I thought it was a cool idea and while I’m not sure what fairy tale or legend this book was pulled from, I can tell it has its roots in another story. Getting to the actual meat of the book, I liked the story. I guess it makes it easy to say “just one more chapter!” if that chapter is 25% of the book… Some chapters were almost 100 pages, which for a YA book, is a lot! I can understand an adult fantasy or science fiction novel having never-ending chapters, but for a 400 page YA book, why are the chapters so long?
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not someone who will avoid a book just because the chapters are long, but this was kind of a lot. In total there are fifteen chapters, which includes the prologue and epilogue. It was honestly kind of difficult getting through because the chapters are ridiculously long. Jumping in, I liked this book, but I didn’t love it. But when a mysterious figure arrives at their family estate, she must find a way to overcome the monster invading her home or risk becoming a monster herself.Įxquisitely terrifying, beautiful, and savage, What Big Teeth is a genre-defying story from an exciting new literary voice. Eleanor is left to fend for herself within her family of monsters. When she returns home after a violent incident at boarding school, trying to fit back into the space she left is harder than she thought. Rose Szabo’s thrilling debut What Big Teeth is a dark, gothic fantasy YA novel about a teen girl who returns home to her strange, wild family after years of estrangement, perfect for fans of Wilder Girls…Įleanor Zarrin has been distanceed from her wild family for years. This is an honest, spoiler free review and all thoughts and feelings are my own. Thank you to FSG and BookishFirst for sending me a finished copy for review.
The prologue and first chapter got me so excited for this book, but after reading it, it didn’t live up to my hopes. I won a copy of What Big Teeth from BookishFirst after reading a sneak preview on their site.
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