Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hambre by Roxane Gay

13 reviews

hootreads's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Rape

mpaz9_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Sexual violence

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a fantastic book.  The author's reflections on her own body and life are personal, yet so many of the thoughts could be what any of us think.  While I'm not a huge fan of personal essays or memoirs, this one touched me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

annamay1021's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, and Medical trauma

sarahdmt's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5

C'est dur, intense, désagréable et pourtant si percutant, si essentiel. Les sujets sont incroyablement difficiles mais ce court récit à la première personne dit tellement de choses sur des maltraitances bien trop universelles.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism

lindsayerin's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Racism

redrosemoth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia, Racism, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

Graphic description of the rape of a child and the emotional impact of that throughout life, eating disorders, and an injury.

majo_hun's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Rape

lilalilli's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia and Rape

Minor: Racism

aframe's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

Walking this world as a fat woman has definitely been a challenge for me and even though we live so far away from eachother and come from different societies and cultures, I felt seen through her words. Roxane Gay talks about everything so many people feel but are afraid to even talk about. I felt her pain in every page and at the end saw how she has tried to heal her wounds. Glad I finally read this I could finish it a lot sooner if I had the time, you fall into her world in the first page and it's so hard to stop reading because the way she writes is unique but at the same time very simple and pleasent. Give it a try, even if you haven't walked a similar paths you will be able to put yourself in her shoes at the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, Rape, and Toxic relationship