Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

Muttermilch by Melissa Broder

297 reviews

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

catsandbeets's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia

amberjelfs's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Body shaming

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Self harm, War, Suicidal thoughts, and Outing

nancyalicerose's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Colonisation and Islamophobia

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

8going80's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

The ED aspect of the book definitely made it uncomfortable to read at times as it makes you address your own relationship with food. Good book and easy to whiz through

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Homophobia

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: War

dehernandez3169's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.75

Milk Fed had me on the edge of my seat. A gripping tale of food, sex, and the challenging relationship we can have with both. 

I loved to see the growth Rachel experienced regarding her eating disorder and the blossoming relationship she formed. 

While the ending is logical and makes complete sense, I was disappointed that

Miriam and Rachel didn't work out. But being an orthodox jew, her parents where never going to be supportive of their relationship.

 

I felt it was incredibly timely for the characters to have an argument over Palestine and Israel. 

I wanted so badly for Milk Fed to be a 5 star Read, but the ending really left something to be desired for me. It's ineffable. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Genocide

nora_can_read's review against another edition

dark reflective 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: Emotional abuse and Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia

poppylovesredwineandbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective 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

4.25

It's such an emotionally complex and at times disturbing that reads will and is enjoyable in its wrongness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Homophobia

mushmoll's review against another edition

emotional funny inspiring sad 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

Quote:
"Was it possible I could be my own daughter?..I wondered if the universe, in its roundness, somehow already contained my daughterness. Perhaps I'd been being held there, a daughter all along, until I woke up to it."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Outing, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Dysphoria, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Biphobia, Emotional abuse, and Religious bigotry