Challenge 18: A book with a blue cover

Ida's book: "Dietland" by Sarai Walker (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015)

So this is yet another book that have been on my to-read-list for a long time. I became aware of it through a fat activist network, but I was reluctant to actually read it: probably slightly scared of the inevitable truths it would make me aware of. Then a book shop offered 20% on all english books, and I thought, why not.

Comments:

Although it has only taken me just under a month to read this book, it was a slow start. The writing is excellent and I wanted to savour it; reading slowly and not rushing it. The main character's 'awakening' for lack of a better word is so well written and I follow her anger and wish for revenge, in fact, all the characters are believable and you sort of come to respect and care for them. As a fat woman, it hits close to home, and sometimes I just couldn't summon the energy to read on, it's a tough read sometimes, but then you get to the last 100 pages and I probably read them in a day or so (very typical reading behaviour from me). It's such a great book, and I will be sharing it with other fat women in need of an eye opener to the diet industry (land) that we live in. I'll probably return to it as well, in a not too distant future. Although I took my time (with most of the book) I still feel there is much to discuss and pick through, and I have a feeling it'll be one of those books that I will come back to time and again.