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4.42 AVERAGE
4.42 AVERAGE
Wow. It is truly amazing how powerfully a story can be told with so few words. The images in this book are so strong amd thought provoking that it makes for a stunning read. I didn't want to put it down.
This book deals with such a difficult subject, but the way it's handled is honest, sympathetic and pulls the reader in.
Truly an incredible must read.
This book deals with such a difficult subject, but the way it's handled is honest, sympathetic and pulls the reader in.
Truly an incredible must read.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder
Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
This book is very powerful memoir into the life of Katie Green who has had an eating disorder since she was very young due to circumstances in life. She evolves from a picky eater as a child to an anorexic teen and a binge eating adult to cope with situations in life. I think this book is very well done. I think it highlights a lot of the problems that teens are going through today and in the past. For teens body image is a very serious thing and this book points out some very important aspects of it. The drawing style is very compelling and keeps on this journey with Katie til the end. I would recommend this books to anyone who liked Blankets by Craig Thompson, This One Summer by Mariko Tamaki. Ages 13+
dark
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
wanted to enjoy it more but just kept comparing it to how Wasted made me feel
Another booktube recommendation. I want to give a trigger warning for eating disorders and sexual assualt.
I wanted to read this because I too struggle with food obsession and wonder at times if I have Orthorexia. Katie's story details her life from childhood into adulthood. She had anorexia at first and then bulima.
This is a really big and thick graphic novel, it is quite cumbersome to hold. At first, as a reader, I wondered if she just let little things get to her. But once she started alternative healing and the sexual assualt happened, I felt so sad for her. It seemed to help her initially but then she started to realize something is wrong.
Her relapses made her experience feel real, healing is not a linear process and her obsession with being perfect and needing routine and rules was something I could identify with.
The panel where she is in the supermarket and looking at the food on the shelves was something I could relate to because instead of seeing the food name or information she saw all the reasons why she should not eat them.
The other scene where she sees a dietician, and when the lady is suggesting she eat high calorie items and ice cream, I felt like how Katie felt, indignant. "Why is she making me eat what I absolutely would not eat? the bad food?". That is exactly how I felt when I started seeing a dietician after doing an elimination diet for my skin. I cut out so much food groups. I could relate to her only allowing herself to eat when she completed her work like a routine and rule.
Her obsessions and thoughts were things I felt. I could relate to her. It felt bittersweet that the story ends in a hopeful yet realistic way.
I wanted to read this because I too struggle with food obsession and wonder at times if I have Orthorexia. Katie's story details her life from childhood into adulthood. She had anorexia at first and then bulima.
This is a really big and thick graphic novel, it is quite cumbersome to hold. At first, as a reader, I wondered if she just let little things get to her. But once she started alternative healing and the sexual assualt happened, I felt so sad for her. It seemed to help her initially but then she started to realize something is wrong.
Her relapses made her experience feel real, healing is not a linear process and her obsession with being perfect and needing routine and rules was something I could identify with.
The panel where she is in the supermarket and looking at the food on the shelves was something I could relate to because instead of seeing the food name or information she saw all the reasons why she should not eat them.
The other scene where she sees a dietician, and when the lady is suggesting she eat high calorie items and ice cream, I felt like how Katie felt, indignant. "Why is she making me eat what I absolutely would not eat? the bad food?". That is exactly how I felt when I started seeing a dietician after doing an elimination diet for my skin. I cut out so much food groups. I could relate to her only allowing herself to eat when she completed her work like a routine and rule.
Her obsessions and thoughts were things I felt. I could relate to her. It felt bittersweet that the story ends in a hopeful yet realistic way.