margaret_adams's review against another edition
I was introduced to Washuta's work after attending a reading she did at Hugo House in Seattle several years ago. Since then I've read both 'My Body is a Book of Rules' and now 'Starvation Mode.' I hope she has a third book in progress because I want to keep reading her work. I love the length and structure of this book, and I'm glad that someone is publishing work that falls into a less traditional, novella-like category. A great read.
renatasnacks's review against another edition
4.0
This is really beautifully written and moving. It's maybe not something I would have picked up if I hadn't loved [b:White Magic|50704742|White Magic|Elissa Washuta|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1617501345l/50704742._SY75_.jpg|75733032] so much, but I'm glad I did.
valariesmith's review against another edition
4.0
This book is my biggest surprise of the year. I have zero interest in reading about women and our relationship to food - I‰ЫЄm just so tired of it all - and yet Starvation Mode lays it so bare, revealing the undertow of decisions and judgments that jerk and heave women all day long. It‰ЫЄs astonishing that such a rich, powerful read can be contained within 50pp.
jackieeh's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful writing in a brilliant form. Rules and lies; yep, sounds right.
readrunsea's review against another edition
5.0
I read this little essay-chapbook on an afternoon coffee-shop and bookshop hopping in London because it’s been on my shelf for a year and it’s easy to carry and it was about damn time. Elissa Washuta’s writing always really resonates and is so powerful on a craft level, and this is no exception. It’s basically an abbreviated chronicle of Washuta and America’s broken relationship to food, eating, bodies, ambition, and identity (especially for women). Healing this relationship is kind of impossible but this book is a great example of how one person can journey through different understandings of this relationship, different approaches to healing it, and different beliefs around it. Obviously I highly recommend it.
adrienner's review
3.0
I'm not sure where and who the suggestion to read this book came from, but I put it on my list and paid-for and downloaded it.
This book is triggering as fuck. If you don't have food or eating issues, you will probably be fine. I have no idea why I thought this book would be okay for me to read but it was not. I had to take a huge break shortly into the book. Then I had to finish it all in a rush to get it over with. It was so hard to read.
I don't know if I do or do not recommend this book. It's a good book for your list of needing to read more women, more Native writers, more books about mental health. But, it's not a good book if you have triggers around food.
This book is triggering as fuck. If you don't have food or eating issues, you will probably be fine. I have no idea why I thought this book would be okay for me to read but it was not. I had to take a huge break shortly into the book. Then I had to finish it all in a rush to get it over with. It was so hard to read.
I don't know if I do or do not recommend this book. It's a good book for your list of needing to read more women, more Native writers, more books about mental health. But, it's not a good book if you have triggers around food.
spinningjenny's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
rachaelgoesreading's review
5.0
A tiny, powerful book. I lost myself here and felt keenly the comfort and discomfort of food and nourishment, of the difficult business of staying whole but only whole enough.