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Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen
4 reviews
danimacuk's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Sexism, Suicide, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
4.0
As someone who's struggled with disordered eating, I know how little function you have when you limit calories to an extreme. So I can understand how she manipulated people when their brains weren't functioning properly. When you're not getting enough food your body shuts down complex thoughts and the like, to direct calories/nutrition to essential tasks like breathing.
Overall a very interesting and horrifying book.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
swalk's review against another edition
2.75
Wealthy British heiresses Dora & Claire Williamson are living in America when they discover one of Hazzard’s books. Becoming enthralled by the concepts and having some minor illness, they decide to write to the specialist for advice. By 1911 both women have agreed to go to her sanitarium - Wilderness Heights for intensive treatment to be transformed into peak physical health.
Once under Hazzard’s care for some time, the specialist began to tell many of her patients that she should be responsible for storing their valuables and land deeds for safekeeping, She was also in charge of their communications, essentially cutting them off from the outside world and taking charge of all property and affairs.
Whilst this is obviously an excellently researched book, retelling the devastating stories of people under the care of Linda Hazzard. I feel like it is much longer than necessary with quite a few inane details and repeats included. In my opinion it would be better if it was edited down to at most 2/3 the length.
The narrator is reasonably good, but has some rather questionable accents.
Moderate: Body horror, Death, and Physical abuse
bookswithmybulldog's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Confinement, Eating disorder, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, and Medical trauma