Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Three Women by Lisa Taddeo

185 reviews

janeeckler's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

Very captivating, although by the end I was mostly only invested in one of the three stories. Every woman can relate to something in this book whether they've lived it or witnessed it. Fair warning: lotsa smut

ALSO if you're into audiobooks this is a good one- different narrators for each woman and their expressions are very fitting for the parts

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Grief, and Bullying

kvera10's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Grief, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Pedophilia, Mental illness, and Infidelity

chloec27's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Eating disorder

2hermione4's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Vomit

kaylaannsreads's review against another edition

emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Suicide, Alcoholism, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

idasophieluise's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Infidelity, and Death

geraldineleyendo's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

2.75

I've changed the rating of this book a few times - I appreciate its role exploring *true stories* of desire; but as a novel-like book falls flat for me, with some of the explicit sexual scenes going for too long and some other important/interesting aspects of the stories being ignored or brushed off way too quickly. The creative writing is great but all those years of immersive research leading to just this compilation feel a bit disappointing. 
 
It's certainly thought-inducing and although I enjoy the mixed order of the stories, I feel the whole structure lacks intention. Why were the stories told in that order? Is there something truly connecting them? (other than the very obvious "sex stories told by women"). I feel the author fails in giving strong answers to that which overall made the book less enjoyable for me. Some themes will stay with me for a long time but only because of their importance, not because the author threaded them particularly well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual content

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual assault

Minor: Eating disorder and Incest

tab9's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Eating disorder

abisnail564's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.0

Loved this. Challenging and thought-provoking.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Addiction, Pedophilia, Gaslighting, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

m_ren_watson's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Car accident, Eating disorder, Suicide, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia