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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
I did not enjoy the writing style of this book. I felt that there was a lot of side-tracking, repetitiveness and unnecessarily detailed descriptions (no need to describe a bedside glass of water as lukewarm - twice - everybody’s familiar with the concept of room temperature water).
The pace of the narrative was at times numbingly slow, at times chaotic. Countless cliffhangers felt annoying: “that’s when I went crazy” and then pages later “that’s when I went very crazy”.
Overall I found the story very interesting, but it could’ve been delivered much more condensed, and instead I could’ve read more about recovery.
The pace of the narrative was at times numbingly slow, at times chaotic. Countless cliffhangers felt annoying: “that’s when I went crazy” and then pages later “that’s when I went very crazy”.
Overall I found the story very interesting, but it could’ve been delivered much more condensed, and instead I could’ve read more about recovery.
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Gorgeously written and illuminating. Hornbacher dug deep into the core of her eating disorder with intimacy and gritty truth. I learned so, so, so much from her. My perception of eating disorders has expanded tenfold thanks to her insights. And did I mention the writing is gorgeous? It's GORGEOUS. Vivid and poetic and biting and brilliant.
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I love this horribly honest and horrific memoir. I see some of myself when I read this book and I see how scattered her thoughts were when she wrote it. Jumping from situation to situation but weaving the words together so beautifully. I know she is manic but she amazes me with her abilities and her accomplishments. Marya you have made my top three memoirs. I feel everyone should read this, regardless of their eating habits. It is by far a book to be read more than once in my opinion.
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There are some books I'm really ashamed to have on my books list. This is one of them. Not that I don't appreciate the story that was being told but had it been written better maybe I would've liked it more. I got so close to actually finishing this book and I had toughed through it for the most part. But I ended up calling it quits because it was honestly so painful to keep going.
The writing style was so dry and clinical that it didn't feel like she was telling her personal story. Then the author would go into so much detail about why this one person felt this certain way and it just didn't matter in my opinion.
I try so hard to expand my reading horizons but then I find stuff like this that just make me want to stay in my own little Young Adult corner. Oh well, on to bigger and brighter things.
The writing style was so dry and clinical that it didn't feel like she was telling her personal story. Then the author would go into so much detail about why this one person felt this certain way and it just didn't matter in my opinion.
I try so hard to expand my reading horizons but then I find stuff like this that just make me want to stay in my own little Young Adult corner. Oh well, on to bigger and brighter things.
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