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A review by choufleur
A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
In the timeless words of Tumblr user puppygirllaika, "If you're struggling to write sex, write food. if you're struggling to write food, write gore. if you're struggling to write gore, write sex. They're all variations on the same themes."
Chelsea G Summers clearly struggles with neither, and has woven together a truly disturbing narrative that glistens with sweat, cum, duck fat, and human viscera, with a lovely and aromatic glaze on top. I guess that doesnt sound very appetizing, but as disturbing as this book is, it is also delicious. At first, I found it a bit hard to follow, with an abundance of cultural references I wasn't really familiar with, and violence that came faster than I was expecting. But I couldn't put it down. The writing is really stunning, and our psychopathic narrator often goes in informative tangents, which taught me a lot and really made me think. Lots of highlighting in this one. She describes meals in a way only a true lover of food can - likewise with sex, and likewise with murder - and this lent a sort of mouth watering quality to the whole book.
Not a feel good read! But if you want to read about, I guess, bodies in ecstasy and in bloddy horror, you will likely enjoy it. Compliments to the chef
Chelsea G Summers clearly struggles with neither, and has woven together a truly disturbing narrative that glistens with sweat, cum, duck fat, and human viscera, with a lovely and aromatic glaze on top. I guess that doesnt sound very appetizing, but as disturbing as this book is, it is also delicious. At first, I found it a bit hard to follow, with an abundance of cultural references I wasn't really familiar with, and violence that came faster than I was expecting. But I couldn't put it down. The writing is really stunning, and our psychopathic narrator often goes in informative tangents, which taught me a lot and really made me think. Lots of highlighting in this one. She describes meals in a way only a true lover of food can - likewise with sex, and likewise with murder - and this lent a sort of mouth watering quality to the whole book.
Not a feel good read! But if you want to read about, I guess, bodies in ecstasy and in bloddy horror, you will likely enjoy it. Compliments to the chef
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder
Moderate: Rape