Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body, by Roxane Gay

7 reviews

redrosemoth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, Eating disorder, Medical content, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexism, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Biphobia

Graphic description of the rape of a child and the emotional impact of that throughout life, eating disorders, and an injury.

majo_hun's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, and Body shaming

lilalilli's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia and Rape

Minor: Racism

aframe's review against another edition

dark inspiring tense fast-paced

4.0

Walking this world as a fat woman has definitely been a challenge for me and even though we live so far away from eachother and come from different societies and cultures, I felt seen through her words. Roxane Gay talks about everything so many people feel but are afraid to even talk about. I felt her pain in every page and at the end saw how she has tried to heal her wounds. Glad I finally read this I could finish it a lot sooner if I had the time, you fall into her world in the first page and it's so hard to stop reading because the way she writes is unique but at the same time very simple and pleasent. Give it a try, even if you haven't walked a similar paths you will be able to put yourself in her shoes at the end.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

inglebelle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Abandonment and Biphobia

elizabethgarcia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

thegothlibrarian_'s review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Eating disorder