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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: Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Car accident, and Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual assault, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Rape
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, Murder, and Cannibalism
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: Rape, Gore, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Death, and Murder
mothmania's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
3.5
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
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: Rape, Gore, Murder, Violence, Cannibalism, and Animal death
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: Cannibalism, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Rape, and Death
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Animal death
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: Murder and Cannibalism
Moderate: Rape
thenurabh's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, and Mental illness
Minor: Rape
thegayestghost'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
4.0
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