Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

2 reviews

thelizardqueen's review

medium-paced

This book could be extremely triggering for anyone with an eating disorder, especially those in the midst of recovery. The writing advice is continually interrupted by the author's cutsie fatshaming, disordered thinking on bodies and eating, overt sexism and overall presumptuous bigotry. She is such an abusive person, it's torture to get through the book. There are dozens and dozens of books about writing that manage to get the message across without hating or abusing anyone or fostering mental disorders. This book is not one of them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, and Fatphobia

loxeletters's review against another edition

funny informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, Death, Cancer, and Mental illness