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69 ratings, 3.17 average rating, 20 reviews
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December 27th 2005
by Simon Pulse
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Paperback, 272 pages
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1416902074
(isbn13: 9781416902072)
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"I'm fat," I hear myself saying. I look in the mirror. My face has gone hot and red; I feel like I'm going to explode. "I'm fat." ...more
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i thought it was a good book because the main character Carmen reversed her mothers thoughts on weight and how it is unacceptable to be fat . when a boy says that he likes his girls bigger she gets the idea that being fat only draws more attention to herself , so she starts to try and make herself skinnier so that she can be like everyone else. meanwhile her mother is getting sicker because of her crazy dieting practices and her new mid-life crisis.
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Read in March, 2008
Massive is an outstanding book that makes people realize that weight is much too important in our society. The protagonist, Carmen is repeatedly bullied by her mother who complains that she's too fat. Carmen is an over-weight teenager living in a world where weight is crucial to how people look at you. Her mother, who is dealing with a problem with anorexia still isn't satisfied with the way she looks.
The result is that she ends up at the hospital. That showed Carmen that she wouldn't...more
The result is that she ends up at the hospital. That showed Carmen that she wouldn't...more
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Read in November, 2008
The book is categorized under fiction, & I do hope that is the case & that it is not semi-biographical. The mother in the book sickened me---in fact when reading this book it constantly brought back to mind Julie Gregory's "Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood" (which is sadly, an actual memoir).
It is bad enough to set such a poor example to a child, but to inflict the same on them by means of verbal abuse is inexcusable.
The book seems to end in an odd ...more
It is bad enough to set such a poor example to a child, but to inflict the same on them by means of verbal abuse is inexcusable.
The book seems to end in an odd ...more
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This book didn't seem to be significant to me, although I do tend to select novels that revolve around weight problems. There's nothing worth remembering so I'm not gonna get into any details about the book. The only thing I remember is that the protagonist has to deal with her mother, who is obsessed with being-thin and criticizes everyone else around her for being "fat", including her daughter. This isn't a memorable reading experience, so I wouldn't recommend picking this up.
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Read in March, 2008
This book attempts to grapple with intergenerational anorexia and bulimia. Unfortunately, it lacks any real emotional depth. I thought it did a good job showing some effects of unrelenting verbal and emotional abuse from a parent, but it felt like an after-school special or something. The ending was totally predictable and flat as well.
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Read in August, 2007
I really enjoyed this book. Great story chronicling a mother's struggle with ED and it's affect on her young daughter. Only disappointment was at the end... I felt like it just sort of... dropped... almost as if the author was tired of writing. I felt like things could have been wrapped up a bit better.
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Read in November, 2007
It helped to pass the time in the airport. That's the best thing I can say about this book. There's no plot, no admirable characters and the main character is a wishy-washy, no-personality brat. I kept waiting for something to happen, but it was just one depressing, pointless thing after another.
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recommends it for: young adult
recommends it for: young adult
this book describes itself just by its title, MASSIVE. Its about a young girl of the age of 15 with average weight and height. Her alarmingly underweight mother is always putting her down... they both become bulimic and anorexic. Her mother actually goes mad from lack of food intake.
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Ntah kenapa aku beli n baca buku ini, keadaanku 180% berbeda dengan arti kata MASSIVE. Ini aku kutip sedikit dari back covernya:
"I'm fat," I hear myself saying. I look in the mirror. My face has gone hot and red; I feel like I'm going to explode.
"I'm fat," I hear myself saying. I look in the mirror. My face has gone hot and red; I feel like I'm going to explode.
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This book gave a realistic insight into the world of disordered eating, but the ending was a bit of a let down.
It's pretty hard to understand.
It wasa pretty good read, nonetheless.
It's pretty hard to understand.
It wasa pretty good read, nonetheless.
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Read in August, 2007
This title intrigued me because my company is publishing her new novel, Dirty Work. I think the cover and premise are great, but I was not a huge fan of the book.
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Read in January, 2008
Perfect characterization of the mother and how her disorder effects her daughter - however the book lacks a lot of plot development and has a boring ending.
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Read in November, 2008
for school :) - Interesting book. Predictable on many levels, but still fascinating.
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Read in March, 2008
Read this one at school. Not one I would recommend to young adults or anyone for that matter.
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Read in July, 2005
recommends it for:
anyone
This book is alright not one of the 0MG its so awsome
but its a good one to read.
but its a good one to read.
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Read in July, 2008
Liked it, didn't love it. The ending was a bit too pat for me.
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Look, evan i put it on goodreads, see
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Read in October, 2007
Boring but important
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