Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Le cri de l'oiseau rouge, by Edwidge Danticat

16 reviews

sillyduckie's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Blood, Child abuse, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Colonisation

tina94's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death of parent, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Suicide, Abortion, and Police brutality

Moderate: Grief and Fatphobia

gurofl's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Rape, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Eating disorder

bookshopvampire's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Eating disorder, Blood, and Sexual violence

bookreviewswithkb's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

4.5

4.5 ✨

will make you cry 

literary fiction 

#readcaribbeanmonth pick

what do we miss out on when womens’ worth is determined by their virginity, their perceived wholeness, never having been touched? what do we miss out on when womens’ worth is determined by their cooking skills, how they bake and wash and iron and scrub? what do we miss out on when womens’ worth is tied to being a mother? what do we miss out on when women themselves believe their worth is tied to what they can give to others through their bodies, and they pass this on to their own daughters, and they never have the chance to heal from the trauma they’ve experienced? what do we miss out on…

“there is always a place where women live near trees that, blowing in the wind, sound like music. these women tell stories to their children both to frighten and delight them. these women, they are fluttering lanterns on the hills, the fireflies in the night, the faces that loom over you and recreate the same unspeakable acts they themselves lived through.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Eating disorder, and Abandonment

gbeene's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Death, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Abortion, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

nonfictionfeminist's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

imera's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Mental illness, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Abortion, Death, and Rape

shannonwhitehead's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Cancer

keycard's review against another edition

I read it for a class. it’s probably much more enjoyable for someone who picks it up of their own will, but the content of the book is extremely traumatic and her writing style is not for me. this is more so a criticism of my syllabus and not the book itself, but of the chapters I did read I was either bored or slapped in the face with my own trauma. please read the trigger warnings before buying it !! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Eating disorder

Disassociation during sex, virginity testing