Reviews

Mother for Dinner by Shalom Auslander

_p0ssum_'s review against another edition

funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was funny and very enjoyable but I found that It could of been 100 pages or under .

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Racism, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, and Child abuse

kimthezombie's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Fun concept, very readable, could've been about 50 pages shorter but enjoyed overall

anabradley's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I'm really torn... On the one hand I never want to read anything like this again. It made me feel physically ill 🥴🥴 On the other hand it is just so clever, utterly unique, and piercingly relevant.

wienerle's review against another edition

3.0

3⭐️

Creative take on questioning religion, traditions and identity.

The only thing that mostly annoyed me was the writing style? It kept jumping from present to past for little anecdotes and to me that interfered with the flow of the book even though they did provide context. And most of the time, if the plot wasn’t really moving along, it got a bit boring and hard to get through.

I wouldn’t really call this book ‘extremely funny’ or ‘superb’ as the cover suggests but it did have its moments. The funniest part was when mudd started listing off all the ways her children were born

lap1n's review against another edition

Not what I was hoping for. It's an unfunny, on the nose allegory for identity politics and tribalism

aireyfairy's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

misho_ar's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

georgiamthorpe's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.5

feelsnotbrains's review against another edition

4.0

I thought I was getting a horror novel, and I was wrong, but I was pleased to have been wrong, because I haven't chuckled as much ever before as I did with this book. This novel has verve and I enjoyed it immensely.

edeh'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0