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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
Would’ve been 5 stars but I absolutely hated the cheesy ending
emotional
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization
Once I picked this book up I could NOT put it down. It was beautifully written and honestly, the story touched close to home. I was completely engrossed in this book and putting it down to eat dinner and do other things with family was near impossible.
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I normally don’t write reviews, but this book warrants it.
To preface this, this book is about a girl who develops an eating disorder. I have had an eating disorder for close to a decade. I have known people who have eating disorders.
The main character of this book has such bad body dysmorphia. She can’t see that she’s losing weight. She constantly thinks the scales are broken. Jane is so dramatic and whiny that I don’t even know if I can finish this book.
She throws the scales at her father, screaming that they tampered with them and force feed her in her sleep. That’s just…. no honey. You would choke and aspirate if that were the case.
The author depicts those of us with eating disorders in a very bad light and I do not recommend this book to anyone. I liked it in the beginning, but the constant whining and self pity have turned me off from this book.
If you’re wanting a book about a girl with an ED, do yourself a favor and read Wintergirls or Letting Ana Go. The only place this book belongs is in the trash.
To preface this, this book is about a girl who develops an eating disorder. I have had an eating disorder for close to a decade. I have known people who have eating disorders.
The main character of this book has such bad body dysmorphia. She can’t see that she’s losing weight. She constantly thinks the scales are broken. Jane is so dramatic and whiny that I don’t even know if I can finish this book.
She throws the scales at her father, screaming that they tampered with them and force feed her in her sleep. That’s just…. no honey. You would choke and aspirate if that were the case.
The author depicts those of us with eating disorders in a very bad light and I do not recommend this book to anyone. I liked it in the beginning, but the constant whining and self pity have turned me off from this book.
If you’re wanting a book about a girl with an ED, do yourself a favor and read Wintergirls or Letting Ana Go. The only place this book belongs is in the trash.
This book is beyond unbelievable. It is so true, so raw and so real that it hurts. I couldn’t stop reading. The poor main character is a victim and her own tormentor, all in one, and deserves none of it.
As a person who has always suffered from medical issues that have either made me too big or too thin, I have been called fat and blamed for my long term medical conditions, of which the medications cause me to gain weight without my choice, or called anorexic because my condition made me too ill to eat. I was bullied because people thought I was wanting attention or not eating by choice, when actually I have autoimmune issues that mean eating makes me very ill sometimes. It was so hard to deal with this, and still is, and really creates body image issues, but nothing like what this girl endured.
Being inside her mind, hearing how her day went, how her mind ticked, tore my heart out, but I couldn’t put this book down. I needed to know she was ok. The author has taken a very real and sad subject matter and given us a real story to show us the life of another, and she has done so in a heart-wrenchingly beautiful way. I commend her on that. This story is written perfectly.
As a person who has always suffered from medical issues that have either made me too big or too thin, I have been called fat and blamed for my long term medical conditions, of which the medications cause me to gain weight without my choice, or called anorexic because my condition made me too ill to eat. I was bullied because people thought I was wanting attention or not eating by choice, when actually I have autoimmune issues that mean eating makes me very ill sometimes. It was so hard to deal with this, and still is, and really creates body image issues, but nothing like what this girl endured.
Being inside her mind, hearing how her day went, how her mind ticked, tore my heart out, but I couldn’t put this book down. I needed to know she was ok. The author has taken a very real and sad subject matter and given us a real story to show us the life of another, and she has done so in a heart-wrenchingly beautiful way. I commend her on that. This story is written perfectly.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
"You may have read Perfectly Thin and thought a few of things were far-fetched. Let’s take the ballet teacher, or Jane’s school teacher. I can tell you, from personal experience, these things happen. Because I summoned them from my own truths."
So, those were honestly the most believable parts of this. The rest reads like a fever dream of a lurker on the LiveJournal anorexia groups circa 2006 in an unholy mashup with a Lifetime age gap romance that no one mentions. I don't want to question the author's research on the material, but has she ever met anyone who has been in an eating disorder hospitalization setting program? Because two cucumber slices, a pepper, some tomatoes and a cube of cheese is not gonna get you discharged from IP.
The yikes to page ratio here is outstanding.
So, those were honestly the most believable parts of this. The rest reads like a fever dream of a lurker on the LiveJournal anorexia groups circa 2006 in an unholy mashup with a Lifetime age gap romance that no one mentions. I don't want to question the author's research on the material, but has she ever met anyone who has been in an eating disorder hospitalization setting program? Because two cucumber slices, a pepper, some tomatoes and a cube of cheese is not gonna get you discharged from IP.
The yikes to page ratio here is outstanding.
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Oh this author never fails to dissapoint. Highly recommended