Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

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

65 reviews

zedohee's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative relaxing sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Mental illness and Grief

Minor: Racism and Vomit

antidietleah's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Sexual assault

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Vomit

jennshelfishlife's review

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racism, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Minor: Vomit

oliviahamilton's review

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

A deeply personal and vulnerable account of a life as a person of size. Wrangles with a lot of uncomfortable conflicting truths about body image, self confidence, weight loss and gain, food, and the ways that fat people are dehumanized. It is not a self-pitying book, but it does examine the ways the fat people are taught to feel about their bodies, how they might actually feel, and what it’s like before one loses “the weight.”

I went to a book event around the time of this book’s release, and while I admired Roxane’s writing and presence, I think I was afraid to read it, having struggled with my own weight and body image but never in a morbidly obese body. I found it to be incredibly vulnerable, and listened from start to end in a day. It made me reflect on the stories I tell myself about my own body, and the history my body holds. Needless to say, a worthwhile read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder and Vomit

Minor: Ableism

kimveach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

What a fantastic book.  The author's reflections on her own body and life are personal, yet so many of the thoughts could be what any of us think.  While I'm not a huge fan of personal essays or memoirs, this one touched me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Outing, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

janienejulia's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

leaettaaa's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

This was an inspiring story about what it’s like to grow up in a fat body. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia, Rape, and Vomit

hgustlin's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, and Vomit

taviarz's review

challenging dark reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Racism, Blood, and Vomit

Minor: Ableism

rachelle_reads's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.75

Roxane Gay’s writing is poignant and compelling. I enjoyed hearing her voice as she read the audiobook, too. The frankness with which she describes the challenges of moving through the world that is not built for bodies like hers - wow. The clear-eyed way she recounts the central traumatic event of her youth, and then the various ways she attempted to cope with it as a young person - wow. This book is well done, and you should read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Rape, and Vomit