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Eat, and Love Yourself by Lilian Klepakowsky, Sweeney Boo

61 reviews

joanmcoles's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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suspiciouspinecone's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The art was pretty, the character designs were cool, the plot was...look, the candy bar doesn't make any real sense. There's no explanation given, it just kinda happens. But that works, because the whole point of the story isn't the plot, it's about the emotional journey the Mindy goes on, so I didn't need an explanation. It was also cool to read about an eating disorder which wasn't anorexia nervosa (a very relevant and important thing to learn about, its just. nice to read about others too). The scene with the therapist his like a truck.

The dynamic between Mindy and her parents was interesting, the way they've most definitely caused this to some extent but they also love her and care for her and didn't want to hurt her or want this for her.

As a story, it's not incredible, but the content manner was handled well, so 3 stars.

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theinkwyrm's review against another edition

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challenging emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

I really loved the illustrations and the story line and thought the author did a great job depicting weight-related body dysmorphia and problems with disordered eating. As someone who has only just started to reach body neutrality, I really related to Mindy’s struggles with body positivity and self esteem. As someone who is single, I also really related to how having a partner (or lack thereof) is consistently connected Mindy’s size. I wish that the author had made more of a point that the potential to attract a partner should not be a significant factor in anyone’s size/ weight, although I understand that that isn’t what this book was supposed to be about. My only other thing I think could have made this better is getting to have an epilogue or something where we get to see Mindy actually taking steps to help herself heal instead of ending the book with her essentially telling herself that she’s decided to take those steps, since that resolve will often waver and fade away before anything concrete is done. It was still a lovely and moving graphic novel, but I think it doesn’t quite embrace it’s full potential.

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