"Of Grandmothers and Wolves: Rose Szabo's What Big Teeth". ^ "Facing Down The Monster Within in 'What Big Teeth' ".This book is slow and patient with its reader precisely because everything has a purpose." Tor.com and NPR both commented upon Szabo's depiction of the characters and monsters, with NPR writing that the point of the metaphors of humanity and monsters was that "It's easier to ignore the deep-rooted trauma that gives us all the potential to be monsters than it is to face it head-on." References Multiple reviewers noted the novel's pacing and in a guest review for Entropy Jake Demers stated that "While it wouldn’t be unfair to call this book slowly-paced, it would be unfair to list this as a negative quality.
Reception Ĭritical reception for What Big Teeth has been positive and the novel has received comparisons to Katrina Leno’s Horrid and Shea Ernshaw’s The Wicked Deep. An audiobook adaptation narrated by Jasika Nicole was published through Macmillan Audio. What Big Teeth was first published in the United States on Februthrough Farrar, Straus and Giroux in both hardback and ebook formats. In an interview with Tor Nightfire they stated that "a monster is a person where a person should not be" and that "That process–of being startled to encounter a person where you expected none–is one that I think can be liberating, as much as it is terrifying." Release
Szabo chose to leave the description of the changing from human to wolf form undescribed, as they view ambiguity as "the friend of the monster". This requires her to not only come to terms with and accept her family, but also the secrets hiding within herself. While she cannot relate with her strange family, Eleanor also seeks to hold them together as best as possible. What Big Teeth is a 2021 young adult gothic dark fantasy novel by Rose Szabo and marks their debut novel.Įleanor has spent most of her life at boarding school but has returned home after she was involved with an incident that may be related to a vague memory from her past.
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