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The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

19 reviews

k8lynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

i love the connecting stories in this one, the intertwining of trauma and grief amongst women/sisters in the family. this one was a little tough to get through but overall i enjoyed it very much.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Grief, Abandonment, Mental illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

thissagreads's review against another edition

challenging sad slow-paced

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

2.0

I had high expectations for this book, and the Audio is what saved it. The storytelling was mediocre, and there was so much left at the end of the story that wasn’t answered or remedied. Not to mention how frustrating it was that

we don’t really know what Proctor and Althea did- were they stealing tax money? Or inflating their costs of goods at their restaurant and then skimming off the top? Something happened financially but it never becomes clear. EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING IS ALTHEA AND HER LACK OF DESIRE TO BE OPEN TO CHANGE AND TO BE A BETTER SISTER WHO’S HOMOPHOBIC TO HER SISTER VIOLA, TURNS A BLIND EYE TO HER BROTHER BEATING AND TORTURING THEIR YOUNGEST SISTER LILLIAN WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, AND TO BE A BETTER MOTHER WHO TAKES ACCOUNTABILITY INSTEAD HER ATTITUDE IS “well that’s just how the world is so I’m preparing everyone for it” she has no remorse until the very end! And it’s a fraction of the remorse she SHOULD be feeling! UGH

I think what was also frustrating, was that the sisters didn’t have enough development, and the story went so back and forth from each sister AND from their past, to present, that there was just WAY too much to unpack and solve or figure out before the end of the book. I think if the author did a story for each sister, or made the book twice as long, it wouldn’t have felt like emotional whip lash while reading and seeing that maybe only 3 of the characters made actual steps towards real, permanent change.

It would’ve been nice for the author to go down the recovery journey of the sister Viola, with the eating disorder so the reader could really envision what that experience would be like. It would’ve also been nice to see the healing journey of the sister Lillian, while she works on her ptsd from her abusive big brother, AND TO SEE ALTHEA WORK ON HER HOMOPHOBIA AND FATPHOBIA! But everything felt so vague and that the surface of each sister’s life was just barely getting scratched.

I really wished the author took more time writing this because it had such good potential! But -in my opinion- there were so many characters, and not enough story to really dig into the the things that needed more than a few chapters.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia, Child abuse, and Fatphobia

mayamcdo's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Violence, and Grief

ssinforshort's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

It's hard to review this book. 

These characters are not perfect, and some aren't even likeable l, but I still enjoyed the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Death of parent and Homophobia

d_nice_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Child abuse

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Fatphobia

Minor: Death of parent, Death, and Grief

morag's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Child abuse

beetandbaguette's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Vomit, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

anna_0001's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Eating disorder, Confinement, and Mental illness

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Antisemitism

kdowli01's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I absolutely loved this. This has great writing and complex (and seriously flawed) characters. 
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Synopsis: This is about Althea, Viola, and Lillian - three sisters who have a seriously dysfunctional relationship. Althea and her husband have just been sentenced to several years in prison for food stamp fraud and embezzling charity money, and the other sisters are trying to figure out what to do with Althea's children while also facing their own demons.
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Each of these characters is pretty messed up in different ways, and their relationship with each other as well as with their brother is pretty flawed too. I really liked the alternating perspectives, because it showed just how complex these relationships were, and the faults that each woman brings, while also allowing the reader to connect with each one. 
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I've seen some reviewers say they were bored. I wasn't bored at all, but I love character-driven novels. If that's not your thing, this probably won't be for you. But if you like slow-burn family dramas, then definitely check this out! 
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Trigger warnings for eating disorders, abuse, homophobia, suicide

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Physical abuse, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Homophobia