Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Muttermilch by Melissa Broder

47 reviews

bootlegfrank's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted slow-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

4.5

It wasn’t what I expected it to be, but the relationship development was exciting and kept me reading more. The ending felt a little empty, unfinished, a bit predictable. It is definitely worth checking content warnings for this book before reading as it can be quite intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cursing, Homophobia, War, and Incest

kathleencoughlin's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

I wasn't sure about Milk Fed at the beginning but I ultimately ended up enjoying it. Rachel embodies a lot of issues that millennial women, or just women in general, tend to deal with including issues surrounding their bodies, food, and relationships. The book can be funny and even cute at times but it is overall a very freak description of a very mentally ill woman. Rachel has such negative self-talk and body dysmorphia and goes through cycles of binging and restricting food in an attempt to have some control over her body and make others love and be proud of her. Through her  relationship with Miriam who in many ways represents the things she both yearns and fears to be, she starts to repair her sense of self. It's not by any means a healthy relationship but I think both of them new that there were foundational issues that meant it couldn't last.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Body shaming, Toxic relationship, Dysphoria, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Incest, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Antisemitism

savvylit's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

2.5

Milk Fed is supposed to be satirical and thus all of the character's flaws are exaggerated for comedic effect. But instead of laughing, I was bored. (That is until I got to the comically unsensual sex scenes.) The characters are all totally unoriginal stereotypes.

The most disappointingly two-dimensional character of them all was the love interest, Miriam. Miriam is a queer woman's manic pixie dream girl. She's a sex object who solely exists to help Rachel on her journey of self-acceptance. Seriously.

After meeting Miriam, Rachel's disordered eating is virtually cured. Wtf??

 

I really wanted to like Milk Fed. At first, I actually did! I enjoyed the pace and the potential for satire. Which is ultimately what kept me going. But the superficiality of every single thing and the pretty-bow-wrapped ending ruined it for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Biphobia

Minor: Incest

al3xa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

TW EATING DISORDER / FATPHOBIA

“i wondered, if i could go back & rescue myself from that dressing room, would i do it? i probably wouldn’t. i thought that soft little girl was disgusting too.” (p. 8)

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia, Outing, and Antisemitism

Minor: Incest and Biphobia

navayiota's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective 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

4.75

although it was quite triggering, I still enjoyed this book. It helped me notice some issues I hadn't realised I had.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Incest, Outing, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, War, and Xenophobia

azalia's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Minor: Incest, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, and Self harm

sucreslibrary's review against another edition

challenging reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Fatphobia, Eating disorder, and Incest

camclark'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Eating disorder, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Lesbophobia, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Dysphoria, Child abuse, Body shaming, Body horror, Biphobia, Alcohol, and Addiction

dhritigupta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-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

2.75

this was a weird book man. like some parts were genuinely really well done when it came to rachel’s growth and development as a person, but all the romance was uncomfortable to me obviously bc of the oedipal vibes but also bc her attraction to miriam felt very bodily focused and kinda fetishizing rather than a genuine romance. it was a very primal book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Homophobia

bootsmom3's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Incest, Lesbophobia, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship