vixenreader 's review for:

Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

4.75

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A rage-filled reimagining of “Carmilla,” this ravenous novel is a triumphant return the sensational gothic vampire novel, with a fantastic feminist theme of regaining your appetite after being starved for far too long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Car accident

Minor: Lesbophobia

Be aware that this volume involves narcissistic, abusive husbands, throwing someone off a cliff, police and murder investigation, eating human meat from a pan, eating raw animal organs, mental breakdowns, extreme misogyny within a relationship, passionless sex that seems non-consensual, carriage accidents, becoming orphaned, abuse from extended family, lesbian sex, poisoning someone through arsenic, machinery accidents and malpractice in the workplace, corporate corruption, self-gaslighting, internalized misogyny, and well-deserved feminine rage.