Reviews tagging 'Lesbophobia'

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

139 reviews

miuu000's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

0leander's review against another edition

4.0

Don't go in blind like I did, take a good look at the warnings and know that they are there for a reason. 

The beginning of the book felt, at times, like reading an early 2010s Tumblr user's ed blog, calorie diary and all. This is of course only the starting point for some... interesting developments... but it's pretty intense nevertheless. Once you get through that, you're in for the WLW romance, mommy issues, and an interesting perspective on navigating queerness and politics from within an Orthodox Jewish family environment. 

Physically I was on a train while listening, but emotionally I was on a rollercoaster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

nad_books623's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Well this was odd.

I’m sad that the relationship between Miriam and Rachel didn’t work out. I enjoyed reading about their relationship more than Rachel’s eating disorder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Fatphobia

Minor: War, Emotional abuse, and Sexism

alexandracpedro's review

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Biphobia, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Addiction, and Sexual content

Moderate: Outing, War, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Self harm

lexkoi's review

emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual content

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, and Child abuse

arbramirez's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Body shaming

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

nancyalicerose's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Colonisation and Islamophobia

oywiththepoodles's review

funny medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Self harm, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

marialangworthy's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, and Sexual content

4m0r's review

funny sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I don't know how to feel about this book
It was good, the 1st third anyway. In the second Broder Lost me, I feel like this is for a very specific audience and me not being part of the Jewish community didn't understand a single thing they said and the author didn't bother explaining it.

I wish the book had less of a Miriam-love base and explored more Rachel's mindset. The ED is barely talked about if not for mentioning she's afraid of being fat and how terrible her mother was (we learn about this all in the 1/3, later we have glimpses of it but is almost completely forgotten). Also her relationship with Miriam was weird, too surface leveled if you asked me. 
I would have liked to see more the transition of Rachel after Miriam, because Broder gave us nothing. I feel like it's not what it promised to be, but still was good because it managed to make laugh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Dysphoria, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content