Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Hambre by Roxane Gay

7 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

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

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

biblioghoul's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

maggieparedesauthor's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Cursing, and Classism

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

sco_whi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

Roxane Gay is a beautiful writer. This is particularly notable in her ability to explain the emotion behind

her weight gain after being raped

. I raced through this book. I think that a linear timeline would better fit the story though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Homophobia and Xenophobia