Baby Teeth
by Zoje Stage
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This is probably one of the most rage
inducing novels I've ever read. In Baby Teeth we follow the highly
dysfunctional Yensen family. Suzette is the wife and homemaker; she
cooks, she cleans, she home-schools Hanna, and she never gets a break
because Hanna terrifies every babysitter to the point where they
won't come back. Suzette tries to tell her husband what is going on
but he refuses to listen because Hanna is his beautiful angel. He
doesn't listen to anyone who tries to tell him what his daughter is
doing. I mean, the babysitters, the teachers, and her own mother try
to tell him. It isn't until things get very serious that he finally
starts paying attention and gets Hanna the help she desperately
needs.
I HATED THE CHARACTERS. I absolutely
hated the Yensen family. Suzette, the mom, was spineless; she allowed
Hanna to do absolutely crazy things with no consequence. And then
when she tried to tell Hanna's father what was happening he pushed it
all aside. The dad was a complete ass! Not only did he make excuses
for Hanna and deny all the things her mother, her teachers and other
adults were telling him, he treated Suzette unfairly anytime she
tried to discipline her. There are a couple times in the book where
Hannah does creepy things to her mother and her dad, puts them off as
thoughtful. Hanna was just an insane little creepy mute. This book
had me wanting to scream at the characters to smarten up. My hatred
of the characters is based on the people they were written as and not
the writing of the author. I think the author done a great job
portraying the characters, they were just infuriating people I would
not want to associate with in real life.
There were a few times when I wanted to
DNF it but I kept on reading. The only thing that saved any of this
book for me was the writing. I think the author is talented and was
able to keep the story amusing enough to make me want to know what
happened. While I would never read this book again.. EVER.. I
wouldn't not recommend it. This is my first psychological 'creepy
child' focused read and I'm not sure if I will every read another, so
this could just not be my cup of tea. Although, I did read Pet
Semetary and loved it, I do find this to be quite a different creepy
child factor. It definitely isn't for everybody, however, fans of the
creepy child troupe would probably enjoy this.
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