Book Review: I'll Have What She's Having

Book: I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures in Celebrity Dieting by Rebecca Harrington

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: January 6, 2015

Description:

A hilarious look at the eating habits of the skinny and famous--from Gwyneth's goji berry and quail egg concoctions to Jackie Kennedy's baked potato and Beluga caviar regimen--Rebecca Harrington leaves no cabbage soup unstirred in her wickedly funny, wildly absurd quest to diet like the stars.

Elizabeth Taylor mixed cottage cheese and sour cream; Madonna subsisted on "sea vegetables;" and Marilyn Monroe drank raw eggs whipped with warm milk. Where there is a Hollywood starlet offering nutritional advice, there is a diet Rebecca Harrington is willing to try.

Facing a harrowing mix of fainting spells, pimples, and salmonella, Harrington tracks down illegal haggis to imitate Pippa Middleton, paces her apartment until the wee hours drinking ten Diet Cokes à la Karl Lagerfeld, and attempts something forbiddingly known as the "Salt Water Flush" to channel her inner Beyoncé. Rebecca Harrington risks kitchen fires and mysterious face rashes, all in the name of diet journalism. Taking cues from noted beauty icons like Posh Spice (alkaline!), Dolly Parton (Velveeta!), Sophia Loren (pasta!) and Cameron Diaz (savory oatmeal!), I'll Have What She's Having is completely surprising, occasionally unappetizing, and always outrageously funny.



Rating: 3 stars

Review:

If you're a regular reader to my blog then you know I love to read books where someone takes on a project. Which is why I wanted to give this a read. In this day in age where celebrities are treated like Gods it no wonder why they are the ones it seem like people are looking to for answers for everything including diets.

I'll Have What She's Having is a humorous look at the author attempting various celebrity diets or diets that celebrities have tried.

She tried 14 different diets which included Gwyneth Paltrow, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe.

In this short book the author detailed the ups and downs of each diet including some of the less appetizing meals she ate and horrible exercise treatments she endured.

As funny as this is I do wish the author had expanded on her experiment more because each chapter is very short and concise.

This was a fun book with an interesting concept but I don't think it was executed well. Especially compared to how well written and researched Jennifer, Gwyneth and Me was. But I try not to compare books and when I really look at this book I see a funny book (it did make me laugh) that shows all these wacky diets that the author was trying. And she make a good point that these celebrities are pretty much crazy for even trying these diets and that goes for those attempting these diets to try to look like them.

Overall, this is probably not for someone who is looking for tons of detailed information about health and fitness. Although the author does provide details just not as many as some might like. In the end, this is an entertaining look at someone who tries various celebrity diets.