Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Muttermilch by Melissa Broder

296 reviews

ottercorg's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad 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

A tale that is all at once heartbreaking, frustrating, and so very steamy. 

I spent the whole book clinging to the development of Miriam and Rachel, begging for Rachel to heal, and craving frozen yogurt. I love the insight into Rachel's thoughts, the way Broder writes. The detail that makes it easy to imagine every moment, which is something I usually struggle with.

A story that truly exemplifies the notion that some people are not meant to be in our lives forever, and we are still able to - and should be - grateful for what they provide while they are here. The lessons they teach, the memories they create, and the person they shape us to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual content, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Addiction, Antisemitism, Drug use, Homophobia, Genocide, Child abuse, Cursing, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

fionag's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-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

2.0

I really didn’t have a strong reaction to this book, and for me that’s quite telling. The super short chapters are probably the main thing that kept me reading, and the book felt oddly paced and the ending was really rushed. Some of the scenes/ imagery felt like Broder was just trying to be weird for the sake of it, and served no real purpose. I didn’t like the main character and I felt she didn’t have much of a personality apart from wanting to be liked. This book will probably be very triggering if you have issues with food, and I do applaud her nuances discussions of sexuality, self image and eating. Some of the writing just felt too ‘gen z’ (someone is described as looking like the embarrassed emoji??). Within a book where one of the central themes is Judaism, I’m glad Broder discussed the genocide against the Palestinian people. Though I don’t feel like it was done justice to and felt like a plot point more than anything. I’ll definitely read Broder’s other works but this one unfortunately wasn’t for me

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

hannahbanana0909's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Self harm, Body shaming, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Eating disorder

miuu000's review against another edition

fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

0leander's review against another edition

4.0

Don't go in blind like I did, take a good look at the warnings and know that they are there for a reason. 

The beginning of the book felt, at times, like reading an early 2010s Tumblr user's ed blog, calorie diary and all. This is of course only the starting point for some... interesting developments... but it's pretty intense nevertheless. Once you get through that, you're in for the WLW romance, mommy issues, and an interesting perspective on navigating queerness and politics from within an Orthodox Jewish family environment. 

Physically I was on a train while listening, but emotionally I was on a rollercoaster. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

uniquekorne's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Eating disorder

harperthomson's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Homophobia, and Islamophobia

Moderate: Fatphobia

caleigh_g's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder and Homophobia

caroisreading's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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