Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Affamata by Melissa Broder

65 reviews

ang44's review against another edition

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

4.25

I didn't realize how inherently fucked up this book would be? but also i found it very moving and therapeutic in other ways. There is an exploration of mommy issues that was reasonable but the degree it essentially intertwined mommy issues to sexuality was a bit too much.

 But i do believe there is some fantastic ED portrayal, fantastic character writing, and it's incredibly honest. I respect the hell out of the main character's journey to self-acceptance and health and peace. 

Not for reading if you aren't up for some of the most graphic sex scenes I've seen outside of fantasy!

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raquelborges's review against another edition

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challenging emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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abnormal_shadow's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective tense slow-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

5.0

A bisexual Jewish woman with disordered eating habits, mommy issues and a nicotine addiction becomes obsessed with a fat Jewish woman, her confidence and her functional family, shenanigans ensue
but their relationship doesn't work out
/. This book was so jarring and unexpected. It felt real in a way like I knew Rachel (the main character) and though she has the personality of someone I would hate Irl, being in her head, in her mind, watching her justify her thoughts and actions. It was so surreal. I relate to her in a way I utterly despise but love also.


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uniquekorne's review against another edition

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

4.0


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alexandracpedro's review against another edition

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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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mushmoll's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring sad 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

5.0

Quote:
"Was it possible I could be my own daughter?..I wondered if the universe, in its roundness, somehow already contained my daughterness. Perhaps I'd been being held there, a daughter all along, until I woke up to it."

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4m0r's review against another edition

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funny sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don't know how to feel about this book
It was good, the 1st third anyway. In the second Broder Lost me, I feel like this is for a very specific audience and me not being part of the Jewish community didn't understand a single thing they said and the author didn't bother explaining it.

I wish the book had less of a Miriam-love base and explored more Rachel's mindset. The ED is barely talked about if not for mentioning she's afraid of being fat and how terrible her mother was (we learn about this all in the 1/3, later we have glimpses of it but is almost completely forgotten). Also her relationship with Miriam was weird, too surface leveled if you asked me. 
I would have liked to see more the transition of Rachel after Miriam, because Broder gave us nothing. I feel like it's not what it promised to be, but still was good because it managed to make laugh.

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tmrollinsreads's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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fabbeylous104's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny 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

4.0

I loved it, but I kept hearing reviews about how wild this book was aaaaaand I couldn't see it? Fantastic character development though with some entertaining internal monologues, but nothing too crazy.

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regent_ace's review against another edition

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emotional funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5


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