Reviews for Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self

The average rating for Stick Figure: A Diary of My Former Self based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-09-16 00:00:00 David Fabela I want my money back. This was HORRIBLE. I hate even giving one star to it, but I don't want anyone to think I just forgot to rate this piece of crap. I bought it to read a thoughtful memoir on an eating disorder and it is page after page of pure crap - the worst book on this issue (or, really, any issue) I have ever read. It just reinforces all the stereotypes and myths of eating disorders and god forbid anyone read this who knows someone struggling with the disorder because this is NOT what it is.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-11-24 00:00:00 Isidro Castro I don't quite understand how this is a memoir because it seems totally inaccurate. One day Lori decides she is fat and stops eating almost entirely. She begins to drop weight rapidly and suffers from nothing - no headaches, dizziness, hunger pains, nada. She acts as though starving herself is the easiest thing in the world, despite having a very healthy appetite prior to this. I decided that maybe Lori had an incredibly, incredibly severe case of anorexia, which would have made more sense, except that at the end of the book Lori sees her emaciated self in a mirror, decides she doesn't want to be sick anymore, and then just stops being sick. So, thanks for making anorexia look like a joke Ms Gottlieb.