Ruby Elliot

This was a tough read but a good one. I see a lot of people have shelved it as humor but I didn’t because while I noticed some humor I didn’t notice that much bcause I was focused on the serious and sad content.

I think she does an excellent job concisely explaining exactly what it feels like to have an eating disorder (anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder) and it’s probably applicable for addiction too, of how the mind is so full of the obsession that there isn’t much room for much else including life experiences, relationships, etc. By the way she draws herself as fat but in photos she currently looks neither overweight nor too thin. Her anorexia started at age 14. She seems to have been only 22 when she was creating this book and it’s heartening about how much progress she’s made with her eating disorder and mental health issues which include anxiety and depression. She does a good job of explaining how managing mental health issues is complicated. I found the last illustration with text in the book particularly poignant and I’m glad that she included it and placed it in the book where she did. I also especially loved and appreciated the “in the same boat” cartoon.

I would read more of this author’s books!

3-1/2 stars

I read a Hoopla e-edition, not a Kindle edition this is shelved. It was the only way I could borrow this book from my public library.… (mehr)