Milk Fed follows the life of a 24-year-old Jewish girl called Rachel, and her struggles with food, sex and god.
I have mixed feelings about this book. I quite liked the beginning, it gave a vivid description about Rachel’s struggle with an eating disorder, obsessive calorie counting and a shocking diet. It felt good to realise that I’m not the only one who has ever thought that way.
The story progresses as she meets Miriam, an orthodox Jewish woman. Miriam is described as “medically obese”, and initially Rachel is repulsed by her, but Miriam’s carefree attitude towards food causes Rachel to be infatuated with her. Then there’s some bits about Rachel rediscovering her faith, but frankly it felt a little too forced. After that, the story got repetitive, random and boring for me. I struggled to finish it. The hundreds of vivid Freudian sexual descriptions really grossed me out…

possible trigger warnings : mention of eating disorders, body dysmorphia, self-harm, homophobia, fatphobia, suicidal ideation