Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

99 reviews

alissa_lopez's review

dark funny tense medium-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

4.25

Definitely more smutty than I had anticipated, but the prose is beautiful. It started slow (& pretentious) and grew on me as I kept reading. Definitely an interesting read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Blood, Animal death, Murder, Gore, Cannibalism, and Death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Alcohol

stomachpains's review

challenging dark reflective slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Animal death, Gore, and Sexual content

camrich's review

challenging dark funny reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Sexual content, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death

brttnyrse's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cursing, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Cannibalism, Animal death, Excrement, Violence, Body horror, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Cancer

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

karalara's review

adventurous challenging dark tense 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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Gore, Blood, Sexual assault, Torture, Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Stalking, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

dgiff01's review

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, Animal death, and Cannibalism

themeanfrench's review against another edition

dark funny informative tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Body horror, Death, Toxic relationship, Cannibalism, Murder, Mental illness, and Gore

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Blood, Rape, Stalking, and Animal death

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Terminal illness

fishoutofwater's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• 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? Yes

2.75

I typically love books where women are unhinged, and as a psychology student I can relate to the students in the book and agree that if Dorthy was a real case I would be interesting to try and “study her”. 
However the way the book was written just made it hard for me to enjoy it and immerse myself into it. It had a pompous writing style, describing things in a way more complex way than needed. I also did not like the timeline, it was very winding in circles, beating around the bush style. The time jumps were not labeled so it was hard for me to keep track where we were in the story.
That is to say it is definitely a story about an intelligent, interesting and conniving woman. If you can look past those faults then this is a great book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Animal death, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual content, and Cannibalism

lena04's review

challenging dark funny 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, and Cannibalism

cj_tatertott's review

dark reflective tense slow-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

3.25

This was a really interesting read, and I did really enjoy the visceral, descriptive writing style. The main character is fascinating, and is both relatable in some aspects and utterly horrifying in others. Good read, both entertaining and darkly philosophical at times. Definitely not for everyone, but I enjoyed it a lot!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Cannibalism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Mental illness, and Death

Minor: Antisemitism, Animal death, and Cancer