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The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Von: Andrew Joseph White
Gesprochen von: Raphael Corkhill
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 INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

A blood-soaked and nauseating triumph that cuts like a scalpel and reads like your darkest nightmare.

New York Times bestselling author Andrew Joseph White returns with the transgressive gothic horror of our time!

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 trans, autistic Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife.

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. 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—so long as 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. Krimis & Thriller Literatur & Belletristik Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Eine blutig schöne Geschichte im Korsett des viktorianischen Horrors! Ich habe jeden Moment von Anfang bis Ende genossen!

Genial!

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I love the different approach for a magic system. The idea of purple-eyed individuals being able to commune with the dead and more might seem simple at first but goes so much deeper! As a trans person myself I can identify with the protagonist to a certain level and he‘s one of the more original characters I’ve read about. I would count Silas as one of my favorite characters. Great story, great characters, great world-building. Would totally read a sequel.

Not to mention the narrator did a phenomenal job of voicing Silas and all the others!

The 5 Stars are greatly deserved

Great original story

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The Spirit bares its teeth is an amazing novel. The setting and main character are incredibly captivating and some of the more gory scenes evoked feelings of disgust in me like no other book. This was an amazing listening experience!

One of the most unsettling books I've heard so far

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Victorian age and/or horror novels aren't usually my cup of tea. Usually. This book though... it drew me right in and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Honestly, many of the scenes left me speechless. "The Spirit Bares Its Teeth" is a scream incarnate; even more so with the perfect narrator lending it his voice in the audio version.

Knowing just how little fantasy there is to the attitudes towards and crimes against marginalised groups as depicted here makes it all the more horrible and important as a topic.

On a personal note: I felt very seen, which doesn't happen often. Representation matters.
Thank you AJW!

A masterclass in rage

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