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4.41 AVERAGE
4.41 AVERAGE
Eating disorders are so easy to see as one-dimensional. Anorexics simply don’t eat, bulemics binge and purge, obesity is caused by overeating. This graphic memoir did a fabulous job of showing how normal eating behaviors can metamorphose into steadily more dangerous waters, how one recovery can transform into another kind of problem, and how the recovery process is indeed ongoing.
Katie Green picks apart her own experience so that readers can try to understand what an eating disorder looks like in terms of an actual person. It’s not at all straightforward. At times the people Green turns to for help seem to have a sad misunderstanding of her situation. Even the well-intentioned aren’t terribly helpful. But the way she deals with the story of her alternative therapist... it was stunning.
This is a deeply personal portrait of a young woman grappling with anorexia, self-control, self-image, bingeing and restricting, depression, and sexual abuse.
Katie Green picks apart her own experience so that readers can try to understand what an eating disorder looks like in terms of an actual person. It’s not at all straightforward. At times the people Green turns to for help seem to have a sad misunderstanding of her situation. Even the well-intentioned aren’t terribly helpful. But the way she deals with the story of her alternative therapist... it was stunning.
Spoiler
He’s clearly a little off at the beginning, but there are no obvious signs of abuse (I kept waiting), and he seems to be helping her. And she desperately wanted to be helped. And the reveal of the true relationship was just incredibly well done, a powerful and disturbing revelation. I kept thinking of the MSU sexual abuse case: an athletic therapist who abused hundreds of young girls, sometimes when parents were in the room. This memoir offers the reader some insight into how something like that could happen.This is a deeply personal portrait of a young woman grappling with anorexia, self-control, self-image, bingeing and restricting, depression, and sexual abuse.
sad
tense
fast-paced
Triste, ma bello. Storia autobiografica dell'autrice che racconta dei suoi disturbi alimentari e non solo. Certamente una vita non facile.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault
This was a lot faster of a read than expected considering it was over 500 pages. This was pretty sad and dealt with a lot of things that someone could see as triggering such as disordered eating (anorexia, over exercising, binging, calorie counting) sexual assault, trauma surrounding that, therapy, and doctors not listening to their patients about their medical needs and traumas (among some things I may have forgotten) So I would definitely go into this knowing that.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
sad
fast-paced
Feels hard to rate something so autobiographical. Related a lot to this one, and liked the subtle colour changes in the pages to keep track of time. Liked how pages were used in different ways eg with a few of just big blank space, made it feel quicker to read too. The art style isn’t my personal favourite but it communicated well what it wanted to I think !
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt
Minor: Self harm
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Sexual assault