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3.8 AVERAGE
I was a little disappointed. I thought it was a bit slow and really uninteresting until the last 25 pages or so. I think part of the letdown was the fact that I heard it was really great. Unfortunately I can't say I share the same opinion
I really enjoyed this book. I knew nothing about Portia beforehand and was surprised to learn about her. I seemed to flip through this one quickly. Would definitely recommend.
Full disclosure, only got a few chapters into this. Despite great review in EW, I couldn't get into it. Pretty standard obsession with body and food, she is not coming across as an interesting or thoughtful person. I have a stack of better books waiting for me.
This was an interesting and engrossing read. I felt a touch of dissapointment in the end, though. While it is great to see that Portia has grown into a strong and beautiful woman and I am thrilled that she has found such a strong and healing love, it is obvious that she still struggles with loving herself. And while I don't think she would ever be mean to someone whose weight (natural or otherwise) was greater than 130, she seems relieved that she is not one of thoes people.
But, these comments are not criticisms of her or this book. It is just more evidence that it is HARD to be totally happy and accepting of our bodies & our lives even when every outsider might look at it and think it is all perfect.
But, these comments are not criticisms of her or this book. It is just more evidence that it is HARD to be totally happy and accepting of our bodies & our lives even when every outsider might look at it and think it is all perfect.
What a heartbreaking story Portia writes about her struggles with anorexia. Such a moving book - everyone must read!
Really good insight into the mind of an anorexic. Portia's story is both terrifying and inspiring in its honesty.
This book did a good job of explaining how controlling anorexia could be, I just wish she had taken as much time and effort into explaining how her recovery went.
I thought this was a very well-done telling of the author's battles with weight & anorexia. As a fan of "Ally McBeal," I was interested in her story, and she wrote it as if it were happening now--not from a "looking-back" perspective, so it helped me to understand what someone with an eating disorder thinks and feels and how one slips into such a destructive pattern.
Portia de Rossi's book is a painful insight into the world of eating disorders. Having had my own personal struggles with food and body image, her book resonated with me personally. What a shame that women are held up to an unrealistic standard within society and consequently themselves.
I hadn't planned on reading this book in one night. I intended to read a chapter or two and then go to bed, but Ms. de Rossi tells her story well and with a degree of honesty, authenticity, that grabbed and held me.
Looking back, the book is a notable for what it leaves out as for what it puts in. It's not a story that trashes -- or even comments on -- other Hollywood denizens. She blames nobody but herself for her choices; she's not looking to lump blame on others -- and that's refreshing.
It's an important book about how "normal" our cultural obsession with dieting has become, and it's a powerful story about how fear of not being accepted can start with something like sexual preference and later extend to many other aspects of one's life.
I thank de Rossi (now De Generes) for her honesty and for writing this book. Even though I've never had bulimia or anorexia, reading about her journey may very well help me to have a better relationship to diet, exercise and weight. It's a gutsy book that I highly recommend to others.
Looking back, the book is a notable for what it leaves out as for what it puts in. It's not a story that trashes -- or even comments on -- other Hollywood denizens. She blames nobody but herself for her choices; she's not looking to lump blame on others -- and that's refreshing.
It's an important book about how "normal" our cultural obsession with dieting has become, and it's a powerful story about how fear of not being accepted can start with something like sexual preference and later extend to many other aspects of one's life.
I thank de Rossi (now De Generes) for her honesty and for writing this book. Even though I've never had bulimia or anorexia, reading about her journey may very well help me to have a better relationship to diet, exercise and weight. It's a gutsy book that I highly recommend to others.