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Eat, and Love Yourself by Sweeney Boo

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applepie10's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

bibliobrandie's review

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4.0

Eating disorders and body dysmorphia are explored in a beautiful way in this graphic novel.

Eat, and Love Yourself is a graphic novel about a young woman living with an eating disorder. Mindy lives in Montreal and works at a coffee shop. She is conscious about her body and wishes she could be thinner. She starts having flashback/time-travel experiences as she eats a chocolate bar. She goes back to when she was a child and teenager to revisit how her parents, friends and others helped form her body image.

This was a different take on an eating disorder story...kind of like a mash-up with Dicken's A Christmas Carol. It was a quick read with a lot of stuff to think about. The overall message is positive about taking control of your own life and body image.

I received a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

thepetitepunk's review

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4.0

I really liked this one! I especially liked the art style and thought the storyline was meaningful with a good balance of emotional moments and love.

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mfrisk's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

This book tried to tackle Mindy’s story of battling an eating disorder and how that has impacted her life as an adult and especially in navigating how she views herself and how she navigates relationships. However similarly to many others I feel that it fell flat. The fact that her friends, bullies, and family caused her harm with their comments both as a kid and as an adult and there was very resolution there felt weird. Additionally, the book ending on her finally accepting herself because of a childhood crush and resolving to get better because of that just get weird and unearned. Didn’t feel like a great lesson to teach younger readers who may read this either. Wish this would have given us more from her friendships and family relationships instead.

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kiki_13's review

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

bookishly_laura9813's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

trevoryan's review

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5.0

A graphic novel with a character struggling with an eating disorder. Something I had never read before. I am glad to be able to say that now I have. This book is excellent and I would highly recommend it, especially to a teen or young adult who is dealing with this issue. Also, the character design is amazing.