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More Than You Can Chew
Marty Black has retreated from a difficult family situation into the area she can best control, her own appetites. She may not be able to control her parents' behavior, but she can decide what she will and will not eat. Eventually, she stops eating altogether. Marty is close to death when she finally asks for help and finds herself in a psychiatric institution. But recognizing her need for help is only the first tenuous step on a long road to recovery.
Marty's ability to find a way to live, despite the powerful lure of anorexia, is the core of this fine, insightful novel.
Marnelle Tokio's semi autobiographical story will resonate with every teenager who faces issues of family, body image, and self-confidence.
Marty's ability to find a way to live, despite the powerful lure of anorexia, is the core of this fine, insightful novel.
Marnelle Tokio's semi autobiographical story will resonate with every teenager who faces issues of family, body image, and self-confidence.
234 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2003
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Marnelle Tokio
2 booksMarnelle Tokio was born in St. Catharine’s, Ontario, on a frostbitten New Year’s Day, but grew up in Australia, Bahamas, Florida, and California. She has had so many jobs her resume is alphabetical from Apprentice Thoroughbred Jockey to X-ray Technician. While waiting to hear about a zookeeper position she decided to be a writer.
More Than You Can Chew was her first book, and now she is an international award-winning author. Marnelle can often be found playing with her daughter, dog, and husband at their home in Toronto.
More Than You Can Chew was her first book, and now she is an international award-winning author. Marnelle can often be found playing with her daughter, dog, and husband at their home in Toronto.
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March 8, 2022
this book reads like a fanfiction that i was reading at the age of 13. it reads what the other 13 year olds imagined what being in a psychiatry hospital is like. the staff behaves so incredibly unprofessionell that it was very difficult for me to believe that the protagonist is actually in a hospital right now. in general, not only the staff but every character is written very poorly.
starting with the main character: she is incredibly annoying. she has this rebillious personality i thought was cool when i was 13 but now is just cringe and disrespectful. it does make sense that she behaves like that to cover up her trauma but it's not written realistically. i don't feel with her at all, whatever happens to her doesn't affect my emotions. same with the child, lily. you can see that the author does not know how to characterize a child in a book. it reads like an adult person that happens to be a child. she was also such much of a side character that (spoiler) her death (spoiler) just does not make me emotional. the book is so heavily character driven that it is not possible to feel anything about the side characters except maybe her parents. it is especially noticable when the boy is introduced. he is only there to trigger her and for that reason he gets introduced with way too much focus on him. as a reader you expect to hear more about him but he appears and disappears within a few pages. it's like he got quickly added when the book was already finished. in general, every side character is just "ein mittel zum zweck" as we say in germany.
the book is not unique. i think that sums up my entire feeling about that book. it is exactly what i would imagine as a frame about the topic "person with eating disorder in a psychic ward". and i think that is the problem. it is just a frame with nothing inside. and that is not enough. it wants to touch your feelings but it doesn't touch anything. (spoiler) lilys death for example. (spoiler) you expect it to happen.
reading this book, i had the feeling that the author had way too many ideas for this book, couldn't fit everything in and ended up only writing half of every topic she wanted to put in there.
starting with the main character: she is incredibly annoying. she has this rebillious personality i thought was cool when i was 13 but now is just cringe and disrespectful. it does make sense that she behaves like that to cover up her trauma but it's not written realistically. i don't feel with her at all, whatever happens to her doesn't affect my emotions. same with the child, lily. you can see that the author does not know how to characterize a child in a book. it reads like an adult person that happens to be a child. she was also such much of a side character that (spoiler) her death (spoiler) just does not make me emotional. the book is so heavily character driven that it is not possible to feel anything about the side characters except maybe her parents. it is especially noticable when the boy is introduced. he is only there to trigger her and for that reason he gets introduced with way too much focus on him. as a reader you expect to hear more about him but he appears and disappears within a few pages. it's like he got quickly added when the book was already finished. in general, every side character is just "ein mittel zum zweck" as we say in germany.
the book is not unique. i think that sums up my entire feeling about that book. it is exactly what i would imagine as a frame about the topic "person with eating disorder in a psychic ward". and i think that is the problem. it is just a frame with nothing inside. and that is not enough. it wants to touch your feelings but it doesn't touch anything. (spoiler) lilys death for example. (spoiler) you expect it to happen.
reading this book, i had the feeling that the author had way too many ideas for this book, couldn't fit everything in and ended up only writing half of every topic she wanted to put in there.
December 17, 2010
Marty is anorexic. She’s been sent to an institution to deal with that, because she’s dangerously underweight. What starts it? Everything, nothing, feeling like things are spiraling out of control, having her then boyfriend tell her she’s a fat slut when he finds out she’s not a virgin. So many things. Her mother is a recovering alcoholic when Marty gets her own lockup therapy. Her dad is so far removed and so distant and so disconnected that he’s like a bad dream. Still, he’s dad, and Marty wants so much (though she’d never, never admit it to anyone) for him to be part of her life and actually care about her.
There’s lots here about anorexia and what that’s like, but it’s also character driven. Marty has such strength and she’s fighting against all of the pain inside of her. When she talks about her anorexia it’s not always the “thin is beautiful” kind of stuff that you often hear, but more “control is beautiful” - here is this one thing I can do phenomenally well, and so I do it, because everything else is falling apart; I do it even if this thing that I do will eventually kill me. She gradually comes out of this obsession, at least to the point of being able to connect with and mentor some of the other girls on her ward. She’s a big pain in the ass to the adults around her, but she’s so gentle with younger kids. She's got the potential to save herself if she can focus her rage, control, and talent on someone or something else (and not on self-destruction).
Around Christmas, she’s home for the holidays and things are pretty bad. Mom and dad are awful to one another, the ex boyfriend makes an appearance, and Lily, her friend in the institution, dies while she’s away. Marty can’t handle it and tries to commit suicide. She fails, much to everyone’s relief (even her own). And somehow this act of desperation gives her all kinds of courage to face the things in her life that are really messed up. So, gradually, she starts to get better, and she makes it back to the outside where she really has to concentrate to live “normally,” but we end on a hopeful note.
This is described as an “autobiographical novel.” It’s an excellent read. Marty is so strong, despite being all bent and prickly and curled in tightly around her tiny tiny shrunken stomach, protecting herself. Gradually, she opens up and finds and rebuilds her former confidence – discovering that she has what it takes to work for her own recovery. I think we all have this fragility to some extent; there's always the danger of falling apart.
There’s lots here about anorexia and what that’s like, but it’s also character driven. Marty has such strength and she’s fighting against all of the pain inside of her. When she talks about her anorexia it’s not always the “thin is beautiful” kind of stuff that you often hear, but more “control is beautiful” - here is this one thing I can do phenomenally well, and so I do it, because everything else is falling apart; I do it even if this thing that I do will eventually kill me. She gradually comes out of this obsession, at least to the point of being able to connect with and mentor some of the other girls on her ward. She’s a big pain in the ass to the adults around her, but she’s so gentle with younger kids. She's got the potential to save herself if she can focus her rage, control, and talent on someone or something else (and not on self-destruction).
Around Christmas, she’s home for the holidays and things are pretty bad. Mom and dad are awful to one another, the ex boyfriend makes an appearance, and Lily, her friend in the institution, dies while she’s away. Marty can’t handle it and tries to commit suicide. She fails, much to everyone’s relief (even her own). And somehow this act of desperation gives her all kinds of courage to face the things in her life that are really messed up. So, gradually, she starts to get better, and she makes it back to the outside where she really has to concentrate to live “normally,” but we end on a hopeful note.
This is described as an “autobiographical novel.” It’s an excellent read. Marty is so strong, despite being all bent and prickly and curled in tightly around her tiny tiny shrunken stomach, protecting herself. Gradually, she opens up and finds and rebuilds her former confidence – discovering that she has what it takes to work for her own recovery. I think we all have this fragility to some extent; there's always the danger of falling apart.
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July 15, 2014
Welcome to Silver Lake Hospital.
The alcoholics are sobering up.
The druggies are getting clean.
The crazies can have all the drugs they want.
The bulimics wish they had more food.
The anorexics have all the food they need, but they would rather starve.
In the eating disorder unit, one of the inmates is smart-mouthed, unapologetic, yet broken, Marty Black.
In More Than You Can Chew, we learn that Marty’s parents are divorced. Her mother is an alcoholic. Her father is a work-a-holic. Her boyfriend breaks up with her. As her world crumbles around her, she finds one way to regain control in her life – she chooses not to eat.
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The alcoholics are sobering up.
The druggies are getting clean.
The crazies can have all the drugs they want.
The bulimics wish they had more food.
The anorexics have all the food they need, but they would rather starve.
In the eating disorder unit, one of the inmates is smart-mouthed, unapologetic, yet broken, Marty Black.
In More Than You Can Chew, we learn that Marty’s parents are divorced. Her mother is an alcoholic. Her father is a work-a-holic. Her boyfriend breaks up with her. As her world crumbles around her, she finds one way to regain control in her life – she chooses not to eat.
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July 24, 2012
(Note: This is categorized as a novel but says on the back cover that is is semi-autobiographical. It seems, based on some of the details of the text, to be more reality than fiction but told with artistic license).
This fell into the genre of books about the experience inside a psychiatric hospital (such as Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen, Impulse by Ellen Hopkins, and Cut by Patricia McCormick, to name a few). Maybe I’ve just read too many books on the topic and have tired of it, or maybe it has been done better. Marty’s relationships with her parents felt forced. I didn’t dislike this book as much as I feel that something was missing. I was expecting more from it. Marty’s voice is real and engagingly snarky. It definitely resounded with teenage verbal-rebellion. Still, if someone is seeking this sort of book, I’d suggest Girl, Interrupted in lieu of this one.
This fell into the genre of books about the experience inside a psychiatric hospital (such as Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen, Impulse by Ellen Hopkins, and Cut by Patricia McCormick, to name a few). Maybe I’ve just read too many books on the topic and have tired of it, or maybe it has been done better. Marty’s relationships with her parents felt forced. I didn’t dislike this book as much as I feel that something was missing. I was expecting more from it. Marty’s voice is real and engagingly snarky. It definitely resounded with teenage verbal-rebellion. Still, if someone is seeking this sort of book, I’d suggest Girl, Interrupted in lieu of this one.
September 30, 2021
This is the fastest I have read in a while. I don't know what it was about the book that did it for me. It's not my usual style, topic or length but it just all worked so well.
I think just the realness of what it feels like to be going through hard stuff and not have fancy words get in the way was a real bonus. I have no idea what eating disorders are like to compare to but it just felt well portrayed.
Well done Marnelle Tokio, I will be looking for more novels under your name
I think just the realness of what it feels like to be going through hard stuff and not have fancy words get in the way was a real bonus. I have no idea what eating disorders are like to compare to but it just felt well portrayed.
Well done Marnelle Tokio, I will be looking for more novels under your name
March 26, 2022
Am Anfang mochte ich das Buch nicht so. Mir war Marty sehr unsympathisch. Mit der Zeit und umso mehr man von ihr kennen lernte, hab ich mich mit ihr angefreundet. Gegen Ende konnte ich sie sehr gut nachvollziehen. Auch generell das Ende hat vieles für mich gerettet. Ich denke aber das Buch ist nicht sehr gut gedacht um eine Essstörung näher zu bringen. Es ist gut geschrieben und ich mag auch die Charakterentwicklung, aber als Aufklärung dient es nicht.
February 26, 2023
An OK look at rehab, but completely forgettable.
January 30, 2020
In her semi-autobiographical novel, Canadian author Marnelle Tokio introduces us to San Diego teen, Marty. Marty not only has a tough home life with an alcoholic mother, but she's also got a boyfriend pressuring her to give up her V-card already. When she confesses to her boyfriend that she's not actually a virgin, he turns verbally abusive and then quickly dumps her. Marty calls her father in NYC, explaining all the stress she's under, asks to live with him for awhile. Father-of-the-year answers back, "If it was that bad, you would have called me sooner," and hangs up. Feeling her life spiraling down, Marty gradually falls into the early stages of anorexia as a way to have control over something, anything.
From there, the story fast-forwards two years and we find Marty, once a star athlete on the swim team, is now in an in-patient rehab program for people battling eating disorders. People of all ages are in this program, including, sadly, one eight year old girl named Lily.
As for Marty's mom, she's now in recovery from alcoholism and has rebuild her life as a successful realtor and co-chair of the PTA. Surprisingly, she's actually not the most sympathetic person to Marty's struggles, even though she played a big part in causing them. Even Dad still isn't any better, giving Marty a Grade A guilt trip with, "I'm spending $1500 a day for them to fix you and you don't seem to be trying."
WOW.
The entirety of Marty's rehab story is roughly about a one year process. Her account offers at least some understanding of what goes through the mind of one struggling with an eating disorder. Though Marty is there trying to get help, all the therapy in the world can't always shut out the voice of criticism in her mind when she's eating. She persistently has to fight that internal shame. She tries to eat a piece of lasagna, she feels the oil pouring out of her skin and immediately wants to shower. She eats a few peanut butter crackers and soon after she's forcing herself to do a series of lunges and squats while she brushes her teeth to try to burn those calories off. She stops getting her period for awhile and when it comes back, she equates that with becoming fat again. It's a constant job to keep the mind demons at bay!
I've seen some describing this book as a YA One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I don't know that it ran that deep, but I can see some similarities. The novel does obviously tap into some hard-hitting topics, and gets especially tough to read when it comes to Lily's story. In general though, you're likely to find other novels of this type to carry a stronger punch than this one. Still, the characters are interesting, if not always likeable, and there are some pretty moving passages throughout.
From there, the story fast-forwards two years and we find Marty, once a star athlete on the swim team, is now in an in-patient rehab program for people battling eating disorders. People of all ages are in this program, including, sadly, one eight year old girl named Lily.
As for Marty's mom, she's now in recovery from alcoholism and has rebuild her life as a successful realtor and co-chair of the PTA. Surprisingly, she's actually not the most sympathetic person to Marty's struggles, even though she played a big part in causing them. Even Dad still isn't any better, giving Marty a Grade A guilt trip with, "I'm spending $1500 a day for them to fix you and you don't seem to be trying."
WOW.
The entirety of Marty's rehab story is roughly about a one year process. Her account offers at least some understanding of what goes through the mind of one struggling with an eating disorder. Though Marty is there trying to get help, all the therapy in the world can't always shut out the voice of criticism in her mind when she's eating. She persistently has to fight that internal shame. She tries to eat a piece of lasagna, she feels the oil pouring out of her skin and immediately wants to shower. She eats a few peanut butter crackers and soon after she's forcing herself to do a series of lunges and squats while she brushes her teeth to try to burn those calories off. She stops getting her period for awhile and when it comes back, she equates that with becoming fat again. It's a constant job to keep the mind demons at bay!
I've seen some describing this book as a YA One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I don't know that it ran that deep, but I can see some similarities. The novel does obviously tap into some hard-hitting topics, and gets especially tough to read when it comes to Lily's story. In general though, you're likely to find other novels of this type to carry a stronger punch than this one. Still, the characters are interesting, if not always likeable, and there are some pretty moving passages throughout.
July 27, 2020
absolutely amazing. the narrator, marty, acts exactly as you would think a seventeen year old with a dysfunctional family and years of trauma would. she is essentially paused at the age of three, when her dad left her to her alcoholic mother. marty struggles with anorexia, as well as upholding her family and assuming the role of the adult considering her parents are never truly around for her but expect her to have the most agreeable mental illness ever. i loved this story, and how it shows that eating disorders aren't about food at all. it focused on marty's dysfunctional family and how she never had control in her life. tokio really showed how marty is using the disorder as a conduit for all the pain and trauma, which is heavily appreciated.
June 6, 2023
I didn’t even like this book that much, but other stories revolving around eating disorders have set a pretty low standard for me. The fact that this story doesn’t feature a complete piece of shit as a protagonist makes this stand out dramatically in the sea of other stories revolving around anorexic characters. Solid A-.
November 13, 2019
Honestly one of the best books I read as a young adult. I remember vividly the feeling of needing to know what was going to happen next and not wanting to put this bookdown.
June 20, 2020
Love love love! Amazing book.
did-not-finish
January 17, 2021DNF @ 19%
I just don't find it interesting enough to keep my attention, although I have no issue with the subject matter at all. Some of the writing is cringey as heck.
I just don't find it interesting enough to keep my attention, although I have no issue with the subject matter at all. Some of the writing is cringey as heck.
July 22, 2021
Loved this story. The characters could have been worked on more though. I really related to it in some ways though and I enjoyed the book so much.
July 31, 2023
3.35 The story feel like they skip over to many things
Dad is a jerk and she should not blame herself
Dad is a jerk and she should not blame herself
January 10, 2024
Gift as teen from friend
rebellious strong girl
fight for control- led to obsession that almost killed her
her journey to recovery and fight against herself while institutionalized
rebellious strong girl
fight for control- led to obsession that almost killed her
her journey to recovery and fight against herself while institutionalized
April 10, 2025
The honesty with which this was written is what kept me turning the pages. The author's insight into the mind of the character allows the reader into a world that most of will never visit.
April 30, 2025
Beautiful book.
February 4, 2012
Ich habe Nichts leichter als das wirklich gern gelesen. Es hat einen sehr flüssigen Schreibstil und die Kapitel sind kurz und episodenartig. Außerdem finde ich das Thema Essstörung immer wieder interessant.
Dennoch ist das Buch alles andere als perfekt. Ich vermute manches liegt an der deutschen Übersetzung. Einige Dialoge kamen mir nicht stimmig vor, sie wirkten gestelzt oder übertrieben jugendlich. Charaktere haben ab und zu Sachen erzählt, die mir als Leser zwar mehr Informationen gegeben haben, die im Gespräch aber fehl am Platz wirkten. Am Schriftbild hat mich irritiert, dass Martys Gedanken extra kursiv gedruckt wurden, obwohl die ganze Geschichte sowieso aus ihrer Sicht geschrieben ist.
Mein größtes Problem mit dem Roman war, dass ich Marty nie als essgestört empfunden habe. Laut einem Interview beruht Nichts leichter als das auf eigenen Erfahrungen der Autorin, aber in Martys Leben scheint (Nicht-)Essen gar keine so große Rolle zu spielen. Ab und zu weigert sie sich zu essen, übergibt sich oder hat eine Panikattacke, weil sie zugenommen hat, aber die Problematik wirkte immer nur eingestreut. In Büchern wie Wintergirls habe ich das anders kennen gelernt, da beherrscht die Krankheit den gesamten Alltag.
Über Martys Eltern habe ich mich am meisten geärgert. Sie geben so abstruse Sachen von sich, dass ich mir oft nicht sicher war, ob ihre Reaktionen realistisch sind. Hoffen wir mal, dass Eltern im wahren Leben einfühlsamer vorgehen.
Dennoch ist das Buch alles andere als perfekt. Ich vermute manches liegt an der deutschen Übersetzung. Einige Dialoge kamen mir nicht stimmig vor, sie wirkten gestelzt oder übertrieben jugendlich. Charaktere haben ab und zu Sachen erzählt, die mir als Leser zwar mehr Informationen gegeben haben, die im Gespräch aber fehl am Platz wirkten. Am Schriftbild hat mich irritiert, dass Martys Gedanken extra kursiv gedruckt wurden, obwohl die ganze Geschichte sowieso aus ihrer Sicht geschrieben ist.
Mein größtes Problem mit dem Roman war, dass ich Marty nie als essgestört empfunden habe. Laut einem Interview beruht Nichts leichter als das auf eigenen Erfahrungen der Autorin, aber in Martys Leben scheint (Nicht-)Essen gar keine so große Rolle zu spielen. Ab und zu weigert sie sich zu essen, übergibt sich oder hat eine Panikattacke, weil sie zugenommen hat, aber die Problematik wirkte immer nur eingestreut. In Büchern wie Wintergirls habe ich das anders kennen gelernt, da beherrscht die Krankheit den gesamten Alltag.
Über Martys Eltern habe ich mich am meisten geärgert. Sie geben so abstruse Sachen von sich, dass ich mir oft nicht sicher war, ob ihre Reaktionen realistisch sind. Hoffen wir mal, dass Eltern im wahren Leben einfühlsamer vorgehen.
December 5, 2016
this book was really tough. I think it's important to mention that this book does not really focus on the eating disorder itself. It is the main topic, yes, but the story deals with so much more than that. I thought the main character was really bratty and sometimes even unbelievable, but I take that back, I can see why she treated all the people around her like that. What I liked the most is the humour. Marty always gives witty/ironic responses and makes fun of her own illness, which is something that you rarely find in books dealing with eating disorders.
What you will NOT find is a "reason" for the development of the disorder (which reflects reality), you will not find a "gradual progress" in both the disorder and in recovery. There is one chapter "before" the eating disorder, immediately followed by a chapter in a clinic, which is where the remaining 99% of the story takes place, too. The actual struggle with food is just "a side story". But it's okay, as eating disorders are in most cases a manifestation of something much bigger rather than "just a problem with food". With Marty, there could be tons of different reasons and triggers, but it's never really mentioned. I think this "lack of answers", the lack of "simplicity" makes this book really honest.
What you will NOT find is a "reason" for the development of the disorder (which reflects reality), you will not find a "gradual progress" in both the disorder and in recovery. There is one chapter "before" the eating disorder, immediately followed by a chapter in a clinic, which is where the remaining 99% of the story takes place, too. The actual struggle with food is just "a side story". But it's okay, as eating disorders are in most cases a manifestation of something much bigger rather than "just a problem with food". With Marty, there could be tons of different reasons and triggers, but it's never really mentioned. I think this "lack of answers", the lack of "simplicity" makes this book really honest.
January 5, 2015
In my own opinion, this book was so well written and really looked into the eyes of a teenage girl from their perspective. Also, I read a comment from another reader about how in the novel, two other important characters (Chris, 18 year old boy and Lily, 8 year old girl) are as well affected by anorexia. I soon realized that by the author doing that, she wasn't focusing on just teenage girls but breaking that stereotype and making every see that it can happen to anyone such as boys and young kids. The author did a terrific job in writing this job and portrayed the character Marty very well and realistically so readers could connect with her on a whole other level and empathize the struggles and pains she goes through. Even though the main focus is anorexia, other problems are addressed which readers see and immediately connect and relate with the protagonist.
January 25, 2008
This book is about a girl with anorexic who's being sent to a camp where the nurses took away all her diet food and pills. However, she wasn't alone and eating food was a problem for these people with anorexic. Having to reject eating food made the nurse force them to eat by using tubes and drinking liquid food instead. Also, the main character's mom is still trying to help her daughter by bringing all the paper work to graduate high school but "dead girls don't graduate." Teenagers of many kinds should read this book because this book shows one of many problems that we all face. This book can be connected to the world to people who are suffering with anorexic or eating disorder to relationship problems.
November 7, 2012
More Than You Can Chew is a poignant book of battles and freedom. Marty wishes she could go back home, but that’s impossible when she has an eating disorder and is taken to a clinic till she recovers, her mother is an alcoholic, and her father doesn’t seem to care about her. In the clinic, Marty begins her journey to recover from her eating disorder, and begins bonding with the other girls there, and Marty begins to realize maybe she does want to get better, but can she break from her disorder and get her life back?
July 21, 2010
An anorexic, or a bulemic, the author never did get around to saying what, exactly she was. But it was what I'd wanted to read, and I most ceretainly enjoyed reading it. It was the first book to make me cry in months. I loved the way Marty was so sarcastic, she seemed more real than alot of the charaters in books i have read lately.
But Lily, poor, poor Lily. She was by far the sadddest part to the book.
I laughed, I cried, I'm glad I read the book.
But Lily, poor, poor Lily. She was by far the sadddest part to the book.
I laughed, I cried, I'm glad I read the book.
April 27, 2007
This novel was the author's semi-autobiographical work on being in recovery for an eating disorder. It kept my interest, but it wasn't a particularly original take on eating disorders. Two characters were pivotal to the story; an 8 year old suffering from anorexia, as well as a young man, both on the brink of death. This helped to move the stereotype away from teenage girls.
November 9, 2008
This was an excellent book about a girl who has issues with food who is taken from school and put into a special section at the hospital. Part autobographical, this is a moving story that helps people undertand eating disorders.
June 16, 2009
This book gave me an inside look at the mind of an anorexic. It really opens your eyes to the severity of the situation and how important it is to get help, but it also opens your eyes to the institution's idea of helping them.
June 19, 2015
This book was one that I could truly empathize with as i tore through each page, however I do not recommend this book to those either uneducated on the subject of eating disorders, or those faint hearted. Be prepared to soak the pages of this novel in tears as you read More Than You Can Chew.
November 27, 2015
I think this is the most light-hearted book featuring a person with anorexia I ever read. It's a quick read, "fun" and not really informative or profound, but i didn't think that was the authors intention anyway, so I guess that's okay.
January 6, 2008
I have re-read this book so many times and I absolutely love it. There is something about it that just seems so very real.
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