Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir
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Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir
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I was questioned to identify this book because I had mentioned it in another assess. This book made me very sad. The author discussion about wanting to have revenge on some highschool boys because of some unkind comments they had made. This happened years ago. The author needs to “lose that weight.”
The author is critical of herself and others. This is a very sad and depressing read.
Rating: 1 / 5
I liked and disliked this book at the same time. What I liked about it is that she described some of the feelings behind being stout and told of her experiences with it. What I disliked was that she didn’t tell how she did it. If you are going to write a book like this, that is why people buy it. If I had renowned that part wasn’t in it, I wouldn’t have bought it. You don’t have to pay to hear “eat less, go more.” I wanted to hear how much exercise she did, did she count her calories etc.
I also never really connected with the author. Sometimes it felt like now that she was out of the stout club, she made fun of the people subdue in it or that she lumped them all together in one stereotype.
So reading her tale was fascinating, but it’s not why I bought the book and I felt like they should tell you upfront that the specific way she did it is not in the book so if that is what you are interested in, find another book.
Rating: 3 / 5
I read this book in the hopes of reading a amusing, touching and well-written memoir about weight loss and the hurdles faced in achieving such a goal. What I got was the ramblings of a one-time “stout girl”, who awkwardly publishes her over-analytical thoughts about being stout and then being thin.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book was not the best book I have ever read. Yes she looses a lot of weight…no it wasn’t that moving. She is very whiny about being the “stout girl”. She spend a lot of time whining about the people who read her blog and the comments they left. The book was dull and I couldn’t wait to end it. Though it must have been excellent on some level because I wanted to keep reading it. I would not recommend this book to anyone..esp. someone trying to lose weight!Quote-right
Rating: 2 / 5
There’s modest point in reading the book, because the “Half of Me” blog has all the same musings – some like peas in a pod to the book, as others have noted – and then some. But, the Pasta Queen has apparently stopped writing about weight and fitness issues, since she’s regained weight as a reuslt of a chronic headache.
(On a side note, and yes, I admit this might be a bit snooty of me, but I was embarrased to take the book on the train to read, because of it’s trashy title. I reflect “Half of Me” would have been a better choice: less adolescent, more serious. Oh, well…just a tangent.)
Rating: 2 / 5