Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

18 reviews

elliv's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

carolineberry12's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

This book tackles 2 things that rock women's worlds: violence from men and their own bodies. I felt like she was letting me walk with her through it, never touching, just being near each other. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Ableism, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

lizmarvel's review

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Fatphobia, and Racism

c100's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, and Body shaming

naemy's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

pjwanders's review

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Fatphobia, Vomit, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Self harm, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Violence

shazel64's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

januaryapril's review

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

A great book, such difficult subject matter but Roxane Gay does an amazing job at telling her story. I felt so connected to her and so aware the whole time I was reading. Made me very aware of my body and confronted many of the same thoughts I have about what it feels like to exist and move in this world. Also made me more aware of how others may feel. Why have we come to a point where we all have to be so obsessed with our bodies and how do we escape this?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Addiction, Body shaming, Vomit, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Rape, and Sexual violence

maemick's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

maggieparedesauthor's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, Racism, Rape, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Vomit