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juushikaTitle: Such Sharp Teeth
Author: Rachel Harrison
Published: Berkley, 2022
Rating: 1 of 5
Page Count: 335
Total Page Count: 528,165
Text Number: 1933
Read Because: I read werewolf books even when the decision to do so is ill-advised; ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Our super-cool protagonist returns home to stay with her pregnant twin sister, when homecoming and incipient romance shenanigans are interrupted by a werewolf attack. The smash cut to werewolf is appreciated, the ultra-short paragraphs and confessional tone have momentum, I did get through this. But this is a contemporary romance at its heart and, as such, not for me. The werewolf is a big part, and interestingly gross at times, but it's primarily thematic and it's repetitively thematic (transforming to a werewolf parallels various female losses of bodily autonomy), the rest of the plot is unexceptional, and it ends as conventionally as it can: werewolf problem? found a workaround. promiscuity? not once you get a boyfriend! social & body dysphoria during pregnancy? don't worry the baby will fix all that. Just read Tokuda-Hall's Squad, which has similar but more complex themes, a constrained length, and much sharper teeth.
Author: Rachel Harrison
Published: Berkley, 2022
Rating: 1 of 5
Page Count: 335
Total Page Count: 528,165
Text Number: 1933
Read Because: I read werewolf books even when the decision to do so is ill-advised; ebook borrowed from the Multnomah County Library
Review: Our super-cool protagonist returns home to stay with her pregnant twin sister, when homecoming and incipient romance shenanigans are interrupted by a werewolf attack. The smash cut to werewolf is appreciated, the ultra-short paragraphs and confessional tone have momentum, I did get through this. But this is a contemporary romance at its heart and, as such, not for me. The werewolf is a big part, and interestingly gross at times, but it's primarily thematic and it's repetitively thematic (transforming to a werewolf parallels various female losses of bodily autonomy), the rest of the plot is unexceptional, and it ends as conventionally as it can: werewolf problem? found a workaround. promiscuity? not once you get a boyfriend! social & body dysphoria during pregnancy? don't worry the baby will fix all that. Just read Tokuda-Hall's Squad, which has similar but more complex themes, a constrained length, and much sharper teeth.
