Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

132 reviews

nadiaxm's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

giuliasaintx's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is not for everybody and the main character is a narcissist woman but you may have a soft spot for her because she is funny. Anyways, I was so mad at her towards the ending but I have zero problems with cannibalism in fiction. The book is funny and simple and I loved the foods descriptions.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gaslighting, and Murder

withlivjones's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wow. I am almost entirely vegetarian (can’t quite give up chicken lol) and yet some of the descriptions of food in this book have me thinking Thoughts. I loved getting inside Dorothy’s mind, the apathetic, logical way she looks at the world, the way she talks about food, and the way she directly confronts us readers for judging her actions. She is a fantastic unlikeable narrator, and while it took me a bit of time to get used to her rather longwinded and condescending narration style, I was loving it by the end. A must-read if you’re looking for an absolutely unhinged, but still classy, book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Cannibalism, and Death

Moderate: Cancer and Death of parent

ciaranolio's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A comic horror novel written as a cannibal food critic's memoir, reminiscent in ways of American Psycho, darkly funny in places and deeply off-putting in others. Very vivid writing style and truly excellent food descriptions were a delight to me, but my reading experience was somewhat marred by the book's reputation as a feminist girlboss-type story, especially when considering the fact that the protagonist (who, don't get me wrong, is as entertaining as they come, but most certainly not a girlboss in my mind) actively commits a hate crime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Antisemitism, Blood, Car accident, Cannibalism, and Violence

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Sexual content, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent, Chronic illness, Classism, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Cancer

elienore's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Cannibalism, Rape, Gore, and Blood

knik's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Cannibalism, Death, and Gore

olenvasynyt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Cancer, Cannibalism, Alcohol, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Animal death, Sexual content, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexism, Domestic abuse, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault

layla5514's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, and Murder

riley2005's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Death of parent

clareehebert's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This book made me wish I was better at cooking, in a really weird way. There is something very novel in reading the thoughts and emotions of a female serial killer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, and Death