Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

9 reviews

madisongturner's review

4.5

In a world where most minimalist evangelists are men, I really appreciated the difference in perspective. Cait does a really good job of discussing her personal motivations in a way that simply pushes you to live more aligned with your own values. I found the specificity and personal stories to really make this a lovely read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Addiction

strongchonk's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Addiction, Eating disorder, and Grief

Minor: Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, and Drug use

carijacqueline's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Panic attacks/disorders

nutfreenerd's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Addiction, and Alcoholism

amjone12's review against another edition

inspiring reflective slow-paced

2.75

I felt like this could have been made into a long blog post instead of a whole book. It wasn’t entirely about the shopping ban but also somehow didn’t feel as personal as other memoirs despite talking about very personal experiences. The first and last chapters are the most true to the title. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Eating disorder, Addiction, and Alcohol

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

sarahmae531's review against another edition

hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

I really enjoyed this book, and it inspired me to do something similar in the future. 
I did enjoy that at the end, she gave specific dollar amounts of what she saved, spent, and lived on over the year of her ban, because it did help me to realize that with my current income and type of job, it may not be the best time to take this challenge on 😅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism and Addiction

Moderate: Mental illness and Eating disorder

ruthh's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism

Moderate: Eating disorder and Fatphobia

marnold's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Eating disorder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders

cceeee's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Eating disorder and Fatphobia