Massive

It wasn't ABOUT anything. It jumps from "the mom is terrible" to "the mom is sick and pitiful." The main character goes to school on the first day in the new place and Kelly is nice to her and shows her around. Then two other girls come by and mock Kelly for being fat. The next day the main character hooks up with the two mean girls and calls Kelly fat and pursues her to do mean things. Where did THAT come from? If people are like that (and I am not, nor is my husband), then I don't know why we should even go on. Do mean people grow up and forget that they were mean? Agh. Also, it just ENDS. Nothing has happened except that she discovered this guy they hang around with is her real father and her mother ODs and goes to a psych hospital. She'll go live with Lisa, a character who was too good to be true all along. Yay, the end? Hmm. Nothing really changed for our main character. Also, who was massive? No one was all that fat here, not like in Gilbert Grape and other fat wails. There should have been some cause-->effect chain that links the scenes. It's called a plot. I enjoyed the British slang, though. That was kind of interesting.

I'm a sucker for books that takes place in England and for teen mental health stories, so I had high hopes for this book. Bell does an excellent job of creating depth to the characters of Carmen and her mother. Mom is thoroughly despicable from the beginning and it is heartbreaking to watch Carmen wrestle with the demons that want her to resist and become her at the same time.The other characters weren't as engaging and I got bored in the middle a bit, when I could predict where things were going, so the tension wasn't there for me. It was just fine, overall.

This was a good one. It was a bit different, and honestly, I expected a different ending, like a twist, maybe. It was good writing, but the end fell a little flat for me. It felt rushed and thrown together. All in all, it was just okay.

Easy read...terrible ending...unless there is another book? Perfect book for mothers with an eating disorders. It was very sad how she as totally fine and then her mom teaches her how to learn to hate food.

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This book has NOTHING to offer! Spend your money elsewhere!

I enjoyed reading this book. Seeing the characters struggle with eating and food hits home foe me. I recommend this book.

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