Jawbone
Ratings8
Average rating2.9
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Ratings8
Average rating2.9
“Was desire something like being possessed by a nightmare?” Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? When Fernanda, Annelise, and their friends from the Delta Bilingual Academy convene after school, Annelise leads them in thrilling but increasingly dangerous rituals to a rhinestoned, Dior-scented, drag-queen god of her own invention. Even more perilous is the secret Annelise and Fernanda share, rooted in a dare in which violence meets love. Meanwhile, their literature teacher Miss Clara, who is obsessed with imitating her dead mother, struggles to preserve her deteriorating sanity. Each day she edges nearer to a total break with reality. Interweaving pop culture references and horror concepts drawn from from Herman Melville, H. P. Lovecraft, and anonymous “creepypastas,” Jawbone is an ominous, multivocal novel that explores the terror inherent in the pure potentiality of adolescence and the fine line between desire and fear.
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So verbose and boring. I can't imagine I'm going to suddenly start enjoying this at any point.
I liked how gross this was but didn't vibe with the writing style. Sometimes the metaphors crossed over from poetic and creative to something that felt like a poor translation, and the multiple page sprints with no paragraph breaks were hard to keep focus on. Stylistically not for me even though I wanted to love it!
this is absolutely my favorite horror book of all time. it’s weird, gross, poetic, thoughtful, atmospheric, and complex. the writing style is completely unique and i adore it. it’s disorganized in a way that makes it more interesting to read. love love love.
I disagree with a lot of reviews that this book was too gruesome, strange, or touched on these high school girls sexuality without tact or intent.
Rather, the cruel hierarchy and shenanigans of these girls is completely plausible, I just had issue with the pacing and the structure of this novel, which I understand is possibly due to the translation. I feel like the jumping between times really undercuts the tension, as I matter of fact I didnt feel like there was much tension.
The two events I was most interested in were glossed over, the chats with the therapist were hit or miss in terms of prose, and I feel like the atmosphere was not as fleshed out as I wanted it to be. Still I will be reading other works from Ojeda because there was still things I enjoyed from this work. Wish I could give a 2.8 or a 2.9 star review.
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