Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

18 reviews

kshertz's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense

3.5

It’s a really hard book for me as I know it’s not really a book meant for me. It is an important read for me to understand and combat my own fat phobia. I also have to combat books that are a about someone processing their life and still being in the middle of processing it without any kind of aha moment or this kind of memoir that is so brutally honest and vulnerable and in the gray area. I almost feel like I’m not mature enough or far enough in my journey to totally get this memoir and I felt this way when I read it a few years ago. I hope to keep reading it every few years to see if this changes for me. I’m the meantime, she’s an incredibly talented author and human on another playing field with her writing and I appreciate how she challenges me. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, Ableism, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Eating disorder, Bullying, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

hannahquin's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, and Vomit

Moderate: Racism, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Medical content

deboerc's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Rape, Violence, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

livpasquarelli's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Ableism

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction and Biphobia

emma_flan's review

dark emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This book really opened my eyes to what many people face with fat phobia in society.  There are also other moments I could relate to and this book is great for seeing the world from a different point of view. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

This book is definitely a heavy book but if your up to read it, it is very educating.

leahlovesloslibros's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

Roxane Gay spares none of the hard details in this raw, uncensored memoir about her struggles with her body. After a traumatic event during adolescence, Gay strives to put herself back together using food as a coping mechanism. What starts out as a way to regain control becomes somewhat of an addiction to eating. Throughout the course of the memoir, the author discusses how the food issues affected her, and how, despite many attempts, she can't seem to break herself out of its vicious cycle. 

This is not an easy story to read. Many difficult issues are brought to light. The topic is hard, but Roxane Gay tells it in a powerful way. That being said, I don't regret a minute of reading it; in fact, I will be actively seeking out copies of her other books to read as well. I highly recommend this read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Racism, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Medical content

Minor: Violence

phoebe_bodie's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape and Racism

Minor: Medical trauma and Violence

thewrongalice's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, and Eating disorder

Minor: Racism and Bullying