Hunger is the second book I've read recently dealing with eating disorders, Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson was the first book. I'm glad to see attention put on this disorder, especially in today's society where teen girls are expected to be a size zero. While Wintergirls is more of a realistic telling of the physical and emotional toll of anorexia, Hunger is more of a fantasy but doesn't flinch from showing the underbelly of those "to die for" figures of young women.
I was dreading the end of Hunger, sure that Lisa would suddenly be "cured" of her anorexia, but the author surprised me. I don't want to give away the ending, but I will say that it's not all just tied up with a neat little bow. If it had been, this would have been a far lower rated review!
Hunger is a quick, easy read and I will definitely invest the time into future entries in this series. The only problem with reading about teens who won't, can't, don't want to eat though is that it makes me hungry. And then I feel bad for eating, while my poor heroine is counting the calories in a stalk of celery. It's worth the risk of extra snacking to gobble down this book!
Hunger gets a Midnight Book Rating of 11pm, you can read this book easily in one sitting and still have time for midnight snacking!
I really like the look and sound of this one. It'll be in my wish list for next year's reading.
ReplyDeleteHunger sounds really interesting. I might just check it out! Also I really like how you added the "Reaction" tabs at the bottom of your post. That's cool!
ReplyDeleteI loved this book!
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear the ending of this one isn't tied up with a bow, I like when authors surprise us and leave things differently than we would have expected. I'm really look forward to this one, thanks for the great review!
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