Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Hambre by Roxane Gay

22 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

antidietleah's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Vomit

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Rape

Moderate: Ableism, Domestic abuse, and Racism

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

ebuss4's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Rape

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

christyrice's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

It’s hard to describe how moving I found this book to be. Gay’s brutally honest recounting of her life and her relationship with her body was incredibly powerful. Her prose is beautiful but also accessible. I felt a deep sense of catharsis listening to her describe the complex relationship women, and particularly SA survivors, have with their body. 

Gay’s audiobook narration is also fantastic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual violence

muchadoaboutliz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia and Xenophobia

nagginboutbooks's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, and Stalking

clarabooksit's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Classism