Thinner Than Thou
by Kit Reed
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Author: Kit ReedEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-01
ISBN: 076531195X
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Tor Books
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Book Review: This book is the poster child for huge potential not met.
Summary: 2 Stars
I was tremendously conflicted trying to decide on a rating for this book--in part, because the potential of this story was so great and, in part, because the story was told so inconsistently. There were times (the last 50 pages, especially) where I was so disgusted and disappointed with the author for throwing away the potential of this story that I could barely keep reading. There were other times (through the middle of the book, mostly) when I found the story and writing quite compelling and I was drawn along wanting to know what would happen.
I can't think of another book I've read where the story had such potential to be profound (and profoundly impacting) and yet where so much of the book was devoted to lightweight storytelling, characters and dialogue. I kept thinking "Why write this book...why attempt this story...if you're not going to go all the way?" By the end of the book, I was actually angry with the author for wasting this opportunity.
As a person who has struggled with weight issues almost her whole life, I can't say I was quite so offended as some at the stereotypes, though perhaps it was because, as a writer, I was so busy being offended that this story wasn't what it could have been. Certainly, the fat people are all stereotypical cariacatures of weak people who can't ever pass up an opportunity for food. I guess I was willing to give the author that if the point had been made well. It was at times but, mostly, it wasn't. The end, particularly, was horribly over-preachy.
Still, despite what it sounds like from my review, there were elements that I enjoyed and, for me, the fact that I read the whole book means I had to have been hoping for something to improve. Usually, with a book I can't get into or am not enjoying, I'll just put it down and never pick it up again. So I guess I was intrigued enough (or hopeful enough) that I kept plugging away at this, hoping for it to get better. What it did instead, in the last 50 pages, was get hopelessly worse. How sad.
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