Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Hambre by Roxane Gay

27 reviews

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

thewordsdevourer's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

compelling, searing, startling personal and painfully relatable in parts, hunger is a powerful memoir on food as both comfort and shield, the body as both a haven and prison. gay's anecdotes on her personal experience w/ fatphobia are impactful; most ppl think they know how it is but they actually dont at all, oblivious of the minutiae of inhabiting the world in a body most - as gay states - view as both visible and invisible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Medical content

elliv's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Minor: Vomit and Injury/Injury detail

snowiceblackfruit77's review against another edition

emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

zedohee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative relaxing sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Racism and Vomit

taulkstoomuch's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

This book broke me so much that it took me almost 4 months to read - I emotionally (and sometimes physically) could not continue reaading further because of sheer sadness. Perpetual feeling of having a lump in my throat from trying not to cry for the duration of this read. I truly hope for the healing for the author (and all those who have gone through the same). The world truly is a horrifying place sometimes goodness me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Dysphoria

danimcthomas's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.0

I respect Gay’s perspective and appreciate her honesty about life as a very fat person - those parts were so refreshing to read. I think what didn’t connect for me was the tone - Roxane doesn’t seem like a very happy person. She felt guarded even in writing something so vulnerable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

studydniowka's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

Bardzo emocjonalny zapis zmagania się z traumą i zaburzeniami odżywiania. Bardzo osobista dla mnie książka, ale jakoś nie jestem w stanie dać jej więcej gwiazdek.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts

nitar8's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Stalking