Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

17 reviews

vixenreader's review against another edition

challenging dark lighthearted tense 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

As distasteful of a novel as going to a slaughterhouse to see where your steak comes from, it is still a compelling character study about the worst person to serve at any fine dining establishment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Fatphobia, Rape, Vomit, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Excrement, Police brutality, and Medical content

Be aware that this text deals with sex intermingling with slaughter, bigotry towards polyamory, rimming, BDSM, butchering humans for food, imprisonment, tasteless sexual quips, and self-righteous opinions about food.

thenoboshow's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

The writing captured the pretention of the writers career in food journalism. As most people who eat with their eyes I feel like I could have been more excited about the storytelling in a visual format like a movie or TV show. Living in the head of the main character didn't give us the space to empathize with her nor the distance to understand the charisma that must have existed to allow her to move through the world as she did. A third perspective would have really served.

culpeppper's review against another edition

dark slow-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

1.75

To sum it up in one word, this book was excessive. 

Loved the

cannibalism and symbolism related to partaking in the act of it

but the rest was boring or felt slightly offensive.

Wasserman, the female black cop, was treated so weirdly. The author was fixed on her Blackness, and described her hair constantly and weirdly. Also compared her to a horse multiple time so?????

Dorothy tells the narrative in a weird, jumpy way I got used to, but it took away any thrill or surprise because she would just tell you whatever she was going to do in a summary, then go onto explain it in more tedious prose. Maybe true crime readers who like a #girlboss story will like it, but the story fell flat after about 8 chapters for me, and a lot of the "profound" shit was underwhelming but so tedious to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Violence, Excrement, and Antisemitism

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racism, Vomit, and Classism

amalauna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

mirandaleighhhh's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

I thought this was...just fine. Maybe it had been oversold to me before I got a chance to read it. I get the whole maneater thing, and the bit about the friend, Emma, was pretty interesting, but overall I found the writing to be pretentious and formulaic. It was longer than it needed to be by 50-100 pages.

There was a bit about Dorothy being straight but enjoying awakening other women? Idk it was weird, and if more was meant to be alluded to there, it fell flat. For me personally, I did not get much out of reading about a wealthy psychopath straight white woman and her wealthy friend and her wealthy lovers/exlovers. I did appreciate the author's commitment to taking on the main characters tone.

the casual, "fascinating" rape scene was absolutely unnecessary.
after the fourth "labia-pink" color description, I couldn't roll my eyes far enough back in my head

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, and Murder

thespinystacks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Murder

refrejarator's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a really fun read, however the main character is (due to her nature) someone I find intensely unlikeable. The description is fun and wild, and full of gore and torrid sex. I personally dont enjoy constant discussion of genitals outside of smut, and this book had a lot of reflections on genitalia (but this lines up well with the main character). 
I'm a vegetarian, and this book at least intrigued me with all the meat and recipe talk. Definitely made me hungry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kelnicash's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Torture, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

charlottesreadingweb's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Came for the cannibalism. Stayed for the enduring legacy of female friendship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Sexual assault and Vomit

danielatheinkdrinker's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

this book reminds me there is nothing more poetic than a raging psychotic woman. I laughed out loud, I cried at the very end and leaving away my prose: it made my fucking week. I loved it, it was raw ( no pun intended) with the criticism of what we deem correct, or moral, while also managing to even in the most sordid moments to force the reader to feel identified with a cannibalistic female who lacked empathy or emotions. A new favorite. Dorothy Daniel’s, you are the most ravishing competent woman in this murderous fictional world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual assault, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Animal death and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit