Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Głód. Pamiętnik (mojego) ciała by Roxane Gay

12 reviews

mpaz9_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, and Child abuse

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a fantastic book.  The author's reflections on her own body and life are personal, yet so many of the thoughts could be what any of us think.  While I'm not a huge fan of personal essays or memoirs, this one touched me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Medical content, Outing, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Vomit, Bullying, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Medical trauma, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

sarahdmt's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

C'est dur, intense, désagréable et pourtant si percutant, si essentiel. Les sujets sont incroyablement difficiles mais ce court récit à la première personne dit tellement de choses sur des maltraitances bien trop universelles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Moderate: Racism

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Child abuse

Minor: Racism

redrosemoth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, Eating disorder, Medical content, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexism, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Biphobia

Graphic description of the rape of a child and the emotional impact of that throughout life, eating disorders, and an injury.

majo_hun's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, and Body shaming

lilalilli's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia and Rape

Minor: Racism

aframe's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

Walking this world as a fat woman has definitely been a challenge for me and even though we live so far away from eachother and come from different societies and cultures, I felt seen through her words. Roxane Gay talks about everything so many people feel but are afraid to even talk about. I felt her pain in every page and at the end saw how she has tried to heal her wounds. Glad I finally read this I could finish it a lot sooner if I had the time, you fall into her world in the first page and it's so hard to stop reading because the way she writes is unique but at the same time very simple and pleasent. Give it a try, even if you haven't walked a similar paths you will be able to put yourself in her shoes at the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

inglebelle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment and Biphobia