Member Reviews

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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 3 stars

  “I’m sad that anyone would feel so bad about herself that she would abuse her body this way, but at the same time, I see a lot of the same neuroses in myself. Just a little shove, or a little bit different circumstances in my life might have pushed me this way. In the end, I’m glad to have read this. It makes me think harder about the way I think of and treat my body, and the way I think of other women. A point I got from this book is that we women are too hard on each other. Instead of comparing diets and pants sizes, maybe we ought to be just loving each other.”

  Sonja Foust wrote this review Friday, April 25 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 5 stars

  “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, fore shadowing, reflection from present day. I've read this book cover to cover at least 4 times. I often leave it on my night stand and read 20 random pages before bed. Her story is powerful. You end up relating and caring so much about her. She infects your soul. You respect her, yet pity her. Maybe it's that she grew up in Minnesota as did I, or maybe it's that women are alwasy stuggling with self esteem and identity, I'm not sure. But I somehow understand her pain. I love this book. ”

  Kristin wrote this review Sunday, November 18 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  1 of 1 members found this review helpful.

  • Rated 0 stars

  “Marya tells it like it is when you have anorexia: its not glamorous, its not fun, its brutal and ruins your life and almost kills you. And thats just the beginning: then you have to figure out a way to recover from it.”

  Pilgrim wrote this review Saturday, March 31 2007. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This story broke my heart. It amazes me that the author was able to survive her own self destruction. This story enlightened me to the mind of an eating disordered addict and helped me form a more realistic view of my own relationship with food. I realize that although I am not anorexic or bulemic, I do have an unrealistic idea of the perfect body and I now wonder how realistic my view of my own body is?”

  Magdakma wrote this review Thursday, October 2 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “This was a very good account on eating disorders. I don't have (nor have I ever had) an eating disorder, but I thought Marya Hornbacher gave valuable insights in this. She was reflective, honest and blunt and she had thoughts and theories on eating disorders. This was by no means simply a descriptive book. It is very well written, it's not self-absorbing, she stays on topic and doesn't go off on tangents. As I remember it, it is organised and thoughtful throughout.”

  Hazel wrote this review Saturday, September 27 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “can't say I loved it--it's a painful story to read. But it is an unbelievably well told and fascinating insight into the struggles of a severe eating disorder”

  debra s wrote this review Thursday, July 31 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 4 stars

  “I liked this book”

  Irene S wrote this review Sunday, April 27 2008. ( reply | permalink )
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  • Rated 5 stars

  “first read: 1998”

  Debi K wrote this review Tuesday, March 11 2008. ( reply | permalink )