Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

34 reviews

madison_mls's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

If supporting a cannibalistic woman food critic is wrong, then I don’t ever wanna be right 💅🏼 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

officialdani's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.25

The writing is overly pretentious, although I realize the character is pretentious. It gets a bit tiring at times, but really keeps you connected to the main character.

However, the more I read the more it kept me interested.

The descriptions of certain events are very graphic and disturbing. But that did make it a good October/Halloween read.

I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend this, but I also wouldn’t discourage someone from reading it (unless you really can’t read graphic content). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Stalking, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Animal death

neni's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Violence, Sexual assault, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Sexual content, Rape, Mental illness, Murder, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, and Sexual violence

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

aoifereadsbooks69's review against another edition

was so disappointed in this! it’s been compared to books I love and I love an unlikeable protagonist so much, but the voice of the protag irritated me so much that I couldn’t be fascinated by her. she bored me. maybe that’s the point - I have read a lot about true crime and serial killers do tend in reality to be boring.  maybe it’s because I don’t romanticise food myself so the language and descriptions didn’t work on me. idk! also emma absinthe’s art sounds awful and I couldn’t tell if the book was in on that lol

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Murder, Violence, and Sexual violence

livsill's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

I devoured this audiobook. The narrator was incredible. There was a few pronunciation mistakes that made me laugh, but other than that it was so perfect. The main character is disgusting. However, you can’t stop listening to everything. She says it was fast paced,& I kept wanting to listen to more. Normally, I don’t love jumps through time but this author does it in a way that really supports the story line. It is GROSS. I loveeeeeeed it. Also, I clearly love unreliable main characters & psychotic female leads hahahahha. 
Trigger warnings for murder and  cannibalism! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, and Sexual violence

spherocytosis'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Car accident, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Toxic friendship

holycinema's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

• 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, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Rape, and Sexual violence

earth2sammi's review against another edition

2.0

Was miserable the entire time and YES I GET IT I UNDERSTAND THE POINT ISN’T TO LIKE IT OR TO LIKE DOROTHY I GET IT but I also did not like it and that is MY duality. Anyway. This line goes hard:

From my mother, I learned that beauty was armor. From my teenage friends, I learned that femininity was junk. They were both right.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

nkoss's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

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

3.75

I’m sorry but I tried to like it but the author seemed overly concerned with using every pretentious large word in her vocabulary (like, I get it! His head was “brobdingnagian”! Did you really have to use that word more than once?) — Dorothy, I assume on purpose, was unlikeable in every aspect and I can’t help but think that the author was exorcising some of her own frustrations out h the through Dorothy’s annoyance in the evolution of the workplace and how long form content is essentially dead. Felt like everything was written for shock factor when it just became quite boring towards the end. The last few chapters felt rushed that I thought a chapter was missing. It was a quick read so I finished it, but it wasn’t a favorite. Don’t feel like I need to read it ever again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Torture, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Stalking, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Gore, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Sexual violence