A review by casskrug
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

4.5

finishing 2024 with such an incredible memoir! i picked this up on a whim after purchasing it yesterday but i knew i would love it after reading gay’s writing into the wound back in october. super vulnerable and raw and an extension of the themes she talks about in that essay - the traumatic SA that her relationship to her body/weight, her experience in the public eye, and the difficulty she’s had writing about the topic. her tone was very conversational and the pace was super quick. it’s an incredibly readable book despite the difficult subject matter. this is one of those books where you just have to read it for yourself, i don’t think i’ll do it enough justice in a review due to how personal it is. highly highly recommend!!