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Starvation Heights: The Chilling True Story of the Doctor Who Starved Her Patients to Death by Gregg Olsen
2 reviews
danimacuk's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
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
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
The narration was amazing for a non-fiction book. The book also kept me interested and engaged. I would have liked to know what happened with the sisters' estate in more clear terms. I'm shocked but not that this woman was never truly stopped. It's horrifying.
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.
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.
Content Warnings
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