Reviews tagging 'Suicidal thoughts'

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

30 reviews

mandi4886's review against another edition

emotional reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Biphobia, Cursing, and Classism

Minor: Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Lesbophobia

mydearwatsonbooks's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

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

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

dianavdavidson_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

linesiunderline's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

In a word, brilliant.

It has taken me far too long to prioritize this memoir. I am left feeling  moved, challenged, and changed.

Gay’s prose is so clear and unflinching. Her writing manages to be direct and full of emotional resonance at the same time. I listened to this on audio, and the experience of hearing the author share her own story in her own voice, was especially powerful.

This is a complex, raw, and human book. I wish everyone would read it. If you’re waiting for “the right moment” like I was, maybe it’s now.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Chronic illness, Misogyny, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

inglebelle's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Biphobia and Abandonment

laurelj's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Gaslighting

lexi's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This was a very honest book, and I have a lot of admiration for what it must have taken to write this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, and Racism

Minor: Biphobia and Suicidal thoughts

laurenleigh's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Medical content

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Abortion

thefattingtonfrisk's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Rape, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts