Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

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

3 reviews

muchadoaboutliz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Xenophobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Vomit, Rape, Fatphobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Racism, Gaslighting, Classism, Infidelity, and Chronic illness

Minor: Xenophobia

sco_whi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

Roxane Gay is a beautiful writer. This is particularly notable in her ability to explain the emotion behind

Spoiler

her weight gain after being raped

. I raced through this book. I think that a linear timeline would better fit the story though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Xenophobia and Homophobia