TEORIA E PRATICAHo letto questo romanzo tutto d'un fiato, grazie allo stile scorrevole e ad una delle tematiche che più di tutte m'interessa, quella dell'anoressia. Il bel messaggio di questo libro è che da questa lotta si può uscire vincitori. Ciascuno di noi in alcuni momenti della sua vita lotta coi propri mostri. tutto molto più vicino a noi di quanto sembri. Realistica storia di una tredicenne alle prese coi mostri della sua mente. Parlare di malattie mentali pone l'individuo in contesti difficile, soprattutto in relazione al sentire comune, ma la Fathallah ha il gran Ciononostante le emozioni sono forti, impattanti, e che si parli di Scimmia o di Anoressia il risultato è lo stesso: la bestia è nera e combatterla richiede sacrifici e sforzi sovrumani. Nonostante la storia faccia capo al vissuto dell'autrice, cosa che si sente fin dal principio, ci sono state parti del romanzo in cui ho risentito un po' della lentezza. Yes it brought up so many somewhat painful
I loved the book a lot and could relate to many of the characters who were struggling in the book.I decided to reread it again recently, now that Ive been fully recovered for a number of years. It gave me so much comfort to know I wasnt alone and to start to feel like maybe recovery was a possibility. I initially read this book ten years ago when I found it at my local library and I was in the grips of an eating disorder. In a way it was a good representation for people who never went through it.Control and lack of control at the same time, negative thoughts running through your mind constantly, ongoing obsession with numbers.It shows that even if someone recovers physically it doesn't mean they are OK mentally. Can't really decide if I actually liked this book or not. Just sounded a bit cringey and odd in general.
I disliked how she called anorexia a monkey. Rating About Books Monkey taming Ratings: 3.78 From 542 Users | 41 Reviews July 6th 2006 by Definitions (Young Adult) Through memory, reflection, and enduring black humour, Jessica makes a tenuous peace with the world and with her emerging adult self.
This is the illuminating story of a teenage girl's wanderings in darkness: the spiral down into madness, the terrible realities of an adolescent psychiatric unit, and the stark choice that she must either tame her monster - or die. Jessica listened to the Monkey, and it consumed her. The only way to be safe, to be good, to be acceptable and above all, to escape from the cold, looming threat of approaching adulthood. The Monkey lived inside her: a driving, fiery voice telling her that thinness was the only way. When Jessica was thirteen years old, she met the Monkey. Ilustration As Books Monkey taming "You've eaten too much, you fat pig."
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