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Hambre by Roxane Gay

11 reviews

katie0528's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A beautiful, heartbeaking story of Roxanne Gay's relationship with herself and her body. Gay explores her painful, often contridictory attitudes toward her body and how she is able to, or oftentimes UNable to, move through the world as a fat, Black, queer woman. I'm huge fan of Aubrey Gordon's work and she shouted out this book specifically, and it was disheartening to learn how much of Gay and Gordon's lives as fat women are the same and how the world tries to exclude them or shame them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail

naomiwinograd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

This was a tough book to get through. I almost cried several times, and i’m not a very emotional person. This book deserves no less than 5 stars because of how perfectly it depicted her story and how necessary it was to be told. It’s brave for anyone to tell their story, because it’s terrifying. (I don’t need to elaborate, read the book) But it gives other women hope. It honestly changed my whole perspective. I’ve always been on her side with these sorts of things but she made me not only realize WHY i fight for these things but also made me passionate about them. As someone with a BMI under 30 i never really understood fat phobia to a great extent. Maybe I never will. But she really helped me get closer and i think any book that does that is a good one. Highly recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Outing, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

thewillowwood's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book was beautiful, beautifully written, very raw and real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Medical content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

emkauffman2's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

lorenmarie7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

januaryapril's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

A great book, such difficult subject matter but Roxane Gay does an amazing job at telling her story. I felt so connected to her and so aware the whole time I was reading. Made me very aware of my body and confronted many of the same thoughts I have about what it feels like to exist and move in this world. Also made me more aware of how others may feel. Why have we come to a point where we all have to be so obsessed with our bodies and how do we escape this?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Roxane Gay is such a masterful writer that I felt in good hands reading about sensitive topics. I'm glad I read this though it was difficult to find my footing sometimes in all the dark and troubling details. It's candid, sad, angering, challenging at once. Yet it was compelling and clever. It's my second Roxane Gay and I will surely read more in the future. Her perspective and wit are great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

thebankofbooks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

alexandratheroux's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I don't read a lot of memoirs but I love Roxane Gay and also struggle with body image so I knew I needed to read this one.
Roxane's combination of self awareness, vulnerability, and social critique is essential reading for anyone who struggles with body image. Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Ableism

livpasquarelli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism, Violence, and Vomit

Minor: Addiction and Biphobia