Reviews

To Be Devoured by Sara Tantlinger

jaide_monroe's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

What the actual fuck? This was like an A24 movie. I could see Ari Aster directing something like this. 

bernt's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

A young woman's descent into a psychotic obsession with vultures. The horrific deaths her family have suffered has broken this woman, Andi, to the point that she comes to a single blood-filled conclusion, that life is a chain of consumption. Life is a means "to be devoured".

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Cannibalism, and Eating disorder

vampiresreadtoo's review against another edition

4.0

the hannibal/silence of the lambs are making me feral. this was actually disgusting i loved it. read this on an empty stomach

smlaframboise's review against another edition

dark fast-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

2.0

lizardgod's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Kudos to a book making me queasy? That's about all it had going for it, nothing really to write home about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Murder, Child death, Cannibalism, Torture, Suicide, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Cancer, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Vomit, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Racial slurs, and Racism

Minor: Stalking and Infidelity

lee_readsbooks's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

akadras's review against another edition

4.0

gore hasn’t made me this disgusted in a while

ezrasupremacy's review against another edition

3.0

3.5 ⭐️

very disgusting and disturbing. beautifully written. right up my alley.

gnomely's review against another edition

5.0

yes... YES! decay and obsession and hunger and rage !!!! and vultures and wings and cannibalism!!!!!! YES!!!!! Andi my beautiful unhinged vulture gf

tbewing's review

dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5