Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I really wanted to like this book, but ultimately struggled to even slog my way through it. The subtitle says it all; This is ONE WOMAN'S journey. This woman touts herself as an expert, yet seems to have no formal training in eating disorders whatsoever. The author is a former (failed?) dancer and actress, and I felt that the depictions of her own struggles with an eating disorder seemed overly dramatized and disingenuous. I got the feeling that she didn't get the attention she wanted as a performer, so she exploited her disordered eating to gain fame via her book. To be more succinct about what I disliked about the book: The chapters are poorly organized and don't really form a cohesive strategy for dealing with an eating disorder. Her pedantic advice is clearly parroting motivational speakers that she looks up to like Tony Robbins. Most of the book delves into thinly veiled "law of attraction" territory (anyone read "The Secret"? Skelly clearly has!) without outlining any clear techniques to acheive freedom from ED. She does include an exercise at the end of each chapter that some might find helpful, which is the only reason I gave this book two stars instead of one. Also, if you are someone who is bothered by grammar and editing mistakes, skip this book. There are formatting errors and small editing oversights (i.e. using the word "identity" instead of "identify") that are distracting and unprofessional. I'm really disapointed in this title. A reviewer of another ED book that I read recently suggested this book, but unfortunately it fell short of expectations. One book on ED that I did find to be very helpful was "The Binge Code", which uses clearly organized, scientifically backed techniques for stopping a binge. I've found it to be enormously helpful so far. I also recently read "Never Binge Again" which was complete garbage, and I'd highly suggest steering clear of that one!