Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

150 reviews

ewwa18's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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tsubibo's review against another edition

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dark informative slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.75

Whoever says that this book is girl boss is a big fat liar!!

It talks about very surface-level things but adorned with pretty words. I do appreciate the new words I've learned, but it is so try-hard. I found it to be very hollow and hard to believe, and I love me some ridiculous things, but this was not it (for me). Every line I read, instead of seeing the character, I saw the author and how hard she was trying to make one-liners. Now I don't mind the topics that the mc talks about, but it writes in such a way to make it seem grand when it really isn't. It felt like reading a wattpad fantasy. I had to listen to this book in text to speech while doing laundry... 
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mangonana's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious 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

4.75

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rikathestrange's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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assesgrass's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

Dolls is on a roll, a bread roll mainly. 

This captivating story of a food critic with a sharp tongue and a heavy hand sliced right through me and took its time cutting bone. The read was heavy and detailed, but oh my god I was kept in my seat. I may as well been taped to my chair with a fork and knife superglued to my hands while I turned each page like peeling an onion, or better at an artichoke. The middle chokes. Be careful of the middle, too easy to get confused and choke. 

I learned more about food than I ever have on any food network, and learned way too much about how to properly cook the human body, which seasonings go best with the flesh of a previous lifetime. 
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ingridreadss's review against another edition

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adventurous dark informative tense fast-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

i had so many thoughts while reading this, and now i have none. this is a freaking work of art, as messed up as it may be. i must admit i skimmed the overly-descriptive meals, but the rest i. ate. up. like a woman starved

dorothy, you psycho, “maneater” is your song
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spbaer's review against another edition

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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

2.0

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addy_b's review against another edition

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

4.75

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culpeppper's review against another edition

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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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alexismoodie's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-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

5.0

WOW!! i would give it 10/5 stars if i could! do read the trigger warning beforehand, but if you can handle it, it is well worth the read!!
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