The Girls at
17 Swann Street
By: Yara Zgheib
Genre: Realistic Fiction, Mental
Health
Pages: 384
Published: 2019
Read: March
3 out of 5 stars
This book was OK. I believe eating
disorders is an important topic and often overlooked in fiction books. However,
I felt this book was somewhat unrealistic. My biggest issue was believing Emm would
be in the house for 4 entire years. She would have been moved to a halfway
house or similar establishment. Plus, I never felt she still had a serious
enough eating disorder to justify the length of stay. She was portrayed as
recovered, helpful and encouraging to the other girls. I felt it was a cop-out
by the author. The girls were distant and as the reader I was never able to connect
with them. I would suggest Wintergirls
by Laurie Halse Anderson or for a different take on institutions I highly
recommend Good Kings, Bad Kings by
Susan Nussbaum (5 stars).
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