Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher

7 reviews

angenotes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, and Alcohol

roseaboveyou's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, and Dysphoria

joemkl's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

3.75

I really liked this. It's well written, and although sometimes the pacing feels off, it's a fantastic insight into Hornbacher's mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

Hornbacher’s writing style absolutely made me love this book. She blends information about EDs,  her memories and literary references beautifully. It has strong dark academia vibes. I took my time reading it so I could luxuriate in the experience. I immediately picked up Madness, her other memoir. The only reason this isn’t a five star is the incredibly dark topic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

Moderate: Sexual content and Toxic relationship

nicnevin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Heartbreaking and raw, it throws out any prenotions of what an eating disorder is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Acephobia/Arophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

palladium_xerox's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.75

If you or someone you know are struggling with an eating disorder or addiction in general, give this memoir a read. It’s heart wrenching and incredibly real; the author doesn’t censor herself or try to justify her actions but instead just tells the audience about her life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Toxic friendship and Classism

tuesdayangel's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit

Moderate: Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content