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strawberryhwa's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
lhill092's review
dark
mysterious
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
steaksmum's review
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
1.75
I wanted to like this book. I was sooooo close to DNFing at the halfway mark because tolerating the incessant narcissism of Dorothy was too much. You’re telling me that someone who criticizes for a living can’t offer ANY critical rationale for why they do anything they do? The second half of the book was considerably better - I didn’t have to read the word ‘pudendum’ again and again. Overall this character and book felt to me like a late boomer/early Gen X white woman’s idea of female empowerment - that being violent like a man, eating like a man, having sex like a man, being obsessed with men - is real liberation. I’m not sold. It feels needy, pick me, and frankly, just fucking boring, which is difficult to imagine about a book about a cannibalistic serial killer.
biareads02's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
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
ava2898's review
dark
funny
fast-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
4.0
olako's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
thehorologist's review
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