Skinny Bitch
Kim Barnouin and Rory Freedman
"I was perusing the shelves at Borders Book Store, and I saw this title that said Skinny B*tch; and so I picked it up and I looked at it, and I just kept reading it. So the title caught my attention.
It's a tough love guide on how to lose weight, and stay healthy, and eat healthy, and it's written by two former models. The language is pretty crass, and I didn't like the book in that sense. It read more like a self-motivational column from Cosmo magazine rather than an actual advice book that allowed the reader to believe that they could change their eating habits.
I could see the kind of tone that they were trying to work with. It was supposed to be edgy and kind of like brutally honest, and we're supposed to kind of get this like cool vibe from them; but instead I was complete turned off. I didn't think that succeeded in being positively motivating.
I think that the authors knew what they were talking about, and they were intelligent, and they gave good advice on why you should drink -- why you shouldn't drink coffee, what you should eat, what you shouldn't eat, and why. The reader could glean some positive facts from that book, but I didn't think that it was entirely successful in being a positive motivational book. I haven't read a whole lot of other diet books, but this is definitely for I think the kind of trendy, Cosmo young woman that likes edgy reading and wants to change their lifestyle and be more healthy. It's certainly not like reading the South Beach Diet book or anything or like a cookbook at all. I would give this book one out of five stars."
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