Thin Girls: A Novel

4 4 out of 5 stars | 416 ratings

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Last update: 06-28-2024


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K.
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is magnificent.
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2020
Heart-wrenching, delicate, smart, and exquisitely beautiful. Masterfully written.

Let this author take you on a grand tour of the lives of twin sisters Lily and Rose.

So many twists, turns, reveals, and moments of awe. It's more than 300 pages, but I finished in 3 days. When I wasn't reading, I found myself longing to return to the book.

I wish I'd been able to read this in my early twenties, when a friend was struggling with an eating disorder. I had my own body image issues and wasn't able to realize then that her comments about my food choices had nothing to do with me. This book helped illuminate that situation, all these years later.

Easily my top book of the year.
Kirsta
4.0 out of 5 stars A compelling and heavy read
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2020
I read this book for a book club and I was definitely hooked in the first chapter. The main character’s struggle was palpable. The author does a good job describing what it might be like to live inside the mind of a person with an eating disorder. The struggles between her and her sister are very relatable. This book tackles many heavy topics but does so with grace,
Giselle Stein
3.0 out of 5 stars Overall, it is a pretty good read.
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2020
????????????????????: Clarke’s debut novel is about twin sisters with a closeness allowing them to feel each other's emotions and pain. Their bond is tested when Rose becomes anorexic, causing Lily to cope through overeating and dating abusive men. They must find a way to save each other before it's too late.

????????????????????: This is an uncomfortable, yet important read, as it touches upon many difficult issues: eating disorders, sexuality, dysfunctional families, bullies, and abusive relationships. Caution: it explores methods used in hiding eating disorders and abuse.

????????????????????????????: Clarke's narrative illuminates the complicated relationship women have with their bodies and the extent to which they'll go to fit in. It touches upon the impacts of toxic diet culture, the world of eating disorders, and efforts at recovery. Book clubs will find much to discuss within its pages.

????????????????????????????????????????: I was hooked by the engrossing storyline, but needed more development of family dynamics with less detail on the daily restrictive habits of the sisters. This might have allowed for better focus on the connection between sexuality and eating disorders. A good read overall.

{This is my honest opinion of a gifted book from Harper Books.}
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Giselle Stein
3.0 out of 5 stars Overall, it is a pretty good read.
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2020
????????????????????: Clarke’s debut novel is about twin sisters with a closeness allowing them to feel each other's emotions and pain. Their bond is tested when Rose becomes anorexic, causing Lily to cope through overeating and dating abusive men. They must find a way to save each other before it's too late.

????????????????????: This is an uncomfortable, yet important read, as it touches upon many difficult issues: eating disorders, sexuality, dysfunctional families, bullies, and abusive relationships. Caution: it explores methods used in hiding eating disorders and abuse.

????????????????????????????: Clarke's narrative illuminates the complicated relationship women have with their bodies and the extent to which they'll go to fit in. It touches upon the impacts of toxic diet culture, the world of eating disorders, and efforts at recovery. Book clubs will find much to discuss within its pages.

????????????????????????????????????????: I was hooked by the engrossing storyline, but needed more development of family dynamics with less detail on the daily restrictive habits of the sisters. This might have allowed for better focus on the connection between sexuality and eating disorders. A good read overall.

{This is my honest opinion of a gifted book from Harper Books.}
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Carole McKee
5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2021
Powerful is the way I describe this book. The author does a fine job, creating the steps a girl who is unsure of herself, goes through, ending in a deadly anorexia. It's more than just a girl on a diet. Anorexia becomes an addiction, an obsession. Too many girls in the world have eating disorders because there is so much emphasis placed on body image. I certainly hope that all girls who are at war with themselves and are unhappy with themselves, will read this book. It needed to be written.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Deeply Moving
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2022
The character development in this book was incredible. I grew and developed with the characters in a way I didn’t realize I would.
Brady
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2021
I bought this after Roxane Gay posted it on her Instagram story. This is an insanely well crafted look into eating disorders and how they present in young women (esp queer young women). I love that it also addressed the influence the media has on our perceptions of what is beautiful. 100/10 read.
Jennifer Jones
2.0 out of 5 stars Meh
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2020
Rose and Lily are twins and develop an unhappy relationship with food from a very young age after getting a lot of this behavior from their mother. Rose becomes anorexic, while Lily continues to overeat and gain unhealthy amounts of weight. Most of this book is rooted in Rose's attempt at recovery and her illness. It affects her relationships and eventually she reaches a turning point and starts to improve. During this time, Lily is in an abusive relationship and starts to lose weight in unhappy ways. I kept hoping this book was going to go somewhere, but it just seemed to drag on. I thought the stories and tidbits in the chapters tended to be interesting, but not enough for me to really care about this book. I think it is an important subject, but this was not the way to cover this.
Brenna
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2020
Clarke did an amazing job with addressing taboo subjects without "ruffaling any feathers"; a sophisticated way. The romance is not at the center of the novel, rather finding self-love is. Thin Girls is a great first novel debut!

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