A review by ellieworm
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers

dark fast-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

2.0

What I liked; the deep, passionate explanations of food and its origins (especially genuinely learning more about truffles and kosher butchery). I also can totally get on board with the horniness. I had fun with the verbose, rich linguistics of it which felt fitting for her character. 
What I didn’t like: a protagonist so completely psychopathic that she’s quite dull to spend time with. An increasingly far-fetched series of events and choices that climax with a reveal that, to me, genuinely just doesn’t make sense (
the Dorothy that we have grown to know, who uses fake names and wigs and burner phones and abseils down the side of buildings to avoid getting caught- just wouldn’t throw a receipt in the bin.
) Not a book I enjoyed much really.
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