Reviews tagging 'Dysphoria'

Muttermilch by Melissa Broder

63 reviews

kait_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Toxic relationship

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

sophie_w's review against another edition

dark reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Dysphoria

lwalla01's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense 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

3.75

Wow. What to say about this book. I originally started listening to this on audio when I was playing a game with my partner. The material at the beginning of the novel is disturbing. This novel has triggers for a lot of things, but the main thing to know is this book features all kinds of eating disorders. 

I’d heard a lot about this book before I actually picked it up. It’s been on a lot of lists of Jewish rep, and is written by (and about) a queer Jewish person. I actually thought that the rep, while problematic about the orthodox community, was very accurate regarding someone Jewish who is particularly separated from the community. Overall, this book was an experience, but bound to be extremely polarizing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Violence, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Dysphoria

leetorib's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

hillarydanielle's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

kay_jax's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

1. lacked substance 
2. deeply repetitive 
3. detached and dry storytelling 

this book was unfortunately and painfully bland. a lot of the impactful themes (disordered eating, dysfunctional relationships, and creating boundaries) were mentioned but then ultimately became a secondary plot to our main characters obsession with her love interest and sex.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Homophobia and Lesbophobia

princesssdiaries's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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

3.75

this book put me in the worst mood omg there is so much shit about eating disorders it almost triggered me and i don’t even have one!!!! i didn’t see any warnings or anything god

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Content Warnings

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

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

zzzleeping's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

weird but sad

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry