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A review by killmoore_
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
Did not finish book. Stopped at 0%.
Okay. I struggled with this one. Not because it's poorly written, or that it lacks a good narrative. Not that the premise isn't absolute perfection. I wasn't turned off by the gore. I wasn't offended. If this was written in any other style, I would have devoured this book in a single sitting. I wanted so desperately to love it.
However.
This book reads like a young person trying to squeeze as many derogatory words into 200-something pages as they possibly can. It feels... greasy. It doesn't feel like feminist grit. It tries too hard to portray psychopathy. It's a mess. The gore is the best part, and it really is well written, it's just every other aspect of this book that made me shut it.
Will I pick it back up someday? Probably. The only reason I didn't finish it was due to an inability to renew this and another novel which I'd much rather fly through before returning them.
Would I actively recommend this? No. I understand why people love it, it's just truly not for me.
However.
This book reads like a young person trying to squeeze as many derogatory words into 200-something pages as they possibly can. It feels... greasy. It doesn't feel like feminist grit. It tries too hard to portray psychopathy. It's a mess. The gore is the best part, and it really is well written, it's just every other aspect of this book that made me shut it.
Will I pick it back up someday? Probably. The only reason I didn't finish it was due to an inability to renew this and another novel which I'd much rather fly through before returning them.
Would I actively recommend this? No. I understand why people love it, it's just truly not for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident, Gore, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Murder, Body horror, Cannibalism, Cursing, Death, Blood, Sexual content, Infidelity, and Violence