Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

5 reviews

cassiedjohnson's review

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Vomit, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Body shaming, Child abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

kayteslibrary's review

emotional medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming

ldandridge's review against another edition

emotional 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Racial slurs, and Suicidal thoughts

myfriendthatcanread's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

alas_aly's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

 The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls has a great title. I didn't love the book. As an example of the subjectivity of art, it didn't do much for me. Let me first talk about what worked. I think that the writing was good. The characters felt fully realized. The premise was interesting. The relationships between the characters felt authentic based on how they were described in the story. 
For the things that didn't work for me. I didn't relate to the story. I don't think of relatability as a requirement for a good book. I am looking for the characters in the book to feel authentic even if I am not like them. I want to be able to understand them. Their motivations didn't make sense to me. We spend time learning about the sisters' issues and about their pasts. There isn't as much time spent showing how their latter connects to the former. I almost feel like the story would have been more compelling to me if it had been written from Althea's daughters' perspectives. I guess I wanted there to be more hunger in this book. The characters didn't seem to want anything in particular. Or we meet them after their desires have already impacted their lives. When I think of hunger, I think of yearning and emptiness. I didn't get either of those things from this book. Maybe if I had read it at another time, it would have had a different impact. This was a middle of the road book for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Body shaming, and Confinement

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Infidelity, Homophobia, and Vomit