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The Hunger by Alma Katsu

27 reviews

kt2e56's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A lot of this really worked for me! It’s clearly very well researched and the horror elements are very chilling. I think some of the different threads get a bit disjointed though and don’t fully mesh together. There’s also some reveals made towards the end that feel a bit like they were thrown in last minute (an example being

Tamsen being in love with her brother. I think that’s something that should have come up way sooner if she was so madly in love with him that she emotionally pushed herself away from other men and used sex to satisfy herself while she couldn’t get her brother. The way it’s presented in the book is very sudden and has nothing to do with the events at that point.

). The ending as a whole felt a bit rushed. Certain characters that we had POV chapters from felt pushed off to the side when I think hearing more from them could have added to the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Child death, Gore, Pedophilia, Suicide, Infidelity, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Misogyny, Murder, and Racism

Moderate: Colonisation, Self harm, Sexism, Alcoholism, Classism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Vomit

magellen's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Solid, dread from the start story. Walks between the mystical and the desperate for scientific explanation.

For a while it's a jumble of POVs but they do ultimately tie together in a horrid grotesque bow. Don't get attached to anyone, don't hope for the best - if you know anything about the history of the Donner-Reed Party, you know what you've gotten into !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Violence, Homophobia, Grief, Gore, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Racism, Murder, Animal death, Death, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Child death, Confinement, Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Racism, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

nonfictionfeminist's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, Racism, Classism, and Colonisation

sourdoirevalley's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Homophobia, Hate crime, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Incest

tanilian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Animal death, Death, Cannibalism, Sexual harassment, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Homophobia

Minor: Incest

voidcrawler's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Infidelity, Gun violence, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Homophobia, and Misogyny

Minor: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment

readerintheruemorgue's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Animal death, Cannibalism, and Body horror

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse

keenanmaree's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

vague_coffeecup's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal death, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

thegr8estangell's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

The Donner party has always been fascinating to me. Being descendant of the Mormon pioneers who first settled Salt Lake City gives me more background information on the early pioneers. Having been raised with stories of those trekking westward since I was young, I've always been fascinated with tales from prairie. This book was really slow at first. It took a hot moment to get going, but once it did I didn't want to put it down. Evening knowing that most people in the party would meet their maker, I still was hooked. I loved the supernatural elements of the story. Wendigos are fucking terrifying. Being stalked out in the wilderness where nobody can help you is enough to make your blood run cold, but adding in skinwalkers? yeah, no thanks. I ordered the non-fiction books the author talks about in her acknowledgements to get more information. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, and Violence