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Two stars, by definition at goodreads, means "it was okay." I'm not convinced it was okay. It didn't quite deserve a single star. (Wish the goodreads rating system was 10 stars or allowed half stars.)
Another teen angst book with a great cover. And add to that a great premise. We've got an anorexic girl who becomes one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Famine, of course. Love it.
But, I didn't like it. There was a real disconnect because the author tried to make our heroine good and make her want to be good. But famine isn't good. So the author needed to come up with a way to make famine good. Not an easy task. And it all just kind of fell apart. It might have worked to have Famine embrace that she was a necessary evil. A part of what has to happen to order to lead us to something better. Still, quite a stretch. I would have preferred someone willing to wallow in the delicious, unapologetic, darkness of it. Come on, horrify me instead. Don't sell me pink (but starving) butterflies.
I gave it two stars, however, because I think a lot of the anorexia and body image content was not bad.
I mostly want to say, give this one a pass. That said, I like the premise enough that I might try #2. It was short and there are only four books coming. I keep hoping to be surprised and delighted. Feel free to mock me about my trash reading.
Another teen angst book with a great cover. And add to that a great premise. We've got an anorexic girl who becomes one of the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Famine, of course. Love it.
But, I didn't like it. There was a real disconnect because the author tried to make our heroine good and make her want to be good. But famine isn't good. So the author needed to come up with a way to make famine good. Not an easy task. And it all just kind of fell apart. It might have worked to have Famine embrace that she was a necessary evil. A part of what has to happen to order to lead us to something better. Still, quite a stretch. I would have preferred someone willing to wallow in the delicious, unapologetic, darkness of it. Come on, horrify me instead. Don't sell me pink (but starving) butterflies.
I gave it two stars, however, because I think a lot of the anorexia and body image content was not bad.
I mostly want to say, give this one a pass. That said, I like the premise enough that I might try #2. It was short and there are only four books coming. I keep hoping to be surprised and delighted. Feel free to mock me about my trash reading.