Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

180 reviews

mmefish's review against another edition

Not only it's blatantly racist and anti-Semitic (you can't just say "my character is a psychopath" and pretend that it makes anything you write OK), it's also laughably edgy, overwritten and unnecessary vulgar in relations to sex.

Includes gems like:

"In an arc as perfect as a fifteen-year-old girl's breast [...]"

And

"I imagined the relief after my hymen broke [...]"

For the love of god, learn your own body's anatomy.

Chelsea Summers writes women as Men-Writing-Women write women. In what world this piece of garbage is feminist?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Rape

peggy_racham's review against another edition

5.0

"To eat people is to get the taste of a Titan. It’s infinite immortalization. It makes a god out of a woman."

Women's rights but more importantly women's wrongs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Car accident, Gore, Rape, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

russejenn's review against another edition

dark slow-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

I could not get over the pretentious writing. I understand that the author was trying to show the egocentrism of this character, but it was obnoxious to read. Also, I don’t eat meat, and so the constant describing of food had me feeling grossed out and bored (not the cannibalism, the actual food). Finally, I was really uncomfortable with the way that she talked about the ONLY POC in this book. She describes her dreadlocks as Medusa snakes, and basically has nothing nice to say, and then literally in the next chapter she is praising how beautiful her blond lawyer is. Maybe it was an intentional choice, but then she starts talking about her white privilege in prison as if she’s woke, so I’m not sure that it was. Regardless, I didn’t like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Minor: Racism

officialdani's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-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

3.25

The writing is overly pretentious, although I realize the character is pretentious. It gets a bit tiring at times, but really keeps you connected to the main character.

However, the more I read the more it kept me interested.

The descriptions of certain events are very graphic and disturbing. But that did make it a good October/Halloween read.

I wouldn’t go out of my way to recommend this, but I also wouldn’t discourage someone from reading it (unless you really can’t read graphic content). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Stalking, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Animal death

racl's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The best way I've found to describe the bulk of the book is that it reads like NBC Hannibal feels to watch. It's downright decadent in it's description and focuses just as much on food as it does on murder. The main character manages to be likeable despite what she describes to the reader and the author really made her feel like a food columnist 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Blood, Cannibalism, Animal death, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, and Death of parent

leahhhtaylor's review against another edition

challenging dark funny medium-paced

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

4.75

I would really give this like a .65, but i rounded up bc it was just so good. I was on a roll of good books in may which i am proud of since it’s the best month but wow. looooooved it. want to read it again already. just like everything that keeps me excited about reading in this one, so well written 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism and Sexual content

So random but she really hates vegans lol

prairieraven's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Cancer, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Abandonment, Alcohol, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Infidelity

fadeddpages's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective

• 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Violence, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

leighlin's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

supportive of womens rights and womens wrongs!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, and Rape

lucylou's review against another edition

dark slow-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

2.5

Crazy read. Interesting enough to finish, but my eyes glazed over a few times reading this, mainly around the 2/3rd mark. A pretentious main character who loves to talk and meander got pretty boring. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Alcohol, Death of parent, Cancer, and Classism