Comments on: Review: A Man in a Million by Jessica Bird

By: Sandy M

Sandy M — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:01:34 +0000

LOL, Sybil, I was thinking more along the lines that I’ve given the last four or five books an A of some sort! I know you like these Bird books!

By: Sandy M

Sandy M — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:00:12 +0000

I didn’t really look at it as an eating disorder. Granted, she didn’t eat properly, but when it first came up it was at the table with her brother, so I put it down at first that she couldn’t eat just from the stress of being near him; then when it talked about her not having periods because of her athletic schedule – which I have heard of — it didn’t help that she didn’t eat properly, but, remember, she did consciously make the decision to finally eat properly and get on a better schedule once she and Spike share their feelings and she knew they’d have children — if it were a true eating disorder, I don’t think it would have been that easy for her to decide to start doing things right. I think it was done to show how she changed from being so wrapped up in her sport to the point of her body reacting as it did to her giving up some of her “fanaticism” of the sport for her love for Spike and wanting to have a family with him. It all just seemed to work together for me.

By: limecello

limecello — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:53:39 +0000

I liked this book too, but I agree with Devon – I remember there being something a bit off with Mad’s eating/not eating. This was my first Jessica Bird book, and what actually convinced me to read the BDB books. I admit, I was a skeptic. I mean really, their names are Phury, Rhage, Zsadist, Vishous… the snotty scholar in me scoffed. I’m so glad I was won over.

By: Devon

Devon — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:17:03 +0000

I wanted to love this one, thought it started off strong, then lost steam. I was also weirded out by the fact that Mad seemed to have an eating disorder, and I thought it was handled oddly. But that’s a personal hot button.

By: Sybil

Sybil — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:45:41 +0000

LOVED this book. Of course TBND was my most favoritest Bird book EVAH. But this book… loved…

So no sybil agrees, she would give it an A too