after having read most of the reviews on this book, i felt like i needed to do it some justice and add my mustard to it (as you would say in germany lmao). 

since im not chelsea summers i have no idea whether she intended this to be a feminist girlboss story but you do have the option to read it that way if you want to. as many people before have said- what you interpret into a story is entirely between you and the book. but while it contains all the ingredients to be that kind of book, it would -in my opinion- be an injustice to dorothy. 

dorothy daniels is a psychopath, a murderer, a cannibal and a food critique and doesnt kill men out of some feminist girlboss revenge arc but simply because of her own intricate logic which is completely fair in its own right. shes not supposed to be an endearing protagonist and youre not supposed to fall for her act, she isnt an unreliable narrator in humbert humbert fashion that makes you doubt anyones intentions. shes just living her life and later with the consequences of it. the book really doesnt promise more and therefore to me fulfills its purpose well enough. 

i thouroughly enjoyed reading about the mind of a psychopath that isnt a man and that side effect of the book can be interpreted as feminist. it seeks to fill the literary hole of murderesses and female psychopaths and did that engaging enough aswell. 

the people on here that criticized summers language and choice of metaphors that from some reviewers sounded merely like literary elitism (seriously if you think youre so much better than most readers, just stick to critically acclaimed classics and dont indulge in booktok favorites) while others couldnt keep reading because of them and thought them boring. again- the duality annoys me. 

many reviews ive read claim that it was a boring read and the plot lacked suspense while others actively call it a thriller- let me be clear, if you are looking for a thriller this is not the book for you because i understand where the "boring" accusations are coming from. the protagonist tells you her self proclaimed memoir. this is dorothys story through and through and she tells it in her own way, summers even spells it out on the first few pages by making it clear that the story will not progress linearly. if you cant deal with books like that, maybe just close it at this point and dont complain about the deliverance of something that was announced?! 

personally i wasnt bored, im well equipped to follow a storyline that is a little wonky and i enjoy loud foreshadowing if the bits that are told later are juicy enough and "a certain hunger" lived up to that. 

dorothy choses herself how she talks about her past and again- it is up to you if you want to call it bad writing on summers' part or if you chose to listen to dorothys voice and because i myself read books to have a good time i chose to believe that this was just the way dorothy would speak to a reader. i also dont have any critique on the pace or the amount of plot and sideplots the pages were filled with- i genuinly enjoyed it and didnt think it neither boring nor crammed. i just had a good time with dorothy. 

i hope my review cleared a few things up for you and whether you agree or disagree with me or havent read it yet- just give it a try and maybe remember what i said.