Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

Affamata by Melissa Broder

41 reviews

alyal's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Outing

hannahbanana0909's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Self harm, and Sexual content

alexandracpedro's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Outing, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Self harm and Vomit

amberjelfs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Outing, and War

oywiththepoodles's review against another edition

funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual content, and Lesbophobia

ochrestar's review against another edition

fat phobia 
incest 
and dumb

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Incest, and Self harm

13ia18a's review against another edition

emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Self harm

lizmauz's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Outing

annilikesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark funny sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

At times it was a really tough read but I stuck with it. It's very compelling and funny. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Self harm

hannalizzy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. I think Broader’s frankness around disordered eating habits and self love/mental health issues is needed in literature, to truly capture what it is like to experience these things. It’s raw, it’s graphic, but it is reality to many people. I wish I would have gotten a little more detail about Rachel’s mother, since the relationship was so toxic and effected her so deeply. We can still see its toxicity through the lack of contact between them in the book, but I guess it would have helped me understand Rachel a bit more since cutting out her mother was the catalyst for her healing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Dysphoria