Review : KIM : Empty Inside - Buku Harian seorang remaja penderita Anoreksia-Bulimia

Author: Beatrice Sparks
Format: Paperback (184 pages)
Publisher: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama (1 April 2002)
Language: Indonesian
ISBN-10: 9792227016


Goodreads description :

Kimberly, putri seorang dokter yang kaya namun kesepian. Jauh dari kakak-kakak yang disayanginya, jatuh hati pada pemuda yang ternyata seorang gay. Dia merasa tak punya kendali atas hidupnya kecuali kendali atas makanan. Ia pesenam berbakat, dan terobsesi menjadi kurus agar tak didepak dari tim senam. Segala macam cara dilakukannya demi memenuhi obsesinya, namun hidupnya justru kacau balau.

Obsesinya membawanya untuk berpuasa dan memuntahkan makanan, namun sekaligus kelaparan yang menjadikannya melahap makanan secara membabi buta. Pikiran bahwa ia mampu mengendalikan makanan justru membawanya ke bangsal perawatan psikiatri.

My Thought :

It's interesting book in diary form. Kimberly, a teenager with eating disorder, always feels that she is not happy and lonely. She always thinks that she is fat and wants to be thinner. She also think that nobody care about her. But for other people, Kim seems to have a perfect life. She has great parent, two sisters and friends who love her.

In her life, she experiences some traumatic event. But, she always has someone who help her past it. At the end, she can deal with her eating disorder and her other problem.

The story seems so real. I believe many people, especially teenager, experience something like this. And this book can give us information and new perspective about Anorexia and Bulimia.

I give the book 3 out of 5 stars.