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Teeth Hannah Moskowitz Books

I'm a sucker for happy endings and I hate sad stories. I knew from the other reviews going in that this wouldn't have a happy ending, but I picked it up anyways.
Teeth is the kind of book that hurts. I don't know if we're ever better off for doing things that hurt us, but the book is worth a read if you like that kind of thing.
Overall I enjoyed the narrator's voice and the pacing of the story. There's a lot going on, with metaliterary references and metaphors and symbolism. It's a book for people who read and it's especially a book for people who read to feel something or to make it so what they're feeling isn't so unbearable.


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Teeth Hannah Moskowitz Books Reviews

Laie in posting since I read this a while ago but it's fantastic I enjoy anything with odd, quirky characters so this was a good read for me!
What in the fudge did I just read? I have no idea. I distinctly remember reading this book, but I'm at a loss for words or feelings or just anything that requires thinking. Teeth is the epitome of wtfery. I've heard it called gut-wrenching, beautiful, and haunting, and so many people have raved about it, but I just don't get all the fuss. Teeth has a sharp bite, but I'm not entirely sure why I'm hurting and to what purpose.

I am a crazed hunter of mindf*** books, but this one was just perplexing on so many levels. Enter stage left older brother Rudy who is trapped on an island while his family tries to cure his brother's cystic fibrosis with magical flipping fish. You heard right. Magical fish. This aspect actually intrigued me, but let's go on. Said boy meets two people about his age while he is on this island. One is a girl named Diana who is kind of a homebody, seeing as her mother never lets her go out into the big, scary world. We can definitely tell this by her awkward social skills and the fact that she's learned everything from books and not personal experience. The other is half human, half fish. This just keeps getting more and more interesting. Rudy is torn between his brother's need for the fish in order to survive and Teeth's vehement protests against killing his brethren for the sake of the humans he hates.

Rudy was such a tool. He is a very realistic, angst filled teenager who thinks about sex frequently. Half the time, I wanted to punch him in the face. The other half, I admired his deep love for his brother and his concern for Teeth's welfare. I actually think the island made him a better, stronger individual; it gave him some much-needed perspective. He sounded kind of like a douchebag before his isolation. But after the move, he started focusing more on what mattered and showing redeemable qualities. He began to question overfishing in the area and many of his core beliefs, and all because of Teeth.

Teeth had to be my favorite character because he felt so strongly about his cause. He was such a complex, mind-boggling character. Sometimes he was a brat and immature, but he had even less experience than Diana with the outside world, and that was just how he reacted to the unfamiliar. He had learned everything he knew from eavesdropping, and that wasn't a whole lot. I grew to love him and I wanted to protect him somehow since he was so vulnerable and, despite his suffering, innocent. Just as Rudy couldn't bear his pain, I too wanted to silence his screams. For me, Teeth was the reason I could keep reading because I needed to know what happened to him.

I loved the magical element of the fish's healing properties, but I can't say that I particularly enjoyed much of the book. It was painful, and when I reflect back on some of the more shocking moments, I found no meaning in them. Did they have a metaphorical purpose? Of course. But I was too turned off from the story to grasp what Moskowitz was trying to communicate. I have my guesses about environmental concerns and sexuality, but there's nothing concrete. For some reason, Teeth did not resonate as deeply with me as it seems to have done with other readers. It is a book that readers can finish and then discuss at length. In fact, they can discuss it till they're old and gray and never come to an agreement. The author leaves it up to her audience to discover the meaning behind the story, and that actually frustrated me beyond belief. Can you throw me a bone here, Moskowitz? If anything, I think Moskowitz tried a little too hard for complexity, sacrificing a deeper understanding for myself as the reader.

I wanted so much more from the secondary characters, such as Diane, her mother, Rudy's parents, and Dylan. I felt like Moskowitz was leading somewhere with all of them, and that there would be some development for them, but Moskowitz missed so many opportunities for characterization. It seemed like all other interactions paled in comparison to the relationship shared between Rudy and Teeth, which I understand is the main focus, but the other characters were just flat. I needed Moskowitz to breathe some life into them. Maybe it's because we only see them through Rudy's eyes? And Rudy is definitely all about Teeth.

I knew this tale would be dark and gritty. I was warned. It explores the darker sides of humanity, and there are quite a few disturbing scenes. I had no qualms with the darker aspects. I just was not feeling it at all. If you want a challenging read that makes you think long and hard, I'd say go for it. But if you're looking for something more straightforward, I'd say stay away from Teeth.
As always, Hannah Moskowitz pens a poignant tale about love, loneliness and sickness. Teeth is the unusual story of a brother, Rudy, forced to move to a faraway island whose waters hold magical fish, the cure to his little brother's cystic fibrosis.

The writing style might be a little jarring to some, but I feel like it fits the emotion and turmoil that Rudy goes through throughout the story. Same with the language. Some might complain upon seeing the F word so often, but that's how many teens talk. I think it makes the dialog seem more realistic.

Teeth is the emotional ride of a teenaged boy trying to come to terms with what his life has become due to circumstances out of his control and the struggle between trying to help those around him without hurting others at the same time. It's definitely a unique story with characters you'll come to feel for and suffer through heartbreak with.
This book was the weirdest, strangest, most disturbing book that I've read............

Ever?

Yes, ever. That is an accurate statement.

Most of the story of Teeth is about the relationship that grows between Rudy, the main character, and Teeth... a half fish, half boy... but throw out any thoughts or dreams of Ariel from The Little Mermaid because Teeth is not a cute merman... He is literally half of a human fused to a fish - specifically, the magical kind of fish that heals the sick on the island.

Born from a rather... disturbing (how many times am I going to use this adjective? I need a thesaurus...) encounter between his mother and one of the Enki fish, Teeth is one of a kind. He hangs on the fringes of the human world - a young boy who has sentient thoughts, emotions, a sense of humor and anger - but has no true place in the world. Teeth is either exploited in the most terrible of ways by a few of the people on the island or completely ignored, written off as an urban legend of sorts.

And when I say exploited, I mean to say raped. Repeatedly. The screams that Rudy hears during the nights? Those are Teeth's screams while he is being raped.

Hannah Moskowitz really explores the dark side of humanity in Teeth. Nearly everyone on the island knows of Teeth's existence and can probably guess that it is him screaming in the night... but no one attempts to help him, much less care to figure out why he is screaming insistently. Even Rudy, Teeth's only friend, who knows what is happening to his friend, chooses to ignore the screaming night after night... Moskowitz really called into question where we as humans draw the line between right and wrong, action and inaction.

All in all, I really enjoyed this book. It was extremely dark, haunting and made me feel physically ill at some points... but it was unique. I do not think that I will ever forget this book. Teeth is definitely not for everyone - classifying it as young adult is a serious stretch. There is some serious language (totally inappropriate for young readers) and recurring sexual violence. Proceed with caution, you've been warned!
I'm a sucker for happy endings and I hate sad stories. I knew from the other reviews going in that this wouldn't have a happy ending, but I picked it up anyways.
Teeth is the kind of book that hurts. I don't know if we're ever better off for doing things that hurt us, but the book is worth a read if you like that kind of thing.
Overall I enjoyed the narrator's voice and the pacing of the story. There's a lot going on, with metaliterary references and metaphors and symbolism. It's a book for people who read and it's especially a book for people who read to feel something or to make it so what they're feeling isn't so unbearable.