This is closer to 3.5-3.75. Good story,fast read-anorexic girl as famine.Two stories nicely meshed,not done as an issue novel which would have been annoying. Really like the character of death-is that the rock star fangirl in me showing thru? Looking forward to the next volume
12/28/2010 ** Yes, it really is amazing. I remember my mother-in-law talking about this book when she first read the ARC. When my husband turned into a prune in the tub last night, I knew that I'd have to tackle it, even though the topic is hardly fitting for a holiday break - it felt like it would...
Insane genius in a slender paperback. I read it at one sitting and cried my way through the end of chapter 17 and most of chapter 18. If those bits don't make you cry too, you may not be a parent or child. Easily ranks with Before I Fall and You as one of the best books I've read this year.
Knowing the novel tackles the issue of eating disorders, you'd expect to be in tears within the first three chapters. Instead, Jackie Morse Kessler thankfully makes her heroine sassy rather than emo. Lisabeth Lewis is still very much damaged goods who doesn't know her own strength, but when she acce...
Friday my copy of this book came in the mail, Sunday evening I cracked the less than 200 page book open and was immediately sucked into the story! I would have finished in one sitting except it had been a long day so went to bed and was up at 5:20 am Monday morning finishing the last 40 or so pages...
This slim book about a young girl with an eating disorder is anything but trite. Kessler approaches a been-done topic with an uncommon premise of a girl suffering from anorexic who becomes Famine, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. A big, fat stamp of approval for the unique supernatural sp...
The premise of Hunger says it all: a 17-year-old-anorexic girl is cast as Famine, Horseman of the Apocalypse. If that weren't enough, Death bears a more than passing resemblance to dead rocker Kurt Cobain. From there, the only fear is whether Jackie Kessler can sustain the promise of her set-up. ...
Hunger is a very unique debut for the YA market. Jackie Morse Kessler tackles the subject of anorexia head on and her approach was one unlike anything I have ever read. This series has some serious potential and I am excited to see where she takes it with the next book.Lisabeth Lewis is anorexic. ...
After trying to commit suicide after a particular nasty fight with her boyfriend, Death gives Lisa a choice: become Famine or die (sounds rather harsh, but it's not). Lisa chooses life and thus to become a Horseman, complete with a black praline-loving steed and Famine's symbol of office: golden sca...
Jackie Morse Kessler weaves a dramatic YA read about a real subject that in today's world where appearances are everything is killing many people, coated with a bit of fantasy and just enough humour she writes about the 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse and what would happen if an anorexic girl was chosen as...
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