A review by lifeinpoetry
Eat Only When You're Hungry by Lindsay Hunter

5.0

I loathed Greg with the sort of intensity that can only come from having a severely dysfunctional father. Greg introduced GJ, his son, to alcohol at a very young age, can barely stand being around him, is addicted to multiple things, is blinded by moments of rage towards his son and his wife (& ex-wife), and shows no insight into what a truly garbage parent/partner he is. Greg goes on a half-hearted trip to find his drug addicted son after his son disappears from his life which leads to ultimately pointless flailing and self-destructiveness. The only good thing he did in the book was

Spoiler

ultimately reject GJ after a night of GJ using which led to GJ freeing himself from the millstone that is Greg

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I appreciated the writing but reading about bad parent(s) from the perspective of a bad parent who has the insight of a puddle is both depressing and enraging.