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Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

9 reviews

madi22w's review

challenging dark funny sad medium-paced

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

2.5

like. i just with that both the eating disorder section of this book and the gay sex section of this book were better. i feel like they fell flat both in character progression and just like plot-line-logic. like how did she learn how to mother herself so quickly? trust me, your mommy issues aren’t just magically solved after 50 days of no communication. and, furthermore, i thought the way broder attempted to cover this up by being like the world will hurt you again and again but you will come back to me. was just like. okay.
as an ex-roman-catholic, i always appreciate insight into the daily lives of people of other strong/intense religions (such as judaism)  so i liked being able to see that here.
miriam also felt, to me, though, a character that we never really learned about? like i never realllyyy understood what her connection was with her family that made her choose them so often, and so whenever she did it just felt out of the blue to me.
at times i felt that the humor of the book was cheesy or bad, but other times i found it genuinely funny.
overall, weird book. kind of triggering, and then erotic. i wouldn’t read it again. definitely skip like the first 50 pages if you’ve ever had any sort of eating disorder if you don’t want to be triggered. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Religious bigotry, Abandonment, Addiction, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Lesbophobia, Vomit, Bullying, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

la_bue's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

soumya_singhal's review

dark informative reflective fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Gaslighting, Bullying, Homophobia, and Body shaming

laurataylor's review

dark slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, Biphobia, Bullying, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Alcohol, Addiction, Cursing, Body shaming, Dysphoria, and Eating disorder

ecn's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.75

If you like aimless and unlikeable characters, this one’s for you.

The MC was insufferable in all the wrong ways. I was hoping for growth but it felt like it was always entirely about how she grows for others - nothing within herself. 
Yet, I was still drawn to her story so I could see what happens  

The story felt real, but was also really disappointing. No characters made me care about them - I felt bad for Miriam, Rachel was simultaneously selfish and people pleasing, and all other characters were miserable side characters. Maybe the story wasn’t for me? Maybe I wanted more from everyone and it was too much? Maybe it was just too real of a story to feel satisfied.

The story is about sexuality, desire, and longing but it feels more accurate to say it’s a view of how hard it is to be gentle and caring for ourselves and others when it comes to our wanting. How can all parties remain unharmed when desperately grasping for things you want, deserve, and seemingly can’t have?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Biphobia, Bullying, and Eating disorder

anapthine's review

emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Suggest reading content warnings before reading book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Homophobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Outing, Alcohol, Biphobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Blood, Body horror, and Child abuse

Would not recommend to someone who had/has an eating disorder. Binge eating and calorie counting is a recurring theme and is described in detail.

arthomas's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Outing, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Addiction, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship, and Religious bigotry

mlaursen's review

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I didn’t want to put this book down! It was a bit of a wild ride and the MC is frustratingly annoying, but her realness is extraordinary. I felt shame and awkwardness while reading but it was only from the bare reality of the MC’s life/situation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Mental illness

navayiota's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

although it was quite triggering, I still enjoyed this book. It helped me notice some issues I hadn't realised I had.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Incest, Outing, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Xenophobia