by Cassy Moran
3/5
Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler is about an anorexic girl named Lisabeth, who joins Death, War, and Pestilence, as Famine, a Rider of the Apocalypse. As Famine, Lisa is supposed to bring starvation and panic to the world. Struggling with hunger herself, Lisa decides to take action and restore food to Third-World countries against Death’s wishes.
Hunger was a confusing book, often changing between Lisa and her alter ego Famine multiple times on one page. The writing was good, but it did not make sense how War, Death, and Pestilence were able to read minds sometimes, but not others. For example, Lisa would think something, and Death would respond to it as if she had said it, but other times he would not, and ask her what she is thinking.
On the other hand, it was very suspenseful and contained good detail. It was suspenseful because it drew the reader in, contained a lot of figurative language and had a very good plot.
The plot was intriguing and unique. The plot was interesting because it was written with characters that had a relation to each other and had personalities that were similar that complemented each other.
The story was very well written and contained a lot of symbolism that made the book have a completely different meaning than what it was. An example of this is the Riders of the Apocalypse symbolizing the end of the world. As Famine, Lisa’s symbol is a scale, which symbolizes her struggle with her anorexia.
I would give this book a 3/5, but would not recommend it. It had a good plot, but it was very confusing.
