Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

540 reviews

bbylime's review against another edition

dark funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Rape, and Blood

litpages3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

keyla_m's review against another edition

dark funny informative slow-paced

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

4.0

Overall interesting book, however felt a bit slow at certain points. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Cannibalism

Minor: Rape

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

mirandaleighhhh's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

I thought this was...just fine. Maybe it had been oversold to me before I got a chance to read it. I get the whole maneater thing, and the bit about the friend, Emma, was pretty interesting, but overall I found the writing to be pretentious and formulaic. It was longer than it needed to be by 50-100 pages.

There was a bit about Dorothy being straight but enjoying awakening other women? Idk it was weird, and if more was meant to be alluded to there, it fell flat. For me personally, I did not get much out of reading about a wealthy psychopath straight white woman and her wealthy friend and her wealthy lovers/exlovers. I did appreciate the author's commitment to taking on the main characters tone.

the casual, "fascinating" rape scene was absolutely unnecessary.
after the fourth "labia-pink" color description, I couldn't roll my eyes far enough back in my head

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Blood

jillohara's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism

carlomartinez__'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

Read the trigger warnings! Not for the squeamish, sensitive, or faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Rape, Cannibalism, Classism, Animal death, Death, Gore, Sexism, and Violence

jessidont's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Sexual assault, and Gore

littlepileofgoodthings's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

• 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Death, Rape, Violence, Cannibalism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

leafygreens1's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

3.0

Slow start but overall not a bad book. Lots of weird sexual metaphors that I didn't enjoy but they made sense in the context of the main character. Wouldn't re-read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, and Rape