Thank you NetGalley and Harper Perennial for giving me the opportunity to read this short story collection early in exchange for an honest review.

I was a little scared going into this due to some of the recent mixed reviews. However, I thoroughly enjoyed my time reading it - I say this as someone who generally does not like reading short story collections.

Like with any short story collection, there were some that hit harder than others. The first story is a banger, and I really loved a few others as well. There were a couple that I wanted more from and would absolutely read a full novel/novella on. Of course, this means there were a couple that I didn’t enjoy very much, and I even skipped through one because the language was a bit too scientific for my liking. However, I do think these stories show the impressive amount of range that Clark possesses. I wasn’t expecting the amount of science fiction that would be in these stories, and I do not typically read much science fiction, but I never found myself not wanting to pick the book back up.

I think this would be a great read for people who do enjoy horror/sci-fi short stories or for pre existing Eliza Clark fans. If you haven’t read anything by her in the past, I would definitely start with one of her actual novels. But She’s Always Hungry is a casual, slightly gross little collection that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Nothing super scary or horrific- but it’s certainly campy, and I had a lot of fun with it.

Oh goodness this one was INTERESTING i really liked Boy Parts and this one was unique. Some, like Goth GF, were relatively straightforward, and honestly the weak point of this collection. But when she dived all in on the darker or spec, all that, works like "Extinction Event", "The King", "She's Always Hungry"... they're delicious. 4.5 stars. Tysm for the arc

As with any collection of stories, there are some that I like more than others. Overall, I enjoyed this collection but the stories that I didn't like, I really didn't like. What I do really like is Clark's twisted, satirical mind and with that the scenarios and worlds that she is able to create and the distinct writing that she puts on the page. She's Always Hungry is an unhinged, laugh-out-loud joyride.

thanks to netgalley & harper perrenial for the free earc in exchange for a fair and honest review!

i've had mixed opinions on eliza clark's works, despite my immense respect for her - i found Boy Parts to not be for me, but loved Penance a lot. so, i was really excited when i began this short story collection and found myself repeatedly getting sucked in to the stories.
eliza clark is really good at creating stories with extremely flawed and realistic characters in fantastical yet sickeningly possible scenarios. i found this collection to really showcase the author's cynicism regarding climate and political issues, as well as her acknowledgement of the rabbit hole many people who experience eating disorders fall into.
each story brings something new to the table, and leaves you wondering about the future of the characters long after the story ends. the stories are so short that i honestly can't believe how attached i became to so many of the characters. i read the first few stories weeks ago, and still find myself thinking about them almost daily.
read this if you enjoy: social commentary with a horror/fantasy twist, any of eliza clark's other works, or detailed insights into the minds of people in extremely specific situations.

Probably the quickest I’ve read a short story collection. Probably one of my favorite short story collections. I finished the first story, thought ‘hell yeah’, and knew this was gonna be a good time.
I think Eliza Clark’s writing and creativity is very well suited to short story telling, and I hope she releases more.

This was a genre-defying collection of stories that focus on the things that consume us physically (parasites, creatures, bacteria) and mentally or emotionally (obsession, desire, lust, greed, revenge). I was fully obsessed with every story in this collection. I would categorize this as strange literary fiction with dark humor and horror elements. I would read a full length novel or novella based on several of these stories/concepts.

I was so entertained by the variety of genres here. There were sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and literary stories, but despite being so different in genre, they all had the unifying theme of the things that we are consumed by. This made for such a dynamic but cohesive reading experience.

My personal favorite stories were She's Always Hungry, Hollow Bones, Goth GF, Extinction Event, The King, and Company Man. I admittedly didn't like The Shadow Over Little Chitaly at first, but it has grown on me. I have not read anything else by Eliza Clark, so I cannot compare it to her previous work.

I would recommend this for fans of dark humor, strange or weird stories, fans of Kate Folk's short story collection Out There. I could see the sci-fi novella readers who read from authors like Becky Chambers and Nnedi Okorafor also enjoying some of these stories.

TW: disordered eating, allusions to grooming, mentioning of SA, body horror, death

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

THANK YOU Netgalley and Harper Perennial for this ARC I am eternally grateful.

She did it again folks. WOW. By far the best short story collection I’ve ever read. I will say, I am a very big Eliza Clark fan so this is not really a surprise. If you do not like Eliza’s previous work, you will probably not like this. But godDAMN I have never laughed so hard at any work of fiction in my life. Something about Eliza Clark’s writing just captures how insane our supposedly mundane but simultaneously catastrophic little lives are. She has a way of making you immediately feel so unnerved by every sentence and every character.
And now here are my individual ratings for each story:

Build a Body Like Mine: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The Problem Solver: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

She’s Always Hungry: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

The Shadow Over Little Chitaly: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
- hands down my favorite one. This defines my humor.

Hollow Bones: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Goth GF: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Extinction Event: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Nightstalkers: ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

Shake Well: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

The King: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Company Man: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

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𝗽𝘂𝗯 𝗱𝗮𝘆: 11.7.24
⭐️ 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

@ has been an auto-buy, auto-read, auto-obsessed author of mine since reading Boy Parts last year. I was thrilled to have the opportunity to read her new collection of short stories early! Thanks so much @ and @

SHE'S ALWAYS HUNGRY is a wild collection of stories that span multiple genres and themes, most of which include elements womanhood in one way or another.
𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙘𝙞-𝙛𝙞
𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙜𝙚
𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙨
𝙙𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙤𝙧
... just to name a few.

I only let this one marinate in my Kindle for as long as I did because some reviews mentioned that there was too much body horror. Not the case in my opinion. There is some, but not enough to turn me away from the underlying narrative of the story.

Eliza is such a force of nature in the modern day literary world and her ability to bend the rules of genre fiction is outstanding.
Always a pleasure to read her work!

I was beyond excited for She’s Always Hungry — Eliza Clark’s debut, Boy Parts, is one of my all time favorite novels. While this short story collection doesn’t pack quite as powerful a punch as Boy Parts or Penance, it’s still an excellent collection and well worth the read.

She’s Always Hungry’s 11 stories largely tackle the themes of gender, bodies, and sexuality. One particular highlight, The Problem Solver, follows a woman as a male friend ‘helps’ her process her rape. Another standout, Hollow Bones, finds its protagonist in an alien hospital with a strangely compelling, otherworldly wound. While the stories never quite amounted to more than the sum of their parts, they were tremendously enjoyable nonetheless. 4*.

As an aside, the book’s comprehensive content guide truly sets a gold standard I hope other collections follow.

Thank you to Harper Perennial and NetGalley for providing this e-arc.

Eliza Clark is such a talented writer I adore her writing and this was an excellent addition to her work. The writing is gripping and I loved following these characters to see what was going to happen. I love Clark's writing and how she is able to catch my attention and never stop until it ends. It was an amazing read.

I really loved 3-4 of these stories but didn’t connect with the rest. There’s some great body horror and I enjoyed the range of themes, some of the speculative stuff just lost me a bit.

Eliza Clark really does it all in this short story collection, from satire to sci-fi. Favorite stories are probably The Problem Solver, The Shadow Over Little Chitaly, The King, and Company Man. I love her range and creativity. Definitely dark, so proceed with caution! There’s a detailed content guide in the book itself (which is awesome).

Thanks to NetGalley and Harper Collins for my review copy!

First and foremost I am a lover of short story compilations and Eliza Clark so I was pre-disposed to enjoying this. That being said I thought many of these stories were VERY effective and I felt immersed in the different settings immediately. The topics and formats ran the gamut and showed Clark's potential to unleash bangers in many different genres.

Just as an album can't be all singles though, I thought some stories were not as fleshed out (no pun intended) as they could be, but I was never bored. I most enjoyed the speculative fiction stories, especially Hollow Bones which kept making me think of Death Valley by Melissa Broder. If you are a fan of weird body horror & speculative fiction, you should definitely pick this up.

Thank you to HarperCollins & NetGalley for access to this pre-publication copy!

Rounding up from 4.5

WOW. What can’t Eliza Clark do? She’s very quickly becoming one of my favorite authors.

This was gross! Haunting! Sick! These short stories lean much more into the sci fi and body horror genres than her previous work (which was great for me, my fave genres!), but the effortless, weird, fascinating storytelling she’s known for still shines through. It was so fun to see her shift into a new genre, and when I wasn’t reading this book I was thinking about the next time I could read this book. Huge fan. 11/10,

THANK YOU NetGalley for this ARC!

This was an excellent selection of unsettling and weird horror short stories. I loved the nuanced horror throughout these stories -- some stories featured an everyday horror, while others were more fantastical, but still very real. There were moments of levity and light humor interspersed between stories with heavier subjects, which made the experience of reading it less emotionally intense. Of the stories, my favorites were the opener, "Build a Body Like Mine," the eponymous "She's Always Hungry," "The Shadow Over Little Chitaly," "Hollow Bones," and "The King."

I am so excited to read more from this author as this was my introduction to her work! Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Perennial for an advanced copy for my honest review.

Sadly Eliza Clark has been a one hit wonder for me with Boy Parts. Short stories are just not for me but I decided to give this one a go since I loved Boy Parts and disliked Penance. This was full of sci-fi stories which are not my thing and the ones that weren’t I just didn’t find a point to a majority of them. Nothing actually gave me feeling or emotion the way I wanted them to.

Thank you NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis: A dark, satirical collection of short stories about what it means to be hungry — in all forms.

One of my favorite genres is weird literary fiction. I love an unhinged narrator, body horror, sci-fi, dystopia, etc. This is my first Eliza Clark book, but I am very familiar with her other work. There were content guides with the book that included trigger warnings and chapter themes, which I appreciated. I think my favorite stories were “The Shadow Over Little Chitaly” and “Goth GF.”

Thank you to #NetGalley and Harper Perennial for an advanced copy of #ShesAlwaysHungry. To be published Nov. 12, 2024.

What worked for me in this short story collection really, truly worked. Nobody does weird body horror like Eliza Clark.
I also loved getting to read some stuff from her which leaned into the territory of speculative fiction!
Some stuff in here I did end up skimming through—but I’ll still be recommending this, overall!

“I deal in sickness. My methods are a balm for the diseased, the unsatisfied, the covetous.”

I was extremely impressed by “She’s Always Hungry.” Short story collections can be hit or miss for me — usually, I find myself loving some stories and hating others. In this collection, I enjoyed reading every single one.

The stories in this collection cover a wide range of genres. Some are horror, some are sci-fi, and some are magical realism. This collection is bizarre, darkly comedic, and expertly crafted. My personal favorite stories were “The Shadow Over Little Chitaly,” “Shake Well,” and “The King.” There were a few stories I didn’t love as much as I loved these, which is why I settled on a 4 star rating for the overall collection. I had such a fun time reading this and would definitely recommend it to readers who are interested in reading a collection of short stories that are fresh and outlandish.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Review posted to Goodreads 9/30/24

Eliza Clark has a remarkable ability to excel in any genre she chooses. I would love to see her explore folk horror and delve deeper into sci-fi in the future. This collection offers something for everyone, providing a variety of themes that will resonate with all types of readers. It explores our desires and the lengths we are willing to go to fulfill them.