Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Muttermilch by Melissa Broder

341 reviews

siriface's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Homophobia

charlottedow's review against another edition

emotional funny sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

rayaufebay's review against another edition

inspiring reflective tense 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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Biphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Dysphoria

mlachevre's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

elderwoodreads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

This was my first book by Broder and I will certainly be reading more. I did have a heads up this would be weird going in which I think helped, but I think the weird was used well and was necessary.

I personally liked the ending, however, I get why others didn't. I like endings where there is some realism about how much people are able/willing to change for each other, but I definitely get that it's frustrating

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Lesbophobia, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia, Genocide, Xenophobia, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and War

maxattack's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense 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

3.25

This was honestly a really fun story, but I can’t say I particularly liked any of the characters. They’re all train wrecks. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Classism

The main “love interest” is a mere fetishization of a “type” of human being

vicdasilva's review against another edition

emotional reflective 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: Eating disorder

Moderate: Body shaming

annietaber's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective 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

I think I just don’t like funny books. It remains unclear if my occasional revulsion about the events unfolding in this book originate from genuine objection or from some mix of self loathing, but the fact remains that I just don’t think this book was for me: mothers and daughters (read: mommy issues) graphic (and I mean GRAPHIC and not even yummy sapphic) sexual content, and being Jewish (although the Rabbi character construct and the golem were perhaps the most compelling parts of the book). 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Excrement, and Abandonment

changelingreader_adrian's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Excrement and Lesbophobia

sweetsimplenothing's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Sexual content and Lesbophobia

Minor: Incest