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4.42 AVERAGE
4.42 AVERAGE
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.
This novel was thought provoking. I know this is what a lot of mental illness is like regardless of what it is anorexia, depression, anxiety, etc. The novel really drives into that "shadow."
Beautiful story of mental illness, recovery, healing, and self-acceptance. Though I haven’t struggled with an eating disorder, I related to Katie’s journey both because of struggles with other unhealthy coping mechanisms related to life-long anxiety and Katie’s ability to put the reader in her shoes.
Warning: there is sexual assault. Wanted to make sure people know since it isn’t explicitly stated in the description.
Warning: there is sexual assault. Wanted to make sure people know since it isn’t explicitly stated in the description.
This is a both sad and hopeful story of the ups and downs of recovery which really made me feel with and for the author. The art helped emphasize the mood but I would have loved another layer to it.
Absolutely stunning graphic novel. A raw and honest memoir about a young adults experience with an eating disorder, sexual abuse, and mental health issues. The artwork is amazing and the voice is so strong for a graphic novel. I love graphic novels and I really really love this one. Wow.
A heartwarming tale of a girl’s struggle to find peace and love with her body. I have never been this impacted by a book. I don’t normally read graphic novels about such serious matters, but this work makes me want to explore other novels on anorexia. I recommend this book to every girl who has had, or still has trouble accepting herself in her own skin.
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
emotional
reflective
Straightforward anorexia memoir. I appreciated the sparse drawing and repetition.
“The months around that turning point are a muddle in my memory. Looking back, it’s easy to think that things changed in that single moment. Certainly it’s more dramatic to tell it that way. Though I don’t remember much of when or how, I know I had to make that decision more than once. More than a few times. In truth it was a process of gently reminding myself, every time I was drawn to the medicine cabinet, to sharp objects or high places: no, this is not what I want. Sometimes the decision came easily, even with laughter. Oh, here we are again. Other times it took every strength I had left. Clutching on, telling myself over and over and over the only things I could hold on to. I want to live. I want to draw.”
“The months around that turning point are a muddle in my memory. Looking back, it’s easy to think that things changed in that single moment. Certainly it’s more dramatic to tell it that way. Though I don’t remember much of when or how, I know I had to make that decision more than once. More than a few times. In truth it was a process of gently reminding myself, every time I was drawn to the medicine cabinet, to sharp objects or high places: no, this is not what I want. Sometimes the decision came easily, even with laughter. Oh, here we are again. Other times it took every strength I had left. Clutching on, telling myself over and over and over the only things I could hold on to. I want to live. I want to draw.”
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced