Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

Otämjbar by Glennon Doyle

153 reviews

thisbookbelongstopam's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective slow-paced

3.0

While the reflections and some specific passages resonated with me, I wasn't a fan of the writing and the format.

It's written in the form of short stories — each chapter is a specific moment in the author's life along with a reflection from that story. The first half was pretty strong and I was really hooked because there was an overarching narrative but after that, the short stories felt too disjointed for me to enjoy.

I rated it 3⭐️  for the first half of the book. I think it was marketed as a memoir but it felt like the first half was a memoir and then the second half leaned towards self-help.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

5e6jsb9by's review against another edition

The core message is solid and an empowering way to think about your life and the be decisions you make/ way you think. The first half of the book focuses on the author’s story and explaining how she began to undo her thinking and live authentically. But the second half goes into detail on short anecdotes that cheapen that  message. Especially using values of honesty and integrity to justify looking at your children’s devices without permission really sits wrong. It went from paying attention to and living in accordance with your deeper truths and values to- do whatever you want. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Death of parent

mimi_means_secret's review against another edition

inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Eating disorder

poppyreads1's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

klavanger's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

3.75

I enjoyed a lot of what this book was about, and was able to take a lot of it away for myself. Some of it was a little less relatable, but I'm excited to share it with friends!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Body shaming, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

sunpuddles's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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This was a very quick paced, enjoyable and empowering read. I love the way she interspersed larger insights and concepts with her own stories and reflections. It was eminently readable. That said, I wasn’t totally blown away by the concept. I feel like these ideas of societal constraints and unlearning them is something that I’m sure some have never reflected on or considered and most of this is all been in my brain before at some time or other - whether that was through other reading, sociology and psychology classes, or just my own musings.  That said, her conversational tone and really assessable writing style made them feel fresh and such a joy to discover again. She told her stories with wit and truth and vulnerability, which is always a joy to read.  I would love to gift this book to a child and particularly a young woman headed off to college.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny

filawless's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

2.0

I fail to see the hype surrounding this book. It's been claimed as a feminist masterpiece but I would suggest Caitlin Moran's books gave me more of a feminist awakening that this. 
Having read collections of life stories before from Constellations to Hunger, this falls flat. It feels disjointed, lacking structure and having no clear aim. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder

jasperoz's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

This book is beautiful. It's the sort of book that once you're finished, you want to go out into the world and live and learn and love and create and be all in. The writing is incredible and is so moving and meaningful. I feel like I've learnt a lot about myself, purely just from reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Moderate: Misogyny and Racism

Minor: Homophobia

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Infidelity, and Misogyny

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Racism, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, and Murder

kelseyland's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

Doyle's story is a fascinating one and I was very interested in her journey from poster child for the mainstream Christian(TM) wife and mother to someone who learned how to prioritize her own needs and desires. At the same time, she often talks about/to women as a broad category, but it felt to me like most of what she has to say would be most meaningful and useful to a very specific category of white, straight, middle to upper-class Christian women. The section on faith, religion, and the modern American church was the most impactful for me, and I also loved the glimpses into Doyle's marriage to soccer player Abby Wambach. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Eating disorder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Religious bigotry