Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

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

44 reviews

muchadoaboutliz's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia and Xenophobia

renewed_reader's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Racism, and Sexism

jettaparadis's review

challenging emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

Roxanne Gay time and time again is a breathtaking writer 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Sexual violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

shazel64's review

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Grief, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

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

emmakay's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

This very well might be the best book I have ever had the pleasure of reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Ableism, Eating disorder, Sexual violence, and Emotional abuse

kebpoet's review

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Physical abuse

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Self harm, Physical abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Vomit

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.

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