8 1/2 Stone

8 1/2 Stone

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  • Author：Liz Jones
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Amy ，

Absolute Drivel The editing is shocking。 Typos galore。 Naps is clearly based on the authors ex husband。 The notes， the yoga， the pretending to be vegetarian。 Most of the content is recycles from her weekly newspaper diary。 The way she portrays the main charater is just dire。 You can tell this has been written by someone who has never been overweight。 Its insensitive and extremely offensive。 I wondered why it was published by a publisher who accepts direct submissions and prints mainly religious Absolute Drivel The editing is shocking。 Typos galore。 Naps is clearly based on the authors ex husband。 The notes， the yoga， the pretending to be vegetarian。 Most of the content is recycles from her weekly newspaper diary。 The way she portrays the main charater is just dire。 You can tell this has been written by someone who has never been overweight。 Its insensitive and extremely offensive。 I wondered why it was published by a publisher who accepts direct submissions and prints mainly religious texts。 After reading this I now know why - the literacy agents weren't interest。 Don't waste your time and money。 Avoid。 。。。more

The Literary Shed ，

reviewsLiz Jones’ weighty debut， 8 1/2 StoneJournalist Liz Jones ran a campaign to ban skinny models in her former incarnation as editor-in-chief of influential Marie Claire， so perhaps it’s no surprise that the premise of her rather entertaining debut novel， 8 ½ Stone， centres around weight and the quest for happiness。Jones creates a familiar beast in protagonist Pam， a woman reaching 40， who believes that if she can just hit that elusive ideal weight， everything in her life will be great。 Of reviewsLiz Jones’ weighty debut， 8 1/2 StoneJournalist Liz Jones ran a campaign to ban skinny models in her former incarnation as editor-in-chief of influential Marie Claire， so perhaps it’s no surprise that the premise of her rather entertaining debut novel， 8 ½ Stone， centres around weight and the quest for happiness。Jones creates a familiar beast in protagonist Pam， a woman reaching 40， who believes that if she can just hit that elusive ideal weight， everything in her life will be great。 Of course， as we all know， nothing is that simple， and Pam’s most successful relationship seems to be with food， as her top 10 （13） list of sweets show （No 1 Maltesers， ‘It is a diet … Eat one of these small balls and the weight just drops off。’） Saddled with a ‘superhumanly svelte， snake-hipped’ husband， it’s Pam’s lot to be obsessed with all the food that society tells her she cannot eat。 Sound familiar？Jones’ book is extremely readable， filled with sardonic observations that will ring too sadly true to many a woman – and probably others， too – brought up to believe that we have to look a certain way， and that carbohydrates and sugar are the devil incarnate。8 ½ Stone will inevitably draw comparisons to the Bridget Jones books in its observational style and humour， but Jones’ message is more direct， addressing our unhealthy obsession with weight and its wrongful correlation to happiness。I read this in a matter of hours and it made me laugh – and also a tad sad at how much hit a nerve。 It’s the perfect book for this moment – and the perfect holiday read， whenever we’re allowed to have holidays again。Recommended。See: https://www。theliteraryshed。co。uk/rea。。。This review was originally published as part of a book tour。 Thanks to the publisher for suppying a review pdf。 All opinions are our own。 All rights reserved。 。。。more

Andrew Doe ，

The truly awful thing about this truly awful book ？ It's not a novel: novels are fiction， but almost every last plot twist or narrative device is lifted from Jones' articles or diary over the years， and are easily recognisable as such。 Less of a novel， more of a compilation。 I am steadfast in two beliefs: that this。。。 thing was never so much as glanced at by an editor， and that the Bad Sex In "Fiction" award is a done deal。 This is without doubt the worst thing masquerading as creative writing - The truly awful thing about this truly awful book ？ It's not a novel: novels are fiction， but almost every last plot twist or narrative device is lifted from Jones' articles or diary over the years， and are easily recognisable as such。 Less of a novel， more of a compilation。 I am steadfast in two beliefs: that this。。。 thing was never so much as glanced at by an editor， and that the Bad Sex In "Fiction" award is a done deal。 This is without doubt the worst thing masquerading as creative writing - or just writing - that I've had the misfortune to read。 Were there an option for no stars， or minus stars， I'd choose that。 Every single "joke" falls flat and is often hugely offensive （notably the Downs Syndrome "quip"）， it's suffused by casual yet hugely offensive racism， it's （amazingly） both misogynous **and** misandronous and above all， it's appallingly badly written。 There's no craft or structure evident here， just words on paper。 Avoid at all costs。 。。。more

Michelle Ryles ，

This has to be one of the funniest books I have ever read; I was laughing so much I had tears running down my face just from reading the very first page。 I mean I've always been suspicious of anyone who is able to whittle down their favourite chocolates to create a Top 10 so I have total respect for Pamela's honesty。 With a sweet tooth like mine， I don't think I could even narrow it down to a Top 20 but my number 1 will always be Maltesers， which is something I have in common with Pamela; she's This has to be one of the funniest books I have ever read; I was laughing so much I had tears running down my face just from reading the very first page。 I mean I've always been suspicious of anyone who is able to whittle down their favourite chocolates to create a Top 10 so I have total respect for Pamela's honesty。 With a sweet tooth like mine， I don't think I could even narrow it down to a Top 20 but my number 1 will always be Maltesers， which is something I have in common with Pamela; she's a woman with great taste！Unfortunately for Pamela， she may have great taste in chocolate but she certainly doesn't have great taste in men。 A lot of this is down to her own self-confidence and her unhappiness with her body; they do say that in order to be loved you must love yourself。 As someone who has struggled with her weight for many years， I could totally relate to Pamela and found it completely heartbreaking。 It's not very pleasant when you're constantly dieting and depriving yourself， especially when it seems like you can put on weight just by looking at a slice of cake。As much as I found some of Pamela's stories funny， especially written with Liz Jones' amazing side-splitting sense of humour， it is very sobering at times when reading Pamela's innermost thoughts and insecurities。 Many women think that they're unloveable because they don't have the perfect body but I think it's good to remember that the perfection we are striving to achieve is more than likely an airbrushed fabrication。 It really made me think about how we judge each other unfairly when somebody may be over or underweight due to an underlying health condition。I experienced a full spectrum of emotions when reading 8 1/2 Stone from laugh out loud funny to heartachingly poignant。 I'll never be able to pick up a copy of Marie Claire magazine again without laughing; I keep calling it the same name as Pamela and even typed it wrong at first。 A well deserved 5 stars for this brutally honest and absolutely hilarious debut from Liz Jones; this book needs to be on every woman's bookshelf。I chose to read an ARC and this is my honest and unbiased opinion。 。。。more

Whispering Stories ，

Book Reviewed on www。whisperingstories。comPam is married， has twins and is nearing forty。 She is very overweight and is determined to be down to 8 1/2 stone by the time she reaches her forties。 She is obsessed with food which you will gather from the opening chapter of her top fourteen favourite chocolates – which I might add she got completely wrong， who has a toffee coin in their top chocolates！！The book is a satire look at one woman’s overweight life。 Being a size 16 myself I never once felt Book Reviewed on www。whisperingstories。comPam is married， has twins and is nearing forty。 She is very overweight and is determined to be down to 8 1/2 stone by the time she reaches her forties。 She is obsessed with food which you will gather from the opening chapter of her top fourteen favourite chocolates – which I might add she got completely wrong， who has a toffee coin in their top chocolates！！The book is a satire look at one woman’s overweight life。 Being a size 16 myself I never once felt that this book judged me， more I felt empathy for Pam who talks about how she thinks others perceive her， I’ve done this numerous times。 Or what people must think when they see her eating， even that clothes shops don’t know how to cater for those with larger bodies。I know nothing about the author as I don’t read newspapers so I wasn’t sure whether this was an outright novel or a tongue-in-cheek look at her own life。 Either way， there are some hilarious moments in the story as well as some moments that make you stop and think about your own life。I’ve never been a judgy person and I believe that every person has the right to look how they want to， whether that is skinny or fat。 What I will say is just because you lose a lot of weight doesn’t mean that the problems outside of weight/health issues will disappear。 8 1/2 Stone is good at addressing this thought that a lot of people have。 The grass is never greener。If you are after something to give you a giggle and you don’t mind listening to one woman documenting her overweight life in graphic detail then this is the book to pick up。 。。。more

Matthew Pilcher ，

Fatism， racism， sexism， ableism。。。 it's all here！ I'm assuming it hasn't been edited as some passages make little sense on a first reading， and there are few reasons why you would wish to try a second time。This is the very opposite of a 'novel' as there is little new in it at all。 Much of the copy is lifted from old columns from the Mail and she couldn't even be bothered to think of original names for a majority of the characters。To say it is disappointing gives it too much allure。 It is exactly Fatism， racism， sexism， ableism。。。 it's all here！ I'm assuming it hasn't been edited as some passages make little sense on a first reading， and there are few reasons why you would wish to try a second time。This is the very opposite of a 'novel' as there is little new in it at all。 Much of the copy is lifted from old columns from the Mail and she couldn't even be bothered to think of original names for a majority of the characters。To say it is disappointing gives it too much allure。 It is exactly what one would expect from the writer who's 'best' years are two decades past。 。。。more

Lel Budge ，

This is quite difficult to review in that it deals with how we perceive ourselves， how we believe if we were thinner， richer， healthier ， then all our problems would disappear and we could be happy。But， the person we are will still be there and until we accept that person in all its shapes and sizes then no amount of changes made to our appearance will make much difference to how we feel。8 ½ Stone is full of humour and sarcasm， it is also desperately sad at times too。 It made me laugh and cry at This is quite difficult to review in that it deals with how we perceive ourselves， how we believe if we were thinner， richer， healthier ， then all our problems would disappear and we could be happy。But， the person we are will still be there and until we accept that person in all its shapes and sizes then no amount of changes made to our appearance will make much difference to how we feel。8 ½ Stone is full of humour and sarcasm， it is also desperately sad at times too。 It made me laugh and cry at its honesty。 A tale of self acceptance and once we do that life may just be a little easier。 Thank you to Martina at Midas PR for the opportunity to take part in this blog tour， for the promotional material and a free copy of the ebook。 This is my honest and unbiased review。 。。。more

Tabitha D ，

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Well this was disappointing。 （Warning: Mild spoilers。）。 What a peculiar book。 The whole thing is written in a sneery tone， it strains very hard to be funny but never gets there。 Huge chunks are lifted from Liz Jones’ columns。 She seems to hate fat people， and in this book describes female characters variously as “ugly bitch”， “dog”， “whore”， etc。 There’s even some casual racism thrown in。 She also seems to use the book to score cheap points against people in her real life。 The main character’s h Well this was disappointing。 （Warning: Mild spoilers。）。 What a peculiar book。 The whole thing is written in a sneery tone， it strains very hard to be funny but never gets there。 Huge chunks are lifted from Liz Jones’ columns。 She seems to hate fat people， and in this book describes female characters variously as “ugly bitch”， “dog”， “whore”， etc。 There’s even some casual racism thrown in。 She also seems to use the book to score cheap points against people in her real life。 The main character’s husband is clearly based on Jones’ real life husband - their names are virtually identical。 In real life， he was a womaniser （according to Jones’ own account） - here， she turns him into a closeted gay man who goes cruising on Hampstead Heath and gives her an STD。 It seems like a cheap revenge shot。 The main character is supposed to be in her 30’s and yet she references ancient 1970’s sitcoms and the like。 She buys her husband a vintage Rolex for their wedding but she is supposed to be on minimum wage。 She refers to a hospital by its real name， and I’m not sure they would be that pleased given the character’s experiences there。 It seems unfinished somehow， maybe not edited？ （The paperback is not out for a few months。） 。。。more

Shruti Ramanujam ，

This book is marketed to be about self-acceptance but we get that only in the very last chapter。 And even then， the raging fatphobia that occurs in the majority of the novel isn't addressed。 I actually had a lot of expectations on reading the synopsis， but it ended up being a huge disappointment。Full review on This is Lit blog。 This book is marketed to be about self-acceptance but we get that only in the very last chapter。 And even then， the raging fatphobia that occurs in the majority of the novel isn't addressed。 I actually had a lot of expectations on reading the synopsis， but it ended up being a huge disappointment。Full review on This is Lit blog。 。。。more

Diane ，

I absolutely adored this book！ It was such a lovely read and I believe every woman should read it。 It was funny and I really resonated with the message that was being told here。 I can’t say too much as it will ruin the story but I urge you to go and read this immediately！！

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