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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “My favorite book of all time. I'm not sure why this book touched me so. I don't have an eating disorder, I am not recovering from an eating disorder, I've never been close to anyone with an eating disorder. The writing is perfection. The exact way I like a story to be told: cites, references,...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Even though this book was heartbreaking I loved it and learned so much from it...I would recommend it to anyone! especially teenage girls and women.”
Lauren N wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“When I was in High School I felt like there were many, many memoirs about eating disorders and this was the most gripping account.”
Elly S wrote this review Wednesday, November 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very bluntly honest story. Told much better than a a professional ever could. It is a very good autobiography of an individual struggling with an eating disorder, however I would not recommend it to someone struggling as it is probably the most triggering book written about eating disorders.”
Laura Cleve wrote this review Saturday, October 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“The book open me up to a new world I've never known. It's about teenagers in America suffer from anorexia and bulimia. Marya Hornbacher is a marvellous writer. She really shows what kind of situation she's in. ”
kgirl_xoxo wrote this review Thursday, October 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I'm just going to quote from the book: "I became bulimic at the age of nine, anorexic at the age of fifteen. I couldn't decide between the two and veered back and forth from one to the other until I was twenty, and now, at twenty-three, I am an interesting creature, an Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. My weight has ranged over the past thirteen years from 135 pounds to 52, inching up and then plummeting back down. I have gotten "well," then "sick," then "well" then "sicker," and so on up to now; I am considered "moderately improved," "psychologically stabilized, behaviorally disordered," "prone to habitual relapse." I have been hostpitalized six times, institutionalized once, had endless hours of therapy, been tested and observed and diagnosed and pigeonholed and poked and prodded and fed and weighed for so long that I have begun to feel like a laboratory rat."”
Cathy M wrote this review Sunday, September 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Not an easy read but brutally honest and a good read for anyone who wants to 'know' what it's like to live this disease.”
Jillian Q wrote this review Saturday, September 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Incredible. Riveting. Intense. This book changed my life. ”
Allison'' wrote this review Wednesday, August 26 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I have never started and stopped a book so many times. It took me three different attempts, many months apart, to get through this book. It made me think many different things while reading, each one disturbing me in a uniquely chilling way.”
Laura R wrote this review Friday, August 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Exactly what anyone says of it is the truth. It is graphic, at times triggering, but filled with such valid and honest and truthful insight it's hard for me to understand someone not liking this. It's my absolute favorite book as, out of all the eating disordered literature I've read, it is the most accurate. And she's unafraid to paint herself in the light one might call a "stigma." She's amazing. My hero, and a brilliant writer at that. I can only pray to one day have her talent.”
Stephanie M wrote this review Saturday, July 18 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a very important book...to me at least....it has kind of affected my life...Marya's writing is indescribable...in turn she writes paragraphs of pure literary genius and with the bluntness of a troubled youth. In depth, insane, and endearing this emotional book is one I read over and over again.”
LostInABook wrote this review Wednesday, July 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
