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Literally the best. Omg. I’ve never felt so relatable in my life but then the twist which we kinda had a small feeling was true, WAS TRUE! ugh
I read this book in the matter of hours. I don't normally get that into a book but this book is worth it. granted this book does deserve a trigger warning to those who suffer from eating disorders or who have been sexually assaulted but I feel like it is a real book about healing and finding hope.
Every library should have this book. A beautifully illustrated graphic novel about anorexia, and how the recovery process from any mental illness or trauma is never straightforward. I will be adding this to the YA collection at my library.
"Lighter Than My Shadow" is a brutally harrowing journey through life with eating disorders, compounded by horrific sexual abuse. Ms Green is a powerful, unflinching cartoonist.
It is not easy to write about eating disorder, and drawing about that is even more complicated, but the author made an excellent job and this graphic novel is wonderful. Recommended.
Non é facile scrivere di disturbi alimentari e ancora piú difficile é disegnarli, ma credo che in questo caso l'autrice abbia fatto un ottimo lavoro. Da leggere!
THANKS EDELWEISS FOR THE PREVIEW!
Non é facile scrivere di disturbi alimentari e ancora piú difficile é disegnarli, ma credo che in questo caso l'autrice abbia fatto un ottimo lavoro. Da leggere!
THANKS EDELWEISS FOR THE PREVIEW!
4.5⭐️. Stunning and heartbreakingly familiar. She starts the book by saying that she wished there was something like this when she was younger, to help her through the traumas and problems she had. She didn’t have that tool, so she created it and it perfectly captured feelings those who suffer from eating disorders fear to say out loud.
Absolutely inspiring and real.
Absolutely inspiring and real.
A great graphic memoir about a girl's struggles with mental health (eating disorders, OCD, sexual trauma). Some folks complain that the story was too long and repetitive. But that's the point. Recovery is a long, difficult ongoing process full of false starts and setbacks.
An important addition for the new-adult genre.
I think graphic format was the perfect way to show the intense emotional battles that go on inside a young woman's head when battling body dysmorphia, eating disorders, and sexual assault. This memoir was hard to read, but so necessary and haunting.
I think graphic format was the perfect way to show the intense emotional battles that go on inside a young woman's head when battling body dysmorphia, eating disorders, and sexual assault. This memoir was hard to read, but so necessary and haunting.
The author states in the beginning of this book that she wishes this book had been there for her and after reading it, I wish it had been too. Not because what happened is her fault, because it’s not, but because it showed that recovery from these things is possible. All the doubt she has may have been soothed a little if this has existed for her.
I’m glad she shared her story though, to show other who are going through the same thing that it’ll all be okay. I didn’t relate to everything in this book, but there is so much I did relate to and it’s given me a new found strength to help deal with coping. I know these things happen to other people, but it’s not normalized enough. No one talks about these things because of the stigmas attaches to them. And I wish the would talk, because there are so many people who need it. I wish that o had some one to talk to. I do, but it’s like I almost feel embarrassed or awkward about it, because it’s not stuff that people talk about and I’m afraid that I’ll be judged for it.
I’d definitely recommend this book to everyone who’s struggling with any of the things touched in this book and honestly, even more. It helped me and it can help others too.
I’m glad she shared her story though, to show other who are going through the same thing that it’ll all be okay. I didn’t relate to everything in this book, but there is so much I did relate to and it’s given me a new found strength to help deal with coping. I know these things happen to other people, but it’s not normalized enough. No one talks about these things because of the stigmas attaches to them. And I wish the would talk, because there are so many people who need it. I wish that o had some one to talk to. I do, but it’s like I almost feel embarrassed or awkward about it, because it’s not stuff that people talk about and I’m afraid that I’ll be judged for it.
I’d definitely recommend this book to everyone who’s struggling with any of the things touched in this book and honestly, even more. It helped me and it can help others too.