Reviews tagging 'Rape'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

271 reviews

literarylifter89's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

jennaphelan's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Beautifully written book. It’s political, portrays a female psychopath so well and really makes you feel connected with her. Not only are each and every character so interesting in their own way, each shows their flaws so well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

This book is very graphic when it comes to sexual scenes and torture/murder scenes.

amiza's review against another edition

Sexual Assault scenes written by a woman the way a straight man would sexualise them. Very sensitive subjects desribed in a non sensitive and bagatelising way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Lesbophobia

sineadlily's review against another edition

• 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

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

sallyrooneystanclub's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Classism

saunak's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

I ate this book up voraciously! Written in a very raw and mock memoir style narration from the point of view of a sociopath, each chapter was a tempting morsel, just as a delicious platter.

This book is equal parts feral; hillarious; lustful; and outrageously H.Lecter mode crazy. The protagonist is snobby, in your face, and at times over the top but when the plot thickens and the why's are out, Dorothy does edge her audience to provocative questions via metaphors. The parts about Italy and food were monstrously delicious with it fair share of triggers. Yet it easily transcended me to Italy and make me wish, hell I want a vacation too! Although I wonder if Dorothy's opinion of Trenitalia is such hillarious, what would she make of Deutsche bahn?! :p

'You are what you eat' - food has increasingly become a part of identity politics and a potent device of feminist phenomenology, highlighted in stories from 'The Vegetarian' to 'Piglet' to symbolize female sexuality and dynamism. Through their harsh, uncomfortable, and not so subtle narrations, highlighting edibility of women in it's broader sense. In this new/ not so new wave, for me amidst the cult of 'Bunny', utter despair of 'My year of rest and relaxation', and crazy mother-in-law of 'Motherthing'; Dorothy of 'A certain hunger' made me laugh, gawk, blush (at public transport) and eew at her scathing naughty monstrosity.

'...have you stayed with me throughout this tale of murder and betrayal, carnage and meat, only to become disillusioned as I tell you of love....love found me, gravity took me...'

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape

tinny's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-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

2.75

A non traditional female protagonist, food and industry commentary, a bittersweet after taste...these are all things I love and things this book has in spades. However, I didn't love this book! Maybe it was the odd pacing (lagging in the middle and sudden tension at the end ) or that I felt the main character's choices at the end didn't make any sense. Dorothy throughout the book has demonstrated extreme control over herself. The character Emma disappears for most of the book and suddenly reappears to play a key role at the end. This book makes little narrative sense to me unless I read it as a tale about a woman self destructing [ which I think defeats my perceived purpose of the book: a woman's undying strength to be herself and to be uncompromising ] .

Good prose though, had some witty moments with cultural insights. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Violence and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Rape

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.

sheianus's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Made my mouth water, made me gag a bit, and made me curious about what I’d taste like?
I appreciated how the narrator is a middle aged woman, as I feel we don’t read these types of stories with that demographic as the MC. It feels a lot more fleshed out as she takes us through her life and all these events that coalesce to bring us to where we find her. She’s lived a good amount of life and I feel the story shows that well. The story is told by an unreliable narcissist, and it definitely shows! But I like it all the more for that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, Violence, Cannibalism, Car accident, and Murder

gnpunpun's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

weirdly makes you think while also being very gross but very easy to pick up and not put down because of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Murder