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This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham

27 reviews

evelynyle_88's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Gore, and Body horror

Moderate: Alcohol, Confinement, and Transphobia

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug use, and Suicidal thoughts

nerdysread's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

Really liked it. More to come (probably)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Suicidal thoughts

keen's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Alcohol and Confinement

Minor: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, and Fire/Fire injury

midgereads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This book was a lot better than I expected. It’s VERY gory so it’s perfect for halloween, but it also has some funny moments, so it’s a nice balance. It’s also pretty short and very readable, I had a hard time putting it down sometimes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, Violence, Gore, Pandemic/Epidemic, Body horror, Death, Grief, Confinement, Murder, Alcohol, Cursing, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Sexism

Minor: Deadnaming and Transphobia

sav_22's review

adventurous dark funny hopeful medium-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? No

4.25

This was a fun ride! It’s a perfect balance of horrifying and endearing. The main group is a group of girls trauma bonded by the event that changed the world known as The Hollowing. I found all of the girls to be relatable and intriguing to get to know; even when it mainly follows a first person one narrator format, we get pov switches in the form of flashbacks in 3rd person to dive into other characters. There’s romance and a hint of a love triangle, but I would say that it is very much a subplot to the overall plot. All of the four main characters are sapphic, which to me is something I always appreciate when writers realistically write queer people sticking together.

There are some questions left unanswered imo, and it’s kind of an open ending, but it doesn’t deter from the overall satisfaction of the book for me. There are some intense horror elements like body horror and gore, but it wasn’t overdone or overzealous. I really enjoyed reading the evolution of the main couple, even if it wasn’t a major focus and it was predictable I think that it complimented the story and themes well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Racism, Drug use, Blood, Gore, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Cursing, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief

Minor: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Transphobia

erica_reads_things's review

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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? No

4.25

What a fun, witty YA horror! I really really enjoyed this. Not an incredibly unique premise, however, the plot was fun and I loved the characters a lot. I would recommend a book like this for folks looking to explore horror genres but not wanting to start with something too intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Pandemic/Epidemic, Death, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Alcohol, and Gun violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Deadnaming, Animal death, and Drug use

bubblepricks's review

adventurous dark mysterious relaxing tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

This book was 110% written by Tina Belcher & you can not convince me otherwise. 
a lil cheeky, a lil horny, & a lil gory- I really enjoyed flying through this book & I would read more about the word of Hollow people. 

ALSO the paperback print comes with a list of content warnings at the very beginning- thank you Kayla! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Confinement, Blood, Cannibalism, Sexism, Alcohol, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Drug use, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic

samburkhouse's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Gore, and Grief

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

genevieve_eggleston's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Vomit, Body horror, Cannibalism, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Cursing, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Grief, Misogyny, and Police brutality

Minor: Biphobia, Transphobia, Confinement, Gun violence, Homophobia, Animal death, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Deadnaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Physical abuse, Racism, and Sexual content

simone_elizabeth's review

adventurous dark funny tense fast-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? No

5.0

This book is such a great summer read! Loved the campy B-movie vibes and the characters were totally adorable. TDD is a book that definitely knows what it’s about. I would not recommend if you dislike gore, but hopefully you gleaned that from the cover lol. Nightmarish scenario but the ending was so sweet and hopeful. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Cannibalism, Gun violence, Vomit, Blood, and Alcohol

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Confinement, Deadnaming, and Medical content