Janie's diary entries were the one thing that kept me going - they were well-written, fresh, and gave us a good look inside her head. But, once I got past the first ten pages or so, I was drawn in. Purge took me a little while to get into because of the dry writing style. Yet with that said I think this is a powerful novel that teens will really enjoy, and unfortunately can relate to. The ending seemed a little too cliché for me as well. I agree with some of the other reviewers that some things were touched on too many times. I know many young women and older women who can relate to the situation.Īt the end of the book there are websites, treatment centers, and also books that can help teens if they have an eating disorder. The aftermath of the sexual encounter I thought was prefect, so true, and very sad. I found it to be rather tame(but then again my tolerance level could be very high) and I don't think that high school girls would think twice about it.
There has been some mention of the sex scene with the main character and her boyfriend. I thought this was a nice touch because as we all know it is not a female problem. The one thing I enjoyed was that the book had male and female characters who suffered from anorexia or bulimia.
It paints a realistic and painful story of young people who have eating disorders. The novel does not try to sugarcoat anything. During her treatment Janie meets a cast of interesting characters, including a wrestler who is anorexic but doesn't think he has a problem, Helen, the Queen of Lean, various doctors and secondary characters that helped give this novel depth. The story is told in first person and flashes back to incidents that happened before she entered Golden Slopes. Purge is the story of Janie Ryman, a 16 year old girl who suffers from bulimia.
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