Reviews tagging 'Bullying'

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

23 reviews

missaprilnola's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Bullying, and Body shaming

Moderate: Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Sexism and Racism

clarabooksit's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Ableism, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Bullying, and Classism

laurenkimoto's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

Some memoirs just feel like info dumps about the author but this, Roxane Gay was able to weave a thread throughout that continued to tie together the whole memoir. 

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Content Warnings

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

rchltnnswd's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

leweylibrarian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

I can't believe it's taken me this long to read anything by Roxane Gay, but dang this hit hard. It's fascinating how this was a memoir but based totally around her body: the trauma her body was subjected to, her self image, her weight, her ability to love and be loved, and mental health, it all harkens back to her body. There's a lot of tough subject matter, and it hits so dang hard. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Rape, and Body shaming

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Bullying

Minor: Vomit

maggieparedesauthor's review

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

Roxane Gay is such a masterful writer that I felt in good hands reading about sensitive topics. I'm glad I read this though it was difficult to find my footing sometimes in all the dark and troubling details. It's candid, sad, angering, challenging at once. Yet it was compelling and clever. It's my second Roxane Gay and I will surely read more in the future. Her perspective and wit are great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Dysphoria, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Chronic illness, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Ableism, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

kathshiroma's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, and Bullying

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Vomit, Rape, Fatphobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Racism, Gaslighting, Classism, Infidelity, and Chronic illness

Minor: Xenophobia

toadstoolsnshit's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

This is a very good book. Please check the trigger warnings before reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Rape, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Body shaming, and Bullying