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witzelsucht's review against another edition
emotional
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4.0
"My mother's hopes for me were that I would always be happy and thin. My hope for her was that she would never leave me."
I like Katy Wix's TV work and enjoyed this memoir, insofar as you can enjoy a book that's sometimes very funny but mostly very sad. She writes with wit and articulacy about body image, disordered eating, depression and bereavement, through the framework of different significant cakes from her life. Chapters 11, 12 and 18 are tearjerkers. I listened to the audiobook, some sections of which don't work as well as they would on the page, but which is overall wonderfully read by the author.
I like Katy Wix's TV work and enjoyed this memoir, insofar as you can enjoy a book that's sometimes very funny but mostly very sad. She writes with wit and articulacy about body image, disordered eating, depression and bereavement, through the framework of different significant cakes from her life. Chapters 11, 12 and 18 are tearjerkers. I listened to the audiobook, some sections of which don't work as well as they would on the page, but which is overall wonderfully read by the author.
katherinejohn's review against another edition
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3.0
see_reads's review against another edition
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3.5
A moving, heartfelt and witty memoir about loss of loved ones and struggles with disordered eating and mental health. The last third of the book hurtles by despite being the most heartbreaking, Wix's talent as a writer really shines through.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Death of parent, Terminal illness, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual assault and Medical trauma
bridgetkay's review against another edition
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4.0
hellomateyboy's review against another edition
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funny
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4.0
worlds_to_conquer's review against another edition
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4.5
Having followed some of Katy Wix’s work (Horrible Histories and Ghosts), I couldn’t wait to read this. It’s such a clever way to talk about grief and I laughed at a lot of the stories and felt seen by some of the relationships mentioned that it felt like I was also processing my own feelings alongside Katy. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Katy talk about this and feel lucky to have experienced this memoir.