Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.) by Marya Hornbacher
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Book Reviews of Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia (P.S.)
Book Review: Helping readers understand
Summary: 5 Stars
I guess the book isn't about saying "to overcome your problem you have to take this and that step", but about having people think about the problem, and coming to terms with it.
What I'm trying to say is that no one can tell you what you have to do, and how to do it, because everyone has different reactions and point of views - instead the book gives readers a glance into the world of ED, and the purpose is to open other sufferers' eyes, to make them see how they're gonna end up if they don't give up this painful habit.
It's up to the reader to understand that the power of healing is lying within themselves, and they have to find the strenght to face the problem and call out for help. There's not a recipe to completely recover from the disease, sometimes it takes the whole life to fight against it.
But some may find it useful to know that there are also other who are suffering from the same problem, and that there are a lot of people ready to help.
Sarah - Switzerland
Book Review: Real, Horrifying, Marvelous
Summary: 5 Stars
So many of us hear the term "eating disorder" and either think of beautiful models, or crazy people. This spectacularly written account of Marya's illness takes you beyond the image and into the mind, making you understand how and why she took the actions that she did. If you know someone with an eating disorder, you MUST read this book. I promise that it is the best book on anorexia and bulimia that has been published to date.
Marya's writing has the power to make you feel how she felt, and understand how an intelligent young girl can rationalize eating 160 calories a day. It is by no means a happy-ending sort of a book, but it is the closest you will ever get to the truth. I did not find any flaw in Marya's writing style, and to be honest, I keep a copy of this book in my purse for people who want to understand my thought process while I engage in these ridiculous acts. It is not light reading, you won't be able to get through it in one sitting, but you will be blown away.
Book Review: Completely wasted..
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not, nor have I ever been anorexic. However, being thin all my life, I've constantly been accused by ignorant people and doctors of having an eating disorder. Thus formed my curiousity and secret obsession of reading about, watching and finding out all I can about eating disorders. With the recent popularity of "being TOO thin" there are many books popping up on the subject. Books that are not up to par. I've read many of those books, and this is not one of them.
Marya's book is insightful and sad. It puts you in her place, and she describes in great detail how anorexics feel, think and act. If I were an anorexic, I wouldn't read this book. Simply because, with all the descriptions she gives.. it could be triggering. But for someone who is just interested in eating disorders, this is the perfect book to bring you into their world and shed some light. It's extremely informative and well written, I wish there were more like it.
Book Review: honest and raw
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an amazingly truthful portrayel, on a subject that is often often over glamourized and glossed over...unlike most of the novels that don't get into the disgusting, nauseating, (and at the risk of making an undertatement) shameful reality of an eating disorder this one spells it all out for you. Don't get me wrong I don't believe people should feel shame about this disease, I would hope more for concern or worry for their own physical well being, but having had one myself for many years, I know that shame is a prime motivation for the creation and sucess of this disease in a particular person. I would like to say though, despite this book being an amazing account I think that some people still in the clutches of an eating disorder would find this triggering and informative in dangerous ways...I would definately recommend this for friends and family of someone going through this terrible ordeal.Book Review: Very good book
Summary: 5 Stars
I liked this book a lot and not 'cause I related to Marya. I didn't. Not in the beginning, anyway. In fact, I don't even recall my life very much at 7 years old; I couldn't really picture someone that young having and ED. I'm not implying she might have been dishonest, but it just made me realize that I wasn't so self-aware at that age, of my own image.
The book is catchy. It's the kind of book where you want to know what happens next. It's the kind of book you want to know how it ends. Though, it *could* be triggering -- as a matter of fact, especially when she says, at the end, that she relapsed following the narration of the events. However, it's honest. An ED is not something that you can shake off by going to the doctor and popping in some pills or being hospitalized for a period of time. It's a life-long battle. And you must fight it every day, within yourself.