I’m sure this type of conversational style works well for some people. It probably works better for the author, Susan Albers, in person with her clients. But for me it read more like a college paper on the subject. The introduction and first chapter are just rife with cutesy names and an overwhelming amount of anecdotes or invented scenarios. I never knew what point she was really trying to make.
The opening situation featuring ‘Ava’ didn’t set the best tone. Both she and her boyfriend just came off as major assholes. In fact, everyone just came off as run-of-the-mill assholes or people who had moments where they lost their cool. I understand that those moments are supposed to be linked to the hunger they feel, but even so...so what? Why are we identifying this over and over again? ‘I was hungry, so I got mad. Then I ate and felt better.’ Is that the whole book?
I’d also be curious whether or not Albers discusses whether or not scrutinizing our eating constantly contributes to the stress, aka the “hanger”. Where does it veer into an unhealthy obsession with food? Perhaps people expect her to be meticulous about what she eats because she typically is.
I feel like this is going to be an entire clickbait ‘diet’ article stretched out into a book, for some reason. The cover is cute, though. And the title is good, but maybe that’s the problem. It’s like someone thought of a catchy title and built a writing prompt around that.
The opening situation featuring ‘Ava’ didn’t set the best tone. Both she and her boyfriend just came off as major assholes. In fact, everyone just came off as run-of-the-mill assholes or people who had moments where they lost their cool. I understand that those moments are supposed to be linked to the hunger they feel, but even so...so what? Why are we identifying this over and over again? ‘I was hungry, so I got mad. Then I ate and felt better.’ Is that the whole book?
I’d also be curious whether or not Albers discusses whether or not scrutinizing our eating constantly contributes to the stress, aka the “hanger”. Where does it veer into an unhealthy obsession with food? Perhaps people expect her to be meticulous about what she eats because she typically is.
I feel like this is going to be an entire clickbait ‘diet’ article stretched out into a book, for some reason. The cover is cute, though. And the title is good, but maybe that’s the problem. It’s like someone thought of a catchy title and built a writing prompt around that.