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A review by onmalsshelf
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder
fast-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
Thank you Libro.fm and Simon & Schuster Audio for this ALC in exchange of an honest review.
TRIGGER WARNING: Plot includes MAJOR inclusion of eating disorders, right from the start.
I had to mention that right off the get go because it appears no one else wants to even address that. I wanted to LOVE Milk Fed after someone I trust very much and have similar reading tastes to loved it. However, I can't say that.
If listening to on audio as I did - do not listen around anyone else or with any window partially down. Some people overhead it coming from my car in the Starbucks line and I got some very concerning looks. Perhaps it would've worked better for me had I read it as a physical copy?
If the talk of disordered eating didn't get you in the first six chapters, chapter seven may get you feeling very icky. I should've just stopped there.
Don't get me wrong, Milk Fed is very well written and the prose is beautiful, which is mainly the reason I'm giving it a 2 star rating. The plot and several plot points made me say, "what in the world am I listening to?". Plus, I'm not sure there would even be plot had it not been for the inclusion of disordered eating. I also did not find it 'scathingly' funny.
Redeeming quality - I did like the relationship between Rachel and Miriam throughout most of the book.
Also I will die on this rock - the cover is not a record as people say it is (are records even mentioned, I don't think so). I'll leave you think about that.
Other trigger warnings: incest dreams and homophobia
TRIGGER WARNING: Plot includes MAJOR inclusion of eating disorders, right from the start.
I had to mention that right off the get go because it appears no one else wants to even address that. I wanted to LOVE Milk Fed after someone I trust very much and have similar reading tastes to loved it. However, I can't say that.
If listening to on audio as I did - do not listen around anyone else or with any window partially down. Some people overhead it coming from my car in the Starbucks line and I got some very concerning looks. Perhaps it would've worked better for me had I read it as a physical copy?
If the talk of disordered eating didn't get you in the first six chapters, chapter seven may get you feeling very icky. I should've just stopped there.
Don't get me wrong, Milk Fed is very well written and the prose is beautiful, which is mainly the reason I'm giving it a 2 star rating. The plot and several plot points made me say, "what in the world am I listening to?". Plus, I'm not sure there would even be plot had it not been for the inclusion of disordered eating. I also did not find it 'scathingly' funny.
Redeeming quality - I did like the relationship between Rachel and Miriam throughout most of the book.
Also I will die on this rock - the cover is not a record as people say it is (are records even mentioned, I don't think so). I'll leave you think about that.
Other trigger warnings: incest dreams and homophobia
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Incest, and Homophobia