Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying

41 reviews

asukaya's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit

sargjo's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Grief

adriatrees's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

bookrecsondeck's review against another edition

emotional sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Death of parent

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging emotional lighthearted reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, and Vomit

charmainelim's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I think this is such an important book for young women to have, particularly in Chinese culture.

We're often thought of as petite and thin, but it's unfair and unreasonable to expect well over 500 million women in the world to all be the same size. Bodies change as hormone change and that needs to be accepted.

While I never struggled with an eating disorder or an outright unhealthy relationship with food, I did have thoughts about whether skipping meals would help me "maintain" a certain weight that was really me being underweight. It wasn't healthy, but it meant I was "thin."

I wish I had this graphic novel when I was younger. I wish my friends had it. I think some of us would be a lot better off if we'd known more explicitly that it was okay for our bodies to change and that it's nothing to be ashamed of, even if culture says otherwise. Culture is the one that's wrong here, not us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit

ness's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Vomit, and Death of parent

mellasmusings's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

With some stories, there's an ache that comes with being seen. This story is one of them. Valerie felt familiar in many uncomfortable ways - justifying that she wasn't too skinny, searching for control, families showing love through food - and although my pressure was internal, seeing Valerie's mom pressure her into eating less even as a child cut me to the core. It was also good to see Valerie's fatphobia laid out there. At first I didn't notice the small comments that creep up, but on my second read through they jumped out at me. The art style is also beautiful, and I love the color palette used. I highly recommend this one to readers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Fatphobia

readingwithkaitlyn's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

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livlamentloathe's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-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

4.0

A surprisingly complex story about a teen girl struggling to love herself when her definition of love isn’t the same as that of her family. I appreciate the candid portrayal of bulimia and disordered eating. I also loved that the focus was mostly on the friendship between Val and Jordan, rather than on a romance. The art was absolutely lovely, and I liked the writing style used for the story. A great book about love, loss, eating, and acceptance.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent