Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

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

133 reviews

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

zorhose's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.25

I enjoy memoirs and admire anyone who has the bravery to open up about their most vunerable moments and Roxane Gay definitely did this here. However, this just fell short for me... nothing about the writing really stood  out and stuck with me and while I do think she brings awareness to some important topics, i personally don't feel like she opened me to a new perspective. I sound harsh and I don't mean to say this book isn't worth a read, but head the content warnings and maybe adjust your expectations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Eating disorder

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

elitsao's review

challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I put this on my reading list when I was 17, and I'm glad I didn't read it then because I would've been emotionally destroyed. Roxane Gay's memoir reads less like a structured narrative and more like a slightly chronological collection of experiences, thoughts, and musings about the realities of living as a fat black woman. I feel like we trauma bonded even though she doesn't know I exist. I knew this was going to be a heavy read but it still punched me in the gut. I had to take breaks multiple times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Fatphobia

alexdouglas's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

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

celiagpiserra's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

naoewald's review

challenging dark emotional

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, and Rape