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Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and the Struggle for Oral Health in America

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Rudy runs to the market, bare footed through the cold wet sand. He is uncertain as to why he refuses to wear shoes, he just does not want them on his feet. His shoeless attire probably is a reflection of the major changes that he has undergone over the last few months. Rudy and his family moved to this small secluded island looking for a magical cure for his five year old brother, Dylan, who suffers from cystic fibrosis. Living in the ocean off the shores of this island, are unique fish that have magical healing properties when eaten. No one knows how or why nor do they seem to care for as long as they eat the fish they are better. Torn from his friends and former life, Rudy tries hard not to be resentful. He does adore his brother and he is willing to make certain sacrifices, but it is awful lonely on this island as there are no other teenagers his age. That is until the day he meets the mysterious fish boy, Teeth. Teeth is half human, half boy and he guards the fish at a terrible price. Will Rudy be able to save his brother's life once he learns Teeth's secrets? Moskowitz has a talent for characters, I believe. They are depressing, sad, flawed, and filled with inner darkness. She made me feel a lot of empathy for both Rudy and Teeth. These two characters are layered with many layers. I felt that the MC was believable. His every action, reaction, pain, selfishness, all his thoughts seemed real so that made him real. Though I must point out the profanity felt really excessive here, it felt more like a hindrance than it actually added anything to the authenticity. Maybe I am getting old, haha. Coming to characters, Rudy and Teeth were brilliant but I wish some of the secondary characters had a bigger role to play – especially Fiona and Ms. Delaney. Judging from the way things were in the first half, I thought these characters were all leading somewhere but they’re mainly absent in the second half.

I believe that Teeth is a special novel. The kind of special that only rarely comes into the world. Does that sound over dramatic? Maybe. But this is how I truly feel about this book. Now please just go read this book so you can experience the ugly beauty of it yourself. Don’tet your fear of the strangeness this novel has keep you away from it. I doubt you will regret it. I make no secret of the fact that I love Moskowitz’s work with the power of a thousand Beiber fans except I don’t need to suspend my disbelief in Moskowitz’s ability. The relationships between the characters were so beautiful and endearing that they just ... got to me like few manage. Do we need words to express what we feel? Do we need to put a name on a box? I don't think so. Friendship, guilt, expectations, but love love love. So much love that my heart can't contain it. But Teeth is not a fairy-tale. And while I see the brilliance of this book, I simply couldn't connect with it enough to actually let the awesomeness sink in. This is the first book I've read by this author. I've heard people praise her and from what I've seen on goodreads, she seems like an awesome human being. So when I saw this on Edelweiss, I decided to request it. I didn't think I'd get approved because I always seem to get denied when it comes to the books I really want. But I got it!You read so many books, you go through piles and piles of them, all those dead trees. But rarely do we ever come across books that we actually want, or how we need them to be. Because we do need them and they heal us. Exactly how we like some writings. Then sometimes that happens and you are not even surprised. I’m pretty sure there’s never been a book like Teeth in YA, and I say that not only for the strangeness of its vision, but also for its unusual maturity. Enveloped in magic, Teeth is a story about love, responsibility and sexual identity, where even seemingly innocent things (like magic healing fish) have a dark underside to them. Teeth is just as much of a complex character as Rudy. Being abandoned by his mother at four years old because he turned into a fishboy, Teeth now hates humans. He hates the fishermen that come to kill his siblings & he hates the humans that attempt to bond with him- only to push him away. Teeth's emotional damage is intensified when he reveals he has been repeatably raped. Desperate to get out off the island, but harboring his own feelings of guilt & shame, there's nothing left to do but find some sort of solace in the companionship of Rudy. Oh and also, I find I usually can't connect with a male voice but I adored Rudy. I also adored how strong all the other characters were. Teeth, Diana and Dylan, especially. Listen carefully because I haven't felt something like this since I read a book from Melina Marchetta : The characterization was perfect. Indeed the characters are so complex, flawed, dynamic and strangely realistic (yes, strangely, because Fishboy, duh) that I couldn't help but fall in love with each and every one of them, couldn't help but care deeply about their family, their struggles, the choices they have to make, their pains - even if Rudy can be such an asshole sometimes. Oh, God. My heart is shattered in a millions pieces but I wouldn't have wanted anyone of them to be different.

My parents have no idea this is all my fault, that they should be tying me down and excising me or lancing me like a boil or shooting me full of poison, anything, and then taking my lungs and stuffing them down my brother's throat and watching him turn pink again." I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own and I was not compensated for this review.

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I busted my ass to get this book. I can't even count the times my requests were declined, but I kept on requesting, just so Simon & Schuster could really see how desperate I was to read this damn book. Trust me, after the masterpiece that was Gone, Gone, Gone, I would read anything this woman writes. My thoughts exactly. Do you know the kind of book which has the power to affect you so much that you spend your night tossing and turning in your bed? Well, welcome to my last night. She grins. Her cheeks are getting all flushed. She gets more turned on when we talk about books than when we kiss. I shouldn't be okay with that. I'm beginning to think I'm using this girl as some kind of symbol and that's really not okay with me. I wish I were a different person. I kiss her like that will fix me.

I knew this book wouldn't disappoint, and it didn't. The only thing I'm pissed about right now is that Hannah Moskowitz did it again: made me fall in love with fictional characters. You really have to stop doing that, you know. It hurts. A lot. (No, don't stop. I'm secretly masochistic.)

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