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Hunger
by Jackie Morse Kessler
Quick and fun read, even funny at times -- within the constraints that reading a novel about an anorexic teen becoming one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse is fun. I do appreciate that it didn't feel like this story was preachy, and that the author herself acknowledged that this wasn't the first instance in published media that an anorexic character took on the role of Famine.
I really like the author's style in presenting all of the characters as flawed and complex. Lisabeth, her boyfriend, her girl friends, and her parents all have their issues, but I didn't get the sense that they were one-dimensional and really all bad/good. Even Lisabeth's mom -- sure, she was away from home a lot, but it seemed like she did genuinely care about her daughter and just had an odd way of expressing it, or did it in the way her teenage daughter didn't appreciate/understand.
Tammy's scene in the bathroom was a true eye-opener though. My heart aches for girls who suffer with these conditions.
I really like the author's style in presenting all of the characters as flawed and complex. Lisabeth, her boyfriend, her girl friends, and her parents all have their issues, but I didn't get the sense that they were one-dimensional and really all bad/good. Even Lisabeth's mom -- sure, she was away from home a lot, but it seemed like she did genuinely care about her daughter and just had an odd way of expressing it, or did it in the way her teenage daughter didn't appreciate/understand.
Tammy's scene in the bathroom was a true eye-opener though. My heart aches for girls who suffer with these conditions.