Reviews tagging 'Violence'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

143 reviews

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

pamnc's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, and Violence

kllyholt's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, and 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

raisinreads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.25

GoDDAMN this woman was horny; is it bad that in the book about cannibalism I was most grossed out by the foot fetish..

Anyways, to quote a queen:
"You're killing people?"
"No, I'm killing boys."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Blood, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, and Violence

ermcurtis's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault

archiedh's review against another edition

dark funny medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

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

ekclar's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Murder, Blood, and Violence