A review by jtisreading
Kids of Appetite by David Arnold

3.0

I read this book intermittently for the past few months. It is a solid read but at the same time a bit obtuse. The episodic feel of any book or movie pits me against the story from the beginning. KOA is no exception. I enjoy flow and a lot of the book feels episodic with a small flow throughout. But Arnold can write with humor and tension and pure enjoyment. So I moved from place to place in the book over a few months. I really enjoyed the quibs, but the randomness sometimes went a bit too much of side ranting without a point. The last 1/3 of the book picked up but the resolution was just toooooo long.
I lent the book to a few other people and they loved it more than I did. So it seems it really is worth reading, and thematically I would agree that it is suited for some real thinking and healing processes in people dealing with image and/or loss.