Eliza Clark just knows how to write. It's dark and weird. I'm looking forward to the rest of this book as I've been left unsatisfied lol which is my own fault, I didn't read all the description.

Excellent, original, very clever and very creepy. The story presents itself through a series of reviews (and some people review more than twice), throwing hints right and left about a mysterious takeaway place which combines Italian and Chinese cuisine. It's brimming with dark humor and cruel intelligence. I really hope this is inciative of the whole collection's quality - if so, we' ll have a masterpiece on our hands!

A fantastic short story excerpt that has left me ravenous for more but pretty please put the full ARC on netgalley Faber, or I'd happily take a physical proof either 😂

Okay like everyone else it seems I did not think this was only one story I thought it was the whole book. Faber please put the whole thing on NetGalley because after reading this I am gagging for the rest of it! I loved this!

The Shadow Over Little Chitaly is basically a bunch of reviews of a takeaway place that, beyond being a Chinese and Italian food hybrid, just appears to be unusual. This is truly so funny! It has something very weird lurking under the surface but for the most part I was giggling. Out loud! Eliza Clark is so good at capturing what people are like on the internet. The tone, the typos... it could not be more spot on.

I cannot WAIT for the whole book.

it’s Eliza Clark, so I must read it

This short story excerpt definitely got my attention. I’m intrigued. Can’t wait to read the full collection!

Ok I will take some responsibility , I am reader, I did not read the description and did not realise this was just one short ( very short) story and not the entire collection. However, much when you go to a much loved restaurant, you don't always read the menu before booking. This experience was like going to said restaurant and instead of devouring the several courses you were looking forward to, you get a taste off someone else's plate and then have to leave.
I was genuinely really disappointed when I found out this was not the entire book. Sure reading the one short story whetted my appetite but it also left a sour aftertaste.
The one story entertained but its close to impossible to rate it as a standalone. I would not read an entire book in this format and I am sure it works well in between stories, in isolation, it was entertaining but hard to form an opinion on. I will stay neutral. I will read descriptions in more detail , in future.

Hadn’t realised this was just one chapter but it wasn’t bad at all. Not much I can say as it was about 10 pages long but it played into my love of weird reviews online wonderfully.

It definitely difficult to judge an entire short story collection based on one story, especially one written as this one is. That said, it was a weird little story (in a good way) and I am very interested to see what the rest of them are like!

Really funny short story, set out like reviews on justeat. It's exactly what you would expect to see in a list of reviews, just weirder! I want to know more! Why does the courier wear a motorbike helmet but drive a car? What's with the apple? Who's the aussie guy? I also want to order some food, it sounds pretty cool.

I didn’t realise this is an excerpt! I cannot judge the book by only a few pages. Not because it’s short but it’s because the format is unusual. Basically a series of reviews on a Chinese restaurant. It’s intriguing and yes I want to read more, will deifnitely read the book when it comes out because I love Eliza Clark books, but not sure the excerpt does anything to the publicity to be honest. I’d like to read more to decide what to say and expect to followers. So I’ll give it 4 stars for now, but I know it’ll be 5 star. Becaus it’s Eliza Clark!

An excerpt from Eliza's Clark's new collection of short stories.
I was excited to read this but only discovered once I had opened it that it was only an excerpt - just one of the very short stories in this collection.
The story was made up entirely of Justeat reviews for a restaurant that pertains to make Italian-chinese fusion meals.
This was such a weird story - very very odd, a bit confusing in places, funny at times (of a certain dark humour, but it did make me laugh out loud in several places), and generally quite strange. However, it was also quite impactful, and it's definitely a talent when an author can do that in so few pages.
All in all, I am intrigued about this short story collection, and I am genuinely looking forward to reading the rest of it. I am scurrying off to see if I can put a reserve on it at my local library....

This preview of Eliza Clark's first short story collection, She's Always Hungry, is the story 'The Shadow Over Little Chitaly', a tale of an unusual takeaway told through reviews. I loved the format as someone who gets gripped reading bad reviews of restaurants, and I'm a big fan of more experimental forms of short stories, so I had a good time reading this one. Afterwards I discovered the Instagram account mentioned in it is real, which added a great ARG element to the story that is also right up my street.

Obviously it's impossible to judge the whole collection from this one story, but I'm hoping it follows suit as I love Clark's writing and often struggle to find short story collections that really grab me. Like other reviewers I hadn't noticed it was only one story when requesting, which is always disappointing, but I'm glad to have read it.

I was a bit confused at first as thought it was the full collection of short stories and, reading other reviews, it doesn't seem like I'm the only one.

However, I am very intrigued as the snippet was brilliant!

This was a very strange short story about a Chinese/Italian takeaway told by customer reviews. I loved how this was written only wish it had been a little longer. Definitely intrigued to see how the rest of the collection plays out.

At first I wasn’t quite sure what to think of the short story, but by the time I recognised the same reviewers’ names, I was hooked. I loved the eerie and almost comical nature of each review, some read entirely innocent but others definitely knew what was going on. Also a very creative way to deliver a short story, through food reviews. I’ll be looking out for this book when its out!

I want to thank Netgalley for approving this arc. I read Eliza Clark’s Boy Parts and was blown away by this unique, gritty narrative and clever, artistic (and very violent) spin. I was absorbed by the book. I could not put it down. I’m trying to get back into Netgalley and when I say Eliza Clark I jumped for joy and hit request. I was so excited when I was approved. However, I sadly didn’t see anywhere in the description that it is a collection of short stories or a short story, one of the two. As a reader, short stories really are not my thing. I struggle to get into short stories as I like to lose myself in a book and when I know it will end abruptly then I have to get into a new story all over again, it ruins the reading experience for me. I will 100% buy Eliza Clark’s next novel. However I can’t give a fair review as I was the wrong audience for this.

She's always hungry by Eliza Clark was dry and amusing, to say in the least.
I give it two stars only because I didn't know what I expected, but this wasn't it. The layout was a little odd as well. All in it was an okay story that I enjoyed reading.

Clark has a great writing voice and it makes me want to read more of her stuff,, however, I would t really recommend this one. I will keep an eye out for more.

Eliza Clark still amaze me like the first time. With just a short and weird story Clark’s work I’ve remember the power of shorts stories and definitely shows her talent writing them. It let me wanting more!

This is a really tricky one to rate. I liked the format of the short story told in online reviews for an odd restuarant where you end up with whatever good you end up with. It read a little absurdist. However, I didn't quite understand the point of the story or what Clark was trying to get at here. There wasn't a coherant storyline and didn't appear to have any other implicit meaning that I could find.

I'm so confused but intrigued? This short excerpt was wild, such an intriguing concept, had me bewildered at first but entertained by the end.