Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

A certain hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

26 reviews

latoyareadsdaily's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I found this book to be 100% out of the ordinary read for books. It is more like the memoir of a woman who lives by the prodding of her carnal appetite. I had to keep Google nearby as I spent half the time researching words and foods. The rest of the time I didn't bother to do it but I just appreciated the book for the lexical delicacy it is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Cursing, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence

margauxb's review against another edition

dark funny reflective slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Drug use, Cancer, Classism, Cursing, and Death of parent

jjreads331's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious fast-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

Apropos of the subject matter, I devoured this book. Dorothy has an incredibly distinct narrative voice, and I appreciated the faux memoir satire of it all. The writing about both food and murder and sex was visceral, sensual, and a little bit over the top. There were certainly parts that made me want to vomit a bit, but the descriptions of the food brought me right back in. A fun quick read for a darker sense of humor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

rllyhategrapes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, Incest, Infidelity, and Antisemitism

varo's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol, Violence, Rape, Murder, and Gore

Minor: Drug use and Racial slurs