Reviews tagging 'Self harm'

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

14 reviews

kay_e_poet'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

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

clareduffy's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Body shaming, and Eating disorder

leyza052's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, and Self harm

foreverinastory's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Brutally honest, this memoir scraped both me and Roxane to the bone.

CWs: Rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, trauma, eating disorder, vomit, fatphobia, body shaming, racism, emotional abuse, toxic relationship. Moderate: Medical content, medical trauma, medical fatphobia, domestic abuse, sexual content, misogyny, sexism, injury/injury detail, mental illness, self harm, ableism, suicidal thoughts. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Medical content, Misogyny, Sexism, Injury/injury detail, Self harm, Ableism, and Suicidal thoughts

afroheaux's review

emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

As a fat queer black woman who comes from Caribbean heritage, this was the first time I felt truly seen in a book. People don’t understand what it’s like to live in a fat body and what it’s like to navigate the world physically and emotionally. The scars you carry on your skin and in your heart. Roxane Gay opens herself up to show what that’s like and I am so grateful for her words. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, and Sexual assault

philosopiscis's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Eating disorder

brittcorcoran's review

reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Self harm, and Sexual violence

sleeson's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

1.25

This was a very confusing never-ending contraction of feelings and emotions. It feels like no matter what you do, it will be other’s fault and mistakes not the author’s.

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Content Warnings

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

emma_flan's review

dark emotional informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

This book really opened my eyes to what many people face with fat phobia in society.  There are also other moments I could relate to and this book is great for seeing the world from a different point of view. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Eating disorder, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Violence, Toxic relationship, and Self harm

Minor: Cursing, Vomit, and Emotional abuse

This book is definitely a heavy book but if your up to read it, it is very educating.