Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

154 reviews

emmareeser's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder and Suicidal thoughts

eena's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Sexual assault, and Rape

kenna14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

One thing I will always appreciate about Roxane Gay is how honest she is. She doesn't try to shy away from the truth or sugarcoat things to protect your feelings. I love her and how she challenges me and how much I always learn when I read her books <3 (she's also a fellow swimmer. slay.)
AUDIOBOOK

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Racism, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

marissasa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

This memoir is so full of emotion and gut-wrenching truths about the ways society unfairly views and treats fat people, told with excellent writing and unflinching bluntness. I listened to Roxane Gay tell her own story on audiobook and it definitely enhanced the experience. This book will make you confront your own internal prejudices and biases towards fat people, especially very obese people, and make you question why society refuses to change to be more accepting and accommodating to people who are being constantly told that their bodies are a problem regardless of the fact that they are just human beings like anyone else. Roxane Gay's personal story is heartbreaking and intense, and I truly respect her choice to share the details and help others going through similar things realize that they are not alone. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Rape

c100's review

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 against another edition

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

simplespud's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism

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

nitar8's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Stalking, Body shaming, Cursing, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Physical abuse, and Eating disorder

sarahelizabeth856's review against another edition

emotional reflective

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Fatphobia