent parent, death of an animal, arson, blood gore, graphic depictions, bullying, murder, death of a child, homophobia, manipulation, toxic relationship, mind control, violence, mob mentality
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder