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sueshe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder
Minor: Rape and Sexual harassment
lqvekanej's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Rape, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcohol
mallotar's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Alcohol
ellieworm's review against another edition
- 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
2.0
What I didn’t like: a protagonist so completely psychopathic that she’s quite dull to spend time with. An increasingly far-fetched series of events and choices that climax with a reveal that, to me, genuinely just doesn’t make sense (
Graphic: Rape, Cannibalism, and Murder
fmadsm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Murder
mothmania's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
beevsii's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Rape
soph183's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
I haven’t read anything like this before: the memoir style of the story went from being gross and gory to sexy and funny, then to being deeply reflective of the main characters’ complex psyche- it really had it all.
I loved the way Summers explored love/ desire/ the idea of being a woman in a man’s world, questioning and ridiculing our ingrained gender norms through one woman’s journey of finding her power through criminality and cannibalism.
Other reviews have described Dorothy (the main character) as pretentious and unlikable but I loved her- she’s a menopausal food critic of course that’s going to be the case! Her vast vocab, detailed descriptions of elaborate cooking techniques and restaurant experiences only added to the story and character depth imo.
I love when a book is told from such a passionate perspective that it makes you begin to rationalise behaviour that you previously would have thought unthinkable, Dorothy was an icon (I support women’s wrongs) and reading her ramblings felt like such an insight into the mind of a psychopath.
Absolutely loved it !!
‘Over trays of Bonnie Bell Lip Smackers and mountains of cooling fries, I learned that being female is as prefab, thoughtless, soulless, and abjectly capitalist as a Big Mac. It's not important that it's real. It's only important that it's tasty.’
Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Rape, Violence, Cannibalism, and Murder
joensign's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, and Fire/Fire injury
anafora159's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Cannibalism and Murder
Moderate: Rape