Life-Size
by Jenefer Shute
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Author: Jenefer ShuteEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-08
ISBN: 0380730219
Publisher: Avon Books (Mm)
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Book Review: Bitterly funny - too good to be evil
Summary: 3 Stars
Life-Size is an intriguing book. I am ashamed to admit it now but I read it years ago in a bulimic phase, hoping that it would kick-start my anorexia. And, um, it did the job. Now recovered, I feel as though I ought to hate this book now for being triggering and "glamourizing" anorexia but I can't. It's still a very good work.Josie is severely ill and occasionally "philosophizes" on her illness in a way I find distasteful. However, she has a sense of humour and a good eye for the ridiculous aspects of her disease and indeed of herself. The ending is still very open but it is more hopeful than that of "Wasted", the difference being that it was written by a healthy person, I assume.
Shute doesn't appear to make any grandiose claims for this book or be deluded into thinking that reading it will cure people. She has managed to make a damn good thriller, whether she wanted to or not. "Sex Crimes" proves she can also write well on other subjects. "Life Size" can be a dangerous read but it is hard to attack Shute. She never suggests that it will be otherwise.
Nevertheless, maybe you have to have been there to understand it. My dad borrowed the book a few months later and his only response was "that girl in the book eats more than you, anyhow." Oh well...
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