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Building off the unsettling, but poignant iciness of her debut, Mostly Dead Things, Kristen Arnett's With Teeth is an honest, sometimes-too-honest examination of queerness, motherhood, marriage, and the complicated relationship they each have to one another. What Arnett's writing lacks in subtlety, it makes up for in stickiness –– I keep finding its observations sneaking up on me. With Teeth is physical in every way, forcing the reader to sink their teeth in. And it bites right back.
No one is quite as good at digging deep, muddling through the "what-does-it-all-mean-ness" of life and coming out of it with an original and profound take on intensely personal, yet universal lived experiences. She's done it before with family, but this time Bechdel does a deep dive into her relationship with fitness, though that is purely a springboard for the deeper dive into a higher understanding of the self as part of the whole. This graphic novel is for everyone who has a body, a mind, is a part of a society, and is looking to connect the dots between all of those things.
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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