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![]() ( I confess, I only read The Secret History in the hopes that the characters would die and when one of them did, I vocalized my happiness to the empty room.) I admit, it’s not easy for me to read about them, I basically hate read Donna Tartt’s The Secret History and Hana Yanagihira’s A Little Life because of their privileged characters and the “problems” they all faced, but I’ll play along. But, whatever, rich twenty somethings have problems, too. That’s a lot of privilege for a reader who just retired from 30 plus years of teaching middle school. Four twenty-somethings of modest means have a very rich friend, who can give them all a trip to Japan and a weekend in an old Heian mansion. However, while I did have a good time Nothing but Blackened Teeth, my issues with the book never really went away.įirst, I had several problems with the basic set up. ![]() Maybe this is just what you want in a horror genre novel.Īnd it’s quick enough to read in a single sitting. Creepy, suspenseful, scary, a little gross. Though it took me a while to warm up to it, Nothing but Blackened Teeth delivers to goods. ![]() I think I’ve heard this story before, but it sounds like a good time. Two of them have invited the rest to celebrate their wedding and to spend the night telling ghost stories. Five friends arrive at a decaying Heian era mansion in Japan. ![]()
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