Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (vuoden 2018 painos)

Holy crap, this book is a kick in the gut. I suspected it would be, which is why it took me so long to work up the nerve to read it. Man. So good. Rips your heart out and doesn't do a great job of stuffing it back into your chest. I don't know how Dr. Gay managed to write this book. At the end, she says it's the most difficult thing she's ever written, and I totally believe that. ( )

With deep insight, Roxane Gay shows what it is like to be fat and to be a fat woman. The compounding trauma, the little things that become difficult and then insurmountable, the self-loathing, the invisibility, the taking up of space, the lack of clothing, and so, so much more in this book are just too familiar. I may not weigh as much as the author, but I am not thin and I live in the same world. So much in this book hits close to home and I'd encourage everyone to read it because it really makes you think about how we treat obesity in our culture, how its spoken of, and the trauma which underlies it. ( )

This book really spoke to me. It's a great book for the overweight and the slim. It tells a lot from a POV of how hard some situations are when you're bigger, not just the emotional aspect but actually, some things like chair arms can be hell. She lays so many things out there that most of us tend to stay quiet about. It's powerful speaking the truth. ( )

Deeply personal and striking telling of Gay's relationship with her body and moving her body through the world. ( )

Strong at the start and the finish, with some less powerful bits in the middle. ( )