hazelgirl21's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Violence, Cannibalism, and Animal death
peachani's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Death, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Violence, Murder, Alcohol, Body horror, and Car accident
Moderate: Cancer, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Misogyny, and Stalking
Minor: Death of parent, Classism, Cursing, Excrement, and Forced institutionalization
danielareads_'s review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Gore, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Animal death and Sexual content
Minor: Vomit
veelaughtland's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Animal death, Cancer, Blood, Murder, Car accident, Death of parent, Cannibalism, Violence, Injury/injury detail, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Drug use and Rape
alleycatbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Summers offers readers a ghastly yet thrilling alternative to Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat, Pray, Love. The main character's predatory journey is filled with a psychological bounty of indulgence in lust and hunger. The juxtaposition of a colorful narrative is layered perfectly throughout by the black-and-white thought processes of the MC. I found myself lightheaded reading the obscure and bountiful adjectives that culminate into brilliant prose. I can't wait to reread this novel.
Graphic: Cannibalism and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/injury detail, Violence, Blood, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Gore, and Mental illness
joshoonet's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
- As a non native english speaker, I had too google quite a few words
- Incredibly delicious, colourful and visceral descriptions
- The sex was - at times - a bit much for me, but it fit the theme very well and I got used to it
- Timeless vibes for some reason
- The protagonist (and writer of the story in form of a memoir) is deadly smart and she knows it well, hence some uncommon turns of phrase, some unusual words, some very pretty poetic writing
- Feels strangely detached from the happenings of the story, readers will know why. It works.
Graphic: Gore, Injury/injury detail, Animal death, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Sexual assault, Car accident, Rape, Stalking, and Violence
Minor: Cancer, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death of parent
glowhoya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Murder, Gore, Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Rape, and Blood
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Either way, I’m going to be thinking about this for a while.
Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, and Sexual assault
Moderate: Alcohol, Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexism
Minor: Cancer, Antisemitism, and Death of parent
finleyfrogreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Rape
karina_aracely's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
The writing is verbose and tedious, you get used to it after a bit, but you will be adding to your mental dictionary. I do wish there was a more development and insight into Dorothy's and Emma's friendship. The friendship is obviously very important to the MC, but it would have been nice to have more emphasis and time with it as we got with all of Dorothy's lovers.
Overall, I loved the tangental and reflective story telling, the MC's narration and the satirical nature of the novel. The rich, detailed descriptions of food dishes were positively mouth-watering and I thoroughly enjoyed the inherent sexuality the MC experiences in those moments of consuming food...which is a theme obviously carried throughout her new culinary ✨adventures✨.
P.S. Fellow tauruses: you'd eat this shit up
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Gore
Moderate: Stalking
Minor: Rape