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A review by meganlouise815
Consumed by Abbie Rushton
5.0
I’m not going to lie, I only really bought this book because it was on sale at my local bookstore. It wasn’t until I got home that I realised it was by an author I’ve read and enjoyed before, which made me feel less guilty for my impulse buy.
But, I’m so glad I did buy it because I thought it was excellent. It deals with mental illness (both an eating disorder, and anxiety) and I feel like Abbie Rushton really did a good job of exploring these illnesses and how it affects the lives of teenagers today.
Consumed is a novel about loss and love and grief and fear. I felt so many emotions as I read it. I felt sadness whenever Myla talked about her sister, pity whenever Jamie was narrating, empathy whenever Myla had a panic attack, I even felt happy at some points. I even felt myself smiling and mentally cheering at what was happening in the book.
I think a small disappointment was that I worked out the truth quite soon into the book. I’ve worked out how and when, but I won’t spoil it for people.
When the truth was finally revealed, almost at the end of the novel, I instantly thought I was going to have to give the book a four-star review, even though it was totally worth five stars. However, as I got even nearer to the last few pages, it started to redeem itself and I thought: Yes. This is going on my favourites shelf. This is definitely worth five-stars.
Although the novel was not based around the romance between the two narrators, it was a nice addition and wasn’t too over-done. I actually think it worked quite well with the story and was more of a relationship built on friendship and trust, rather than the over-used ‘insta-love’. So that was good.
All in all, an excelled read. So worth my impulse buy.
But, I’m so glad I did buy it because I thought it was excellent. It deals with mental illness (both an eating disorder, and anxiety) and I feel like Abbie Rushton really did a good job of exploring these illnesses and how it affects the lives of teenagers today.
Consumed is a novel about loss and love and grief and fear. I felt so many emotions as I read it. I felt sadness whenever Myla talked about her sister, pity whenever Jamie was narrating, empathy whenever Myla had a panic attack, I even felt happy at some points. I even felt myself smiling and mentally cheering at what was happening in the book.
I think a small disappointment was that I worked out the truth quite soon into the book. I’ve worked out how and when, but I won’t spoil it for people.
When the truth was finally revealed, almost at the end of the novel, I instantly thought I was going to have to give the book a four-star review, even though it was totally worth five stars. However, as I got even nearer to the last few pages, it started to redeem itself and I thought: Yes. This is going on my favourites shelf. This is definitely worth five-stars.
Although the novel was not based around the romance between the two narrators, it was a nice addition and wasn’t too over-done. I actually think it worked quite well with the story and was more of a relationship built on friendship and trust, rather than the over-used ‘insta-love’. So that was good.
All in all, an excelled read. So worth my impulse buy.