Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

5 reviews

beccamarier's review

reflective sad

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Body shaming

tanviuma's review

emotional funny medium-paced

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

4.25

i loved this book - clearly as i read it in one day. i related to rachel a lot and found it comforting to have a similar experience written out in front of me. however i think people in ed recovery should be wary of reading this, as although it could be helpful in some cases it can also be very triggering. especially the first half of the book. however i think melissa  broder did not intend for it to be triggering and i applaud her amazing writing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Incest, and Vomit

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Outing and Suicidal thoughts

ladybergart's review

challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

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

3.75

Periodically I start into books with really high expectations, either because of the blurb, how the book introduces me to it's writing or it's a book that's been recommended to me quite often. 

Unfortunately this my expectations were a bit too high.

I really enjoyed the first 2/3 of the book. The were written in such a sensual, poetic, clear cut way. And then the writing veered off. 

so of the issues stayed unaddressed. Rachel, the protagonist, who has disordered eating since the was a child, suddenly is healed through a relationship, that isn't even going that well. An eating disorder can't just disappear overnight.

Her issues with her mother, which where such a central motif at the beginning of the book and who is also the cause for her eating disorder, so that her psychiatrist challenges her to not contact her mother for 90 days, stay as good as unaddressed. 

The blurb also put heavy emphasis on the "pedaling into nothingness", but it hardly mentioned more than three times in the book. 

The characters are really rich and colourful and "rubenesque" and formed- until the last 1/3. It feels a bit rushed and shallower (?). 

And the way the last two chapter develop, it's just frustrating. 

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Eating disorder

arys_library's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

4.0

I don’t entirely know what to honk of this book, but I know I’d definitely want to read it again. It was strange, the way the narrator spoke and thought, how some things like sex related to her eating disorder and how graphically described the two things were together. It was pretty weird the main characters thoughts, but the relationships in the book were beautiful. I found myself relating to Rachel when she talked about her mother and her eating habits, not as severely but it felt comforting. I also loved loved loved the diversity, and although it was main points of the book, it wasn’t done in a hurtful, stereotypical way. I liked it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Antisemitism, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Homophobia, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Minor: Religious bigotry, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, and Islamophobia

keandrade04's review

funny reflective tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Excrement, Lesbophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Religious bigotry, and Body shaming