Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher

2 reviews

joemkl's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

3.75

I really liked this. It's well written, and although sometimes the pacing feels off, it's a fantastic insight into Hornbacher's mind.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Alcohol, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

nicnevin's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Heartbreaking and raw, it throws out any prenotions of what an eating disorder is. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Acephobia/Arophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail