Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir
by Jennette Fulda
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Book Reviews of Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir
Book Review: Inspiring Memoir
Summary: 4 Stars
I found out about this memoir by accident, and decided to give it a try. It was a great memoir: a story about the real pain experienced by a morbidly obese person (360++ lbs ) before she began her weight loss journey and lost half her body weight. This book is not a story of her self loathing or self pity. It is a straight forward memoir where Jeanette shares her emotions, her successes and some failures along the way. This book is not an instruction manual as to how she lost the weight, but rather it's a very witty book about a mindset and the stick-to- it attitude required for success. Enjoyable.
Book Review: Horrible writing
Summary: 1 Stars
Okay, the people who praised this book must be those who like the author's blog......and maybe that's good, but it certainly doesn't translate well into a book. This book was a total waste of money - so boring and poorly written that I wound up skimming it. There's just no substance to it - it's basically the author's musings, a continual stream of introspection, written as stream of consciousness: "I did this, then I did that, then I did this..." etc. Just how many sentences in a row can you start with the word "I"? This book will help you answer that question. Sorry I wasted my time AND money.Book Review: Skip the book...read the blog
Summary: 2 Stars
There's little point in reading the book, because the "Half of Me" blog has all the same musings - some identical to the book, as others have noted - and then some. However, 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 think "Half of Me" would have been a better choice: less adolescent, more serious. Oh, well...just a tangent.)
Book Review: clever
Summary: 4 Stars
I enjoyed the book, although more for the lively writing style than the content. If the moral of the story is discipline, diet, and exercise for substantial weight loss, the book provides only very sketchy information on how to bring about the required changes. The author also appears to be operating under quite a few popular dietary delusions, such as the existence of "lean protein" and "good & bad carbs". On the positive side, the author admits that her weight-loss journey and nutrition/diet/lifestyle education are on-going, so the book is refreshingly free of dogmatism. Recommended!Book Review: eye opening
Summary: 5 Stars
Though is sounds like a cliche, this book changed my life. Specifically it changed the way I think about food and diets and being overweight. Jennette's common sense approach to her weight loss was unique among "diet books" - she wasn't going to make herself crazy with the dieting and exercising - most plans make you feel terrible about yourself if you screw up just a bit. Because of her book I'm going to reduce the huge spare tire I have and hopefully lower my risk of diabetes and heart disease. Thank you Jennette!