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Milk Fed by Melissa Broder

28 reviews

caroisreading's review

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

I love Melissa Broder's writing so much. "Milk Fed" was a dizzying experience, being volleyed between sapphic sexcapades, mommy issues, an intense eating disorder and a complex relationship with religion. 

The biggest, most flagged trigger warning is the eating disorder content. You're punched in the face with it right away, and I saw myself in too much of it. Is it strange to say this felt refreshing, cathartic? So many of us have this experience, and in reading all its calculative detail, I cried for all of us. 

Perhaps the content that surprised me most wasn't the sex (honestly not as pearl-clutching as reviews make it out to be?), but our narrator's hope to find mothering, acceptance and comfort with an Orthodox Jewish family, and the conversation about Palestine. I won't get too spoily here, but the way she finds her voice here, an important scene. 

You'll like this is if you're into troubled and funny narrators, themes about sexuality, acceptance, faith, and don't mind the triggering and sexually graphic content.

I'm off to read "The Pisces"!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Biphobia, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

alexandracpedro's review

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Biphobia, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Addiction, and Sexual content

Moderate: Outing, War, Antisemitism, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit and Self harm

lexkoi's review

emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Sexual content

Moderate: Lesbophobia, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Minor: Excrement, Alcohol, Religious bigotry, and Child abuse

saramarie_reads's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Fatphobia, and Body shaming

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol

alexisgarcia's review

funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

i wasn’t the happiest with the ending of this, but the story and characters were very captivating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Sexual content, Homophobia, Grief, and Cursing

veelaughtland's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Alcohol, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Mental illness

norabeideineroma's review

inspiring reflective tense 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Islamophobia, Biphobia, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Lesbophobia, Antisemitism, and Alcohol

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-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

5.0

This was my first book by Broder and I will certainly be reading more. I did have a heads up this would be weird going in which I think helped, but I think the weird was used well and was necessary.

I personally liked the ending, however, I get why others didn't. I like endings where there is some realism about how much people are able/willing to change for each other, but I definitely get that it's frustrating

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Incest, and Lesbophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Biphobia, Blood, Excrement, Genocide, Vomit, War, and Xenophobia

reggiethebird's review

emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.25

I definitely would not have picked up this book if not for a bookclub. I also would not be surprised if this ends up as a banned book in some Floridian county sometime soon.

Fun voice, character seems to swing all over the place real quick. Like every so often the book reminds you that it's only been a week, or a few months, and it always made the story feel more compressed chronologically. It's certainly got a message of self acceptance, so if that's your cup of tea and you're cool with some Jewish vocabulary and a fair bit of lesbian... activity... then full recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcohol and Antisemitism

Minor: Excrement and War

rooney_shay's review

emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

3.0

A little too erotic for my tastes, but definitely an eye-opener. Following the main characters changing relationship with food, her own body, religion and other characters was riveting. I read this book in a day! To this who don’t like sex or sexual desire openly stated in a book, this is not the one for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Religious bigotry, Eating disorder, Body horror, Biphobia, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit, War, Violence, and Alcohol