Title: Well written but too depressing to be worthwhile
Product review: I heard this book was good, so I waited many months until I could finally get it. I have to say, though, it was one of the most unredeemingly depressing books I've ever read. I'm not unsympathetic to the plight of "fat girls", as the author called herself. I have at times been significantly overweight myself, and I know how difficult it is. But this book was just filled with such self-loathing that it got painful for me to read. Despite the fact that I almost quit reading it twice, I finally finished it because I hoped that there would be something redeeming in it by the end. But unfortunately there wasn't. It was about the author's self-hatred up until the very end.It's not even that the subject matter was too depressing. Sickened by Julie Gregory was about a far more disturbing subject (child abuse), and it was still riveting reading. This book made me feel like I was reading someone's suicide note.
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