Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

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

62 reviews

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

crybabybea's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

4.0

Extremely raw and reflective. A super intimate look at the lifelong aftereffects of trauma. An emotional reminder to be empathetic to people, to remember that everyone is fighting invisible demons, and to be a bit kinder to yourself and others. I really appreciated Roxane Gay's intimate anecdotes about living under constant scrutiny, shame, and judgment under fatphobia. 

I didn't quite like the way it was written like a collection of short blog entries, it got a bit repetitive at times, but it is 100% saved by Roxane Gay's beautiful emotive writing. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

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

leefox's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Medical content, 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

becksreadsbooks's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

sofa_gee's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Racism and Toxic relationship

jennshelfishlife's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Minor: Vomit

kimveach's review

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