Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Hunger by Michael Grant

4 reviews

nnannanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

The characters in this series are not loveable or relatable to me in any level. Maybe it's because I'm older and able to see past the teenage romance.

Every girl in the book is valued only for their looks and they're also written to act accordingly. I didn't find any moment when there would be interesting dialogue with the women in the book. Yet every time some male character meets a new girl she is described as "beautiful" or "pretty". Also the way Mary's eating disorder is handled in a book aimed at teenagers is very cringeworthy and possibly harmful. She is described as "model thin" and how "weight loss made her look good".

I did not enjoy the book, just finished to get it done with.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Violence, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Ableism, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Body shaming

ediefmullen's review against another edition

4.0

DONT READ WILL LITERALLY TRAUMATISE YOU !!!!!! 
Does the sound of staving little kids and young teenagers sound nice or perhaps a little girl (8) who have an Ed so starves herself (more than what is already happening (aka starvation) ) and eventually faints and then is tied down and forced to eat 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Eating disorder

rioslittlelifelibrary's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

pumpkinvegetable's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Child death

Minor: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia