The author takes an intense look at the history of cannibalism including the cultures that have participated in the practice as well as its use in religion and its medical implications. The author is unbiased in her approach to this taboo, instead looking at all aspects of the practice as an objective observer.

I was truly enjoying this book. I loved the history! What we/I thought cannibalism was isn't really true. It is just not the fact of eating ones own species for fun, sport, whatever. It's about life, spirituality, love and yes revenge, war or survival of the fit. I am disappointed that I ran out of time to read this whole book. Life just got in the way.

Saying that I never anticipated a book about cannibalism would be one of my favorite books is an understatement, but here we are. This book was so interesting, fascinating, and informational.

You can tell the author truly has a passion for uncovering the truth of cannibalism and didn’t just write this book in an attempt to push a narrative she knew nothing about. The book was so honest and gave cultural insight that I would never have found otherwise.

The hardest part about this book was finding friends who were open to me telling them all about cannibalism and this book without them not thinking I was absolutely insane.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
This was a very well researched book. I like that it wasn’t the typical modern day cannibal book. This was more of a historical book and the history of cannibalism. It’s an interesting read.

Quite a fascinating history of cannibalism through a historical and anthropological lens. A bit too anecdotal in places, with more focus than I needed on the author’s experiences. But, still,, very, very interesting.

First if you are picking this up because you are into the modern day cannibal/psychopath, this isn't the book for you.
This is for the people who are into anthropology and history.
Cannibalism happens for a lot of different reasons. The people who survived the Donner Party incident were treated badly when they got back to civilization because of the cannibalism rumors.
I loved it! I am always interested in things people do and why. It was a little gross but I mean we are supposed to think it is gross now in 2024. People don't look like they'd taste good.
I couldn't reach this while hungry is what I am saying.

Dinner with a Cannibal should be both renamed and reorganized. The beginning didn't seem to know where it was going and included a hodgepodge of stories about just eating. Then it gets more into the actual history of cannibalism. I didn't really want to just read a bunch of gross things. I was hoping to understand what cannibalism was all about. Why was it practiced? That kind of thing. There was much less of that than I expected or hoped for.

If you're going to promise a book about cannibalism please actually write a book about it. I don't care about your anecdotes and what not just deliver what is promised on the cover or don't write it.