Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Hambre by Roxane Gay

206 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

kgrace315's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

kendylgrbac's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

Roxane Gay dares to expose herself in a way many of us wouldn’t dream of doing. It hurt to hear her story, but her words were so fluid and her thoughts explosive. I really enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

finnthehuman217's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

The way Dr. Gay talks about her trauma with so much vulnerability is something I could never do! I feel like this spoke to me as a fat trans woman. My body is already objectified by society and because I’m fat i have another reason to be shamed by society because once we get down to it, being fat is considered “unhealthy” and Dr. Gay talks about how she became fat to make herself unattractive and take her control back from the people who hurt her is so important. This was a great book!

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Content Warnings

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

sophia66201's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

definitely hard to get through at some points but very well written. challenging and thought provoking. a beautiful book written with shocking honesty, covering self hatred, desire, and trauma and how it can impact our bodies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

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

mr_ryancowboy's review against another edition

challenging emotional slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, and Sexual assault

backyardroses's review against another edition

emotional reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

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

parsnipnectar's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault