Jawbone, Monica Ojeda
Jawbone, Monica Ojeda
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Jawbone

Author: Mónica Ojeda, Sarah Booker

Narrator: Victoria Villarreal

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/31/2023

Categories: Fiction, Horror


Synopsis

"Was desire something like being possessed by a nightmare?"

Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise?

When Fernanda, Annelise, and their friends from the Delta Bilingual Academy convene after school, Annelise leads them in thrilling but increasingly dangerous rituals to a rhinestoned, Dior-scented, drag-queen god of her own invention. Even more perilous is the secret Annelise and Fernanda share, rooted in a dare in which violence meets love. Meanwhile, their literature teacher Miss Clara, who is obsessed with imitating her dead mother, struggles to preserve her deteriorating sanity. Each day she edges nearer to a total break with reality.

Interweaving pop culture references and horror concepts drawn from from Herman Melville, H. P. Lovecraft, and anonymous "creepypastas," Jawbone is an ominous, multivocal novel that explores the terror inherent in the pure potentiality of adolescence and the fine line between desire and fear.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ana

Estoy por ponerle 5 estrellas sólo por el ensayo tan BRILLANTE acerca del miedo, que es, en mi muy particular punto de vista, el clímax del libro. Pero me calmé jeje y quedó en 4 por varios detalles. Es una novela perturbadora e inquietante desde el inicio , explora las raíces del miedo, las relacio......more

Goodreads review by julieta

La verdad ultimamente me encuentro leyendo mucho relato medio siniestro, más que de terror. Y la verdad no es que el género me atraiga mucho, pero veo que muchas escritoras latinas últimamente se inclinan por lo oscuro. Y ese universo también tiene algo interesante, más que nada por el giro que da a......more

Goodreads review by Ilenia

“L’adolescenza ha un che di pericolosamente indefinito, un vuoto, un potenziale che può esplodere in qualunque direzione e che la rende molto diversa, addirittura opposta, a tutte le altre età”. Il genere è quello de leragazzesonolepeggiori, l’adolescenza un’età crudele e spaventosa e chi la vive è......more

Let me start by saying there's a good chance many will not feel this book is for them for the same reasons I assumed it wouldn't be for me. It's slow-simmering, psychological horror with a writing style that many might label as "pretentious". But that's okay. To each their own. If you are that perso......more