Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

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

24 reviews

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

siobhanward's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.0

 I've never read anything by Roxane Gay before, but I see her reviews on a lot of books I've been reading recently and found myself using them as a gauge as to whether I might like a book. Gay is as good at picking books as she is at writing them apparently. This was a heavy, hard read but really good. Some parts were repetitive, beyond it being a stylistic choice it felt, but I understand the impact the repetition had at times.

This is a really heavy book - it's worth checking out other reviews and trigger warnings before jumping in because there were definitely times that I had to put it down for a bit before continuing. Still a great read and I look forward to reading more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Vomit, Sexual assault, Rape, Racism, Medical content, Fatphobia, and Injury/Injury detail

biblioghoul's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Racism, Medical content, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, and Homophobia

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

chris_reads's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Ableism, Body shaming, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Medical content and Vomit

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Sexual harassment

miryame's review

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

this book just changed my life 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Rape, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Fatphobia

zombiezami's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Vomit, Rape, Fatphobia, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Mental illness, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Racism, Gaslighting, Classism, Infidelity, and Chronic illness

Minor: Xenophobia

ellaxiao's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical content, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Racism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Rape

mxajlikesbooks's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Body shaming, Medical content, and Rape