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When he writes of his anorexia he is unflinchingly honest. He copies out his food diary from that time and it reads ''Thursday, 14th March 1 apple, 1 banana and 40 laxatives. Friday, 15th March 2 apples, 1 slimma soup and 40 laxatives. Saturday, 16th March 2 teaspoons of honey, 40 laxatives.'' His retreat into starvation isn't glamorised, and you feel how lonely and isolated he became, and how afraid he was. He speaks just as honestly about the bullying he experienced whilst at school, bullying that was about both his weight and his sexuality, and I'm certain that many readers will feel a kinship with him on one or both of these sensitive issues.
As well as the recipes throughout, there are also personal letters dotted here and there. I liked these less than the recipes as they were very sentimental, quite personal and made me feel a little awkward somehow. Some people in his life obviously seemed to deserve a letter, but then others felt a bit shoe-horned in, in a 'oh I'd better not leave them out' kind of way! It's probably my own personal taste, and I'm sure others less hard-hearted will be weeping over them. The only one that really 'got' me was his final [https://www.adobe.com/uk/express/templates/letter /informal informal letter] to his father, and perhaps only because I could quite clearly picture his father from how he's described in the book. He writes about his family with an enormous amount of love. They are obviously hugely important to him and I enjoyed reading about his childhood and his times with his family.
I must mention, and I think this often applies with celebrity autobiographies, that you shouldn't expect too much with regards to writing style. There were times when this read a bit like a teenager writing 'my life story', yet it's very accessible, and very readable. I think if you're already interested in Gok, watch his shows and like his manner and style then you'll enjoy this for what it is - an honest, fresh book about his struggles with food and his ambition to make something for himself.