Sam J. Miller
His sister Maya ran away a week ago, but Matt has no clue why, He knows there is a reason for it and insists the bullies have something to do with it, He's determined to find out,
Here's where the plot gets weird: Matt thinks he has superpowers from not eating, Like legit powers. Heightened senses, so much so that he could sniff out anything, read minds, see things that aren't there, That sort of thing The problem is: is the author glorifying eating disorders Will young impressionable readers think that starving themselves will give them such powers This could be harmful and the book doesn't really give a full explanation on these "powers" to counteract those feelings.
There is never an opposing explanation,
I appreciate the exploration of homophobia and Matt's struggle to accept himself, Tariq is wonderful. My issues lie with the message the book is sending out, as well as the inclusion of supernatural elements in what one would assume is a YA contemporary realistic fiction story.
It felt very out of place and had me wondering "wtf is going on" at one point, I reread the pages and realized nope, still not getting it.
The theme of selfacceptance is an important one, I just don't think this is the book one should read to receive the lesson, I still refuse to accept this kid actually had real powers but I accept it as a metaphor, lol "The bodys truth is beyond beauty, beyond desire, It is magnificent in ways that have nothing to do with appearances or any of the other impermanent, shifting things society values.
The bodys truth is the truth of the soul shining inside of it, "
To read the review in English, please scroll down,
.Could change later
TW: Trastornos Alimenticios,
Español: Estoy en un dilema conmigo mismo sobre si este libro me gustó o no, y creo que me inclino más hacia la segunda.
sitelinkThe Art of Starving que se podría traducir literalmente en El arte de pasar hambre, es sobre Matt, un chico de diecisiete años en su penúltimo año de bachillerato.
Matt ha dejado de comer, y las cosas solo se agravan cuando su hermana
mayor huye de casa sin ninguna razón aparente.
Pero Matt sabe muy bien que hay muchas cosas detrás de la "huida" de su hermana, ya que nota como Tariq, uno de sus compañeros, se vuelve más distante con él de repente, y Matt está dispuesto a destruir a quien sea que haya hecho daño a su hermana a cualquier costo.
Pero no solo eso, mientras más tiempo pasa Matt sin comer, este desarrolla poderes sobrehumanos, que lo van a ayudar o condenar para siempre.
No les parece una sinopsis bastante cargada de por si Me preocupó un poco desde el comienzo, pero decidí darle el beneficio de la duda y leerlo.
El libro está escrito en forma de un libro de reglas para ser discípulo del Art of Starving, pero también compartiendo parentesco con las entradas de un diario, en el que cada capítulo inicia con una regla a seguir para luego comenzar a narrar.
La narración de Matt es bastante melancólica, y esto le da al libro un ambiente un tanto pesado para un libro young adult.
Hablando de Matt, es un personaje con el que me pude reflejar en ciertos aspectos, pero con el que lamentablemente no pude conectar del todo.
No me malinterpreten, porque que no me guste Matt no significa que esté juzgando de ninguna manera su trastorno alimenticio, Más bien, considero su narración bastante fuerte y sentimental en este aspecto, pero siento que la inclusión de estos poderes en la historia como recurso narrativo lo ridiculizan de cierto modo que no me terminó de gustar.
Tariq por su parte está bien, no es lo mejor del libro pero tampoco es lo peor,
Puedo seguir comentando mis opiniones sobre los poderes, y es que personalmente no me parecen un buen recurso para el libro y la historia.
Se supone que quieren representar a la sensación de poder sobre uno mismo que causan los trastornos alimenticios, pero no es esta una forma de desfigurar este concepto volviéndolo caótico y desordenado
No se que pensar del libro, porque tampoco lo odié, Es una visión interesante a los trastornos alimenticios en hombres, y creo que por eso por me disgusta tanto, Es muy importante la visibilización de estos mismos sin minimizarlos, pero este libro casi roza esa delgada línea entre lo interesante y lo irrelevante.
No creo volver a leerlo en un futuro ni estar recomendándolo, a menos que si les llame la atención este tema.
Sin mucho más que decir, eso fue todo,
TW: Eating Disorders,
English: I'm in the middle of a dilemma with myself about if I liked this or if I didn't, and I think it's the last one.
sitelinkThe Art of Starving is about Matt, a seventeenyearold junior in high school, Matt has stopped eating, and things just get worse when his older sister runs away from home without apparent reason, But Matts knows that there's something behind her sister running away because he notices Tariq, one of his classmates, suddenly becoming evasive, and Matt is willing to destroy anyone who hurt her sister, at any cost.
But it's not only that, as Matt's starvation increases, he starts developing superhuman powers, that will either help him or condemn him forever,
Don't you think that is a loaded synopsis I was worried about it at first, but I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt and read it.
The book is written as a rulebook to be a follower of The Art of Starving but also resembling diary entries, Matt's narrative is quite melancholic, and that gives this story a heavy sensation for a young adult book,
Speaking of Matt, he's a character that I could reflect on in certain aspects, but unfortunately couldn't quite connect with.
Don't get me wrong, just because I don't like Matt doesn't mean I'm in any way judging his eating disorder, If anything, I consider his storytelling quite strong and sentimental in this regard, but I feel that the inclusion of these powers in the story as a narrative device ridicules it in a way that I didn't like.
Tariq, for his part, is okay, not the best of the book but not the worst either,
I still have an opinion on Matt's powers, and I personally feel that they were not a good resource for the story and the book overall.
They're supposed to represent this power people with eating disorders have over their bodies, isn't this a weird way to portray this concept by making it chaotic and messy
I don't know what to think about this book, because I didn't hate it.
It's an interesting way to portray eating disorders in men and I think that's why I don't hate it, The visibilization of these struggles without minimizing them is important, but this book almost touches that thin line between interesting and irrelevant.
I don't think I will be reading it again or recommending it unless you're interested in this topic, Without much more to say, that was it, .
Hunger was a pack of wolves, starving and mad, running through my bloodstream, gaunt ribs showing through mangy scabbed fur, fangs bared at every shadow.
Hunger pulled me out of bed after midnight, twisting my stomach like wringing out a wet towel, sinking savage talons into my skin and marionetting me: clothes on, socks off, down the hall, out the door, into the night.
Here's the thing: the writing here is outstanding, Despite my feelings on the plot, I cannot deny that the writing is something to be admired, It is so raw and filled with emotion, I cannot stress enough how much I look forward to the next novel written by sitelink Sam J, Miller.
This is a story about a gay teenage boy with an eating disorder something so rarely done, It goes into Matt's complicated relationship with his own body and how our bodies can betray us, For Matt, he hurts because his body is attracted to the very boys who make his life a living hell,
Hunger rumbled in my belly, and I felt like if I reached out hard enough, I could stretch myself taller than any of the trees.
Hunger is funny like that,
His sister Maya ran away a week ago, but Matt has no clue why, He knows there is a reason for it and insists the bullies have something to do with it, He's determined to find out,
Here's where the plot gets weird: Matt thinks he has superpowers from not eating, Like legit powers. Heightened senses, so much so that he could sniff out anything, read minds, see things that aren't there, That sort of thing The problem is: is the author glorifying eating disorders Will young impressionable readers think that starving themselves will give them such powers This could be harmful and the book doesn't really give a full explanation on these "powers" to counteract those feelings.
There is never an opposing explanation,
I detected things others did not, I saw, heard and smelled things others could not,
Somehow, I had become Peter fucking Parker,
Somehow, I had could I even say it I had powers,
I appreciate the exploration of homophobia and Matt's struggle to accept himself, Tariq is wonderful. My issues lie with the message the book is sending out, as well as the inclusion of supernatural elements in what one would assume is a YA contemporary realistic fiction story.
It felt very out of place and had me wondering "wtf is going on" at one point, I reread the pages and realized nope, still not getting it.
The theme of selfacceptance is an important one, I just don't think this is the book one should read to receive the lesson, I still refuse to accept this kid actually had real powers but I accept it as a metaphor, lol "The bodys truth is beyond beauty, beyond desire, It is magnificent in ways that have nothing to do with appearances or any of the other impermanent, shifting things society values.
The bodys truth is the truth of the soul shining inside of it, "
To read the review in English, please scroll down,
.Could change later
TW: Trastornos Alimenticios,
Español: Estoy en un dilema conmigo mismo sobre si este libro me gustó o no, y creo que me inclino más hacia la segunda.
sitelinkThe Art of Starving que se podría traducir literalmente en El arte de pasar hambre, es sobre Matt, un chico de diecisiete años en su penúltimo año de bachillerato.
Matt ha dejado de comer, y las cosas solo se agravan cuando su hermana
mayor huye de casa sin ninguna razón aparente.
Pero Matt sabe muy bien que hay muchas cosas detrás de la "huida" de su hermana, ya que nota como Tariq, uno de sus compañeros, se vuelve más distante con él de repente, y Matt está dispuesto a destruir a quien sea que haya hecho daño a su hermana a cualquier costo.
Pero no solo eso, mientras más tiempo pasa Matt sin comer, este desarrolla poderes sobrehumanos, que lo van a ayudar o condenar para siempre.
No les parece una sinopsis bastante cargada de por si Me preocupó un poco desde el comienzo, pero decidí darle el beneficio de la duda y leerlo.
El libro está escrito en forma de un libro de reglas para ser discípulo del Art of Starving, pero también compartiendo parentesco con las entradas de un diario, en el que cada capítulo inicia con una regla a seguir para luego comenzar a narrar.
La narración de Matt es bastante melancólica, y esto le da al libro un ambiente un tanto pesado para un libro young adult.
Hablando de Matt, es un personaje con el que me pude reflejar en ciertos aspectos, pero con el que lamentablemente no pude conectar del todo.
No me malinterpreten, porque que no me guste Matt no significa que esté juzgando de ninguna manera su trastorno alimenticio, Más bien, considero su narración bastante fuerte y sentimental en este aspecto, pero siento que la inclusión de estos poderes en la historia como recurso narrativo lo ridiculizan de cierto modo que no me terminó de gustar.
Tariq por su parte está bien, no es lo mejor del libro pero tampoco es lo peor,
Puedo seguir comentando mis opiniones sobre los poderes, y es que personalmente no me parecen un buen recurso para el libro y la historia.
Se supone que quieren representar a la sensación de poder sobre uno mismo que causan los trastornos alimenticios, pero no es esta una forma de desfigurar este concepto volviéndolo caótico y desordenado
No se que pensar del libro, porque tampoco lo odié, Es una visión interesante a los trastornos alimenticios en hombres, y creo que por eso por me disgusta tanto, Es muy importante la visibilización de estos mismos sin minimizarlos, pero este libro casi roza esa delgada línea entre lo interesante y lo irrelevante.
No creo volver a leerlo en un futuro ni estar recomendándolo, a menos que si les llame la atención este tema.
Sin mucho más que decir, eso fue todo,
TW: Eating Disorders,
English: I'm in the middle of a dilemma with myself about if I liked this or if I didn't, and I think it's the last one.
sitelinkThe Art of Starving is about Matt, a seventeenyearold junior in high school, Matt has stopped eating, and things just get worse when his older sister runs away from home without apparent reason, But Matts knows that there's something behind her sister running away because he notices Tariq, one of his classmates, suddenly becoming evasive, and Matt is willing to destroy anyone who hurt her sister, at any cost.
But it's not only that, as Matt's starvation increases, he starts developing superhuman powers, that will either help him or condemn him forever,
Don't you think that is a loaded synopsis I was worried about it at first, but I decided to give it the benefit of the doubt and read it.
The book is written as a rulebook to be a follower of The Art of Starving but also resembling diary entries, Matt's narrative is quite melancholic, and that gives this story a heavy sensation for a young adult book,
Speaking of Matt, he's a character that I could reflect on in certain aspects, but unfortunately couldn't quite connect with.
Don't get me wrong, just because I don't like Matt doesn't mean I'm in any way judging his eating disorder, If anything, I consider his storytelling quite strong and sentimental in this regard, but I feel that the inclusion of these powers in the story as a narrative device ridicules it in a way that I didn't like.
Tariq, for his part, is okay, not the best of the book but not the worst either,
I still have an opinion on Matt's powers, and I personally feel that they were not a good resource for the story and the book overall.
They're supposed to represent this power people with eating disorders have over their bodies, isn't this a weird way to portray this concept by making it chaotic and messy
I don't know what to think about this book, because I didn't hate it.
It's an interesting way to portray eating disorders in men and I think that's why I don't hate it, The visibilization of these struggles without minimizing them is important, but this book almost touches that thin line between interesting and irrelevant.
I don't think I will be reading it again or recommending it unless you're interested in this topic, Without much more to say, that was it, .