Reviews tagging 'Racial slurs'

Определенно голодна, by Chelsea G. Summers

7 reviews

brianareads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Racism, Racial slurs, and Antisemitism

celelisechap's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Xenophobia, and Racial slurs

silentprincess's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Racism and Racial slurs

nochnitsa's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Gore, Rape, and Animal death

Moderate: Death of parent and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Racial slurs

owenwilsonbaby's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

"I learned that being female is as prefab, thoughtless, soulless, and abjectly capitalistic as a Big Mac. It's not important that it's real. It's only important that it's tasty."

Though I struggled with the narrative voice at times, which read a little like a hardboiled detective/pulp narrator, Summers has written something really special. A Certain Hunger is undoubtedly dark, but has a lot to say both directly and indirectly about female psychopathy, the hunger of womanhood, what cannibalism can symbolise culturally and the dangers of white girlboss feminism taken too far. 

---

Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Xenophobia, Racism, and Racial slurs

jjreads331's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious 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

4.0

Apropos of the subject matter, I devoured this book. Dorothy has an incredibly distinct narrative voice, and I appreciated the faux memoir satire of it all. The writing about both food and murder and sex was visceral, sensual, and a little bit over the top. There were certainly parts that made me want to vomit a bit, but the descriptions of the food brought me right back in. A fun quick read for a darker sense of humor.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

varo's review against another edition

dark 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Rape, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Drug use and Racial slurs