Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

A certain hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

83 reviews

amalauna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny informative reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal death, Classism, Car accident, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

emmas_reads_'s review against another edition

dark reflective 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

wow. this book was long. but short (thank god for that)! Summers sure knows how to write pretentious, unlikeable, unstable characters. and that is exactly what dorothy daniels is.

dorothy daniels is a sex-loving, borderline women-hating, antisemetic, racist, lesbophobic, and classist food snob. this book is supposed to be about dorothy critiquing women’s role in society. she brings up how she thinks monogamy is boring, that she won’t have kids, that she refuses to marry, that men are useful for sex, food, and manipulation and that’s about it. it honestly felt like dorothy hated women who decided to decided to do all of these things with men - the amount of times i wrote “just say you hate women and go” is astonishing for a book critiquing women’s gender roles in society.

the feminism in this book is more outright and blatant instead of the subtle critique i was hoping for. this felt just like the barbie (albeit with a cannibalistic serial murderess) - feminism 101.

the writing is…something. the author often shows what is unnecessary (food descriptions) and tells what is (emma and dorothy’s friendship developments). representations, descriptions, and comparisons are made with one of two things: food or genitalia. it’s very offputting - not necessarily uncomfortable but i did think it got excessive. i think the pretentiousness of the writing fit with dorothy’s characterization though, so even if it was a slog to get through i appreciate it.

i did enjoy the cannibalism (of which i do wish there was more of) and murder though. it’s why i bought this book in the first place. that part definitely delivered, and for that i’m thankful. delightfully sickening!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Antisemitism, Death, Murder, Violence, Cannibalism, and Death of parent

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Lesbophobia, Racism, Classism, and Sexual assault

river23's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, Murder, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, Animal death, and Death of parent

kharri13's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very good book. I think it was really good. Honestly conflicted on it being a 4 or a 3.75 I think it's just a little conflicting for me. The story was interesting and compelling and I think the thing that's stopping me from knowing for sure is figuring out how I feel about Emma and Dorothy. Cause for a psychopath she does seem to love a lot of people and that's tripping me up a little. But very good book and Dorothy definetly gave me the vibe of classic killer who thinks she's better and smarter than she really is. Also appreciate that we didn't see all of her lovers that she killed, at that point I think it would've been redundant and maybe a little greedy. All in all great book would and probably will read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual violence, Death, Car accident, Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Medical content, Rape, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

macncheese_pdf's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Cannibalism, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

rosita's review against another edition

Graphic rape scene

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Cancer, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

mothmania's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Murder, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Blood, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Violence, and Alcohol

thegayestghost's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death, Rape, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, and Body shaming

refrejarator's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a really fun read, however the main character is (due to her nature) someone I find intensely unlikeable. The description is fun and wild, and full of gore and torrid sex. I personally dont enjoy constant discussion of genitals outside of smut, and this book had a lot of reflections on genitalia (but this lines up well with the main character). 
I'm a vegetarian, and this book at least intrigued me with all the meat and recipe talk. Definitely made me hungry.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Blood, Infidelity, Torture, Death of parent, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Rape, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Cancer, Gore, Animal death, Confinement, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Stalking, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Toxic friendship

amessina3399's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

Really great story, lots of parts that I wanted to highlight and carry around with me in my pocket. That being said, the only thing stopping me from giving it a 4 is that the book tries really hard to keep itself as realistic as possible—ie the character saying things like “this book is true, why would I lie” and such things that when plot holes arise, no matter how minor, I’ve been asked not to suspend my disbelief, so they appear more glaring than had the book just given me the story without qualifying anything. Also, wish there were slightly more food/flavor descriptions, being a minor foodie myself. Other than that, great book, very interesting character, and I would recommend to anyone who loves horror and overall nasty bad-assery 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Cannibalism, Cursing, Gore, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Body horror, Rape, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual harassment, Blood, Death of parent, Stalking, and Sexual content