Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

50 reviews

hngisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Gore, Murder, Blood, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Stalking, Violence, Body horror, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

viasavona's review against another edition

dark funny medium-paced

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

4.25

If you like Killing Eve, you'll like this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Cannibalism, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

hayleyw's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Death of parent, Antisemitism, Violence, Torture, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, and Cannibalism

jolyne's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Summers’ writing style is insane and decadent; every page is chock-full with words that feel plump enough to eat lol. The story flips between campy dry humor and brutally disturbing descriptions, but it stays consistently clever. I did laugh out loud a good amount. A warning: there is strong sexual content and the descriptions of the protag’s mutilations leave little to the imagination. It’s funny that this is the first story that I’ve read where our lead is horrifying and twisted, but loveable in a way that makes me feel like I’ve lost a friend after finishing the book. Some things are iffy but make sense when you contextualize them with how icky Dorothy is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Antisemitism, Car accident, Violence, Death of parent, Mental illness, Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, and Stalking

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Vomit, Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual harassment

lycheejelly's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Cancer, Alcoholism, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, Rape, Infidelity, Misogyny, Antisemitism, Blood, Cannibalism, Sexual content, Animal death, Car accident, Chronic illness, Death, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Bullying, Homophobia, Medical content, Stalking, Outing, Body shaming, Classism, Incest, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

mermaidsherbet's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Violence, Animal death, Cannibalism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Drug use, Cancer, Classism, Cursing, and Death of parent

jjreads331's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Apropos of the subject matter, I devoured this book. Dorothy has an incredibly distinct narrative voice, and I appreciated the faux memoir satire of it all. The writing about both food and murder and sex was visceral, sensual, and a little bit over the top. There were certainly parts that made me want to vomit a bit, but the descriptions of the food brought me right back in. A fun quick read for a darker sense of humor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Cannibalism, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Antisemitism, Alcohol, Animal death, Cursing, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

alainareading's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

rllyhategrapes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Blood, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death of parent, and Cancer

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Animal death, Incest, Infidelity, and Antisemitism

kay_jax's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

i had to make a coffee to muster up the strength to write down my thoughts on this one. 

the authors’ writing isn’t awful but i would say some of it was overwritten and too descriptive (like too many adjectives and metaphors strung together). another structural issue was the drawn out storyline. i think the plot line was very confusing/ too out of order to where it dragged by the first third. this probably would’ve worked a lot better if it was a short story or novella. 

i cant explain how unbelievably unlikable the narrator was in this. the first characteristic i couldn’t endure was her pretentious fetishism of italian men and culture. her lust for italians was bordering offensive and intolerable, i understand having an affinity for a type of person but i thought the description of the narrators’ desire for italian men was disturbing. 
(also i feel like the narrator is an elitists but my brainpower is too low to get into that)
the second characteristic i felt was unnecessary was her sex drive. i felt like i was actually reading a story about a nymphomaniac instead of a psychopath. the two aren’t related so why did i need a whole novel basically recounting her decades long trysts? 
i’m not a prude but damn, i really wasn’t trying to get a full tour of this fictional characters vagina. 

honestly i feel like i wasted my time reading this. it wasn’t awful but also wasn’t good…unremarkable, i guess? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cannibalism, Car accident, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Death of parent, Cancer, and Confinement