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kylieqrada's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
Automatic 5 ⭐️s since this is a memoir.
I follow Michelle on IG and have for a long time now. I'd read her non-fiction title but hadn't gotten around to her memoir, and I'm so glad I finally picked it up! I love her authorial voice, and her story is such an important one. Definitely geared more towards people at the beginning of their body positivity journeys, but still very enjoyable.
I follow Michelle on IG and have for a long time now. I'd read her non-fiction title but hadn't gotten around to her memoir, and I'm so glad I finally picked it up! I love her authorial voice, and her story is such an important one. Definitely geared more towards people at the beginning of their body positivity journeys, but still very enjoyable.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Chronic illness
Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, and Alcoholism
Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, and Physical abuse
jamesjoyc's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Medical trauma, Chronic illness, Fatphobia, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Mental illness
Moderate: Bullying
witchhenrietta's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
I don‘t even read memoirs but there‘s something about Michelle‘s story that I found fascinating on social media, so I wanted to know the whole story.
I was not prepared for this. I mean, I cry easily. And there‘s a joke that it‘s page 11 (?) that‘ll make you cry for the first time. It was page 8 for me and by the middle of the book, I really thought this would be it with the tears. Nope. All the way down to the last sentence in the acknowledgements, I would keep crying again and again. There were angry tears, sad tears, tears that said I feel this detail so deeply from my own experience and utterly happy tears.
There‘s something about reading someone‘s life story, particularly when it‘s been as eventful as Michelle‘s; as challenging. And to see how that story is now a survival guide for others gives me immense hope and a knowing that my story will have this effect to others at some point. Or maybe it has already and I simply need to open my eyes to it.
Thank you for being you, Michelle, and doing this work. It‘s so important and so needed. The Joy of Being Selfish sits on my shelf already and I cannot wait to dig in and learn from you.
I was not prepared for this. I mean, I cry easily. And there‘s a joke that it‘s page 11 (?) that‘ll make you cry for the first time. It was page 8 for me and by the middle of the book, I really thought this would be it with the tears. Nope. All the way down to the last sentence in the acknowledgements, I would keep crying again and again. There were angry tears, sad tears, tears that said I feel this detail so deeply from my own experience and utterly happy tears.
There‘s something about reading someone‘s life story, particularly when it‘s been as eventful as Michelle‘s; as challenging. And to see how that story is now a survival guide for others gives me immense hope and a knowing that my story will have this effect to others at some point. Or maybe it has already and I simply need to open my eyes to it.
Thank you for being you, Michelle, and doing this work. It‘s so important and so needed. The Joy of Being Selfish sits on my shelf already and I cannot wait to dig in and learn from you.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fatphobia and Ableism
memorable's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
There were so many moments were tears came running down my face; Michelle’s memoir is just exceptional.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma
Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Sexism
Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit
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