13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl

This book was really uncomfortable. It was very good, but it was very hard to read, as well. Elizabeth is at the same time unlikable and totally relatable, which is a really uncomfortable place to be as a reader. I really liked the prose, and I flew through it, and I would recommend it to some people but not to others - the rawness of a struggle with body image and weight and dieting and exercise and self-hatred can be triggering to some people. In the end, I just want Elizabeth to be happy, but I don't have hope that she'll get there.