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thatsssorachael's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.0
This book was a lot longer then it really needed to be, and a lot of it was just the authors observations on things.
While I liked a lot of it, a lot of it was also very dry and I had a hard time reading this quickly. It also mentions that being fat kills you about 100 times, and while every plus sized person knows those numbers and figures, we don't need "you're going to die from poor choices" every chapter. If you are insecure about your health and/or weight, especially coming out of lockdown from COVID, I'd maybe skip this for now.
If you are interested in science and health, you would probably really enjoy this book.
While I liked a lot of it, a lot of it was also very dry and I had a hard time reading this quickly. It also mentions that being fat kills you about 100 times, and while every plus sized person knows those numbers and figures, we don't need "you're going to die from poor choices" every chapter. If you are insecure about your health and/or weight, especially coming out of lockdown from COVID, I'd maybe skip this for now.
If you are interested in science and health, you would probably really enjoy this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia
junefish's review against another edition
challenging
funny
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Blood, Body horror, and Medical content
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Dementia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Sexual content, Mental illness, Gore, Excrement, and Drug use
Minor: Transphobia, Misogyny, Miscarriage, and Fatphobia
The book does not acknowledge the existence of transgender or intersex individuals.
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