Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

159 reviews

naicrix's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual assault, Vomit, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia

tgij's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder

e1095's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Eating disorder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

cleansky7's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Child abuse, Blood, Gore, Rape, Eating disorder, Grief, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

froggy1png's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A real insightful read, so beautifully written 😭✨👏🏻

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Death, Homophobia, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, Addiction, Body horror, Eating disorder, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Rape, Drug abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Mental illness, Violence, Biphobia, and Suicide attempt

eestellar's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was a dark and heavy book but it was mesmerizing. Definitely look at content warnings before reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Rape

Moderate: Eating disorder

jdors00's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Medical trauma, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Eating disorder, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Death, Grief, Alcohol, Body horror, and Infidelity

zeemeermijn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Rape, and Self harm

orlagal's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Medical trauma, Racism, Misogyny, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Grief, Homophobia, Stalking, Body horror, Colonisation, Drug use, Mental illness, Biphobia, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Medical content, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Child death, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

poetology's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

An intriguing first novel about trauma and coming of age that makes me want to find out more about the writer's work. I felt uneasy that possession seems to drive the protagonist's queerness but I suspect that the Igbo spiritual landscape is more complex than I can grasp based  on this novel alone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Eating disorder

Minor: Child abuse