Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia by Marya Hornbacher

3 reviews

rebeccaquinton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

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