As soon as I heard about 'Nothing Tastes As Good' I pre-ordered it, and I've been putting it off for the last few months because I knew it was going to hit me hard. Will it be too late for Annabel to save Julia, or will she redeem herself?Ĭlaire Hennessy is a wonderful author. There's a lot more at play than just lack of control, and Julia doesn't need to diet - she needs to talk to someone. She constantly berates herself for not losing weight fast enough, and starts to obsess over Annabel - the only super thin girl she's known in real life, rock solid proof that skinny doesn't always mean photoshopped.īut when Annabel discovers the reason for Julia's overeating, she starts to doubt herself. She's angry that she has to help this girl who has no self-control, and uses all of her force to get into Julia's head, telling her how fat, disgusting and worthless she is.Īs Annabel's voice takes hold, Julia starts to over-exercise and starve herself. 'If I'm supposed to save her from obesity, this is really not funny.'Īnnabel watches Julia gorging herself, and she feels physically sick - or she would, if she still had a body. Julia, who is overweight - bordering on obese - and constantly overeats, thinking nothing of eating an entire multipack of crisps or bar after bar of chocolate. The catch? Annabel's assigned as spirit guide to Julia, a girl she used to go to school with. Annabel blames Imogen and their parents for her death: she believes she had everything under control, and it was the sugar water forced into her body that caused her heart to stop. Annabel wants to write to her little sister Imogen, berating her for telling their parents that she was sick. She's assigned as a spirit guide, required to assist a soul in need before she is allowed to send a message from beyond the grave to her family. When she dies Annabel discovers there is such a thing as the other side, but it's not as simple and relaxing as you might expect. Annabel was an anorexic, pushing her body to the limits with her quest to control her eating and become as thin as physically possible. She's been dead for three weeks, since her heart gave up on her.
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