Fat Camp
Product DescriptionCamp! Freedom, first kisses, summer fun. . . but not at Camp Calliope, a prison camp for the overweight. That’s where Cam Phillips’ parents have shipped her off to eat controlled portions, endure rigorous exercise, and slee. . . More >>
Superficial fluff that tells girls all they need to do is exercise and eat carrots to get the best looking guy around. It puts looks foremost and disregards any building of character while it wallows in sex talk and foul language in it’s dialog. This author had a good idea and could have used this opportunity to really make a difference, but instead she chose to be superficial and shallow. Amazon should really have a rating on books just like movies. I would rate this book R.
Rating: 2 / 5
Camp. . One of the many things kids enjoy during the summer. But not for Cam. Her camp consists of nutrition classes and mini sized portions of food. Yes, a fat camp which her obsessed workout parents made her go to. She and her best friend, Evie, are separated and are forced to go to different camps. Now, she has to sleep in a room full of girls who only talk about food and how “fat” they are. She thinks it is all down hill from here but to her luck it’s not. She meets a boy, Jesse, who she falls head over heals for. Now she has to juggle the love of her dreams, mailing her best friend, and dealing with the other girls at camp. Can she do it all and lose weight before the end of the summer?
At first, I was kind of bored of the book. In the beginning it only talks about her love of food and the ‘hot’ waiter. I thought it was going to be another book where girl goes to camp, makes friends, loses weight and looks amazing. Well, I was wrong. Yes, that does happen but it is more in-depth than I thought. After chapter 3 or 4, I really got into it. You see a girl dealing with social and emotional issues that many teenagers are facing today. At the camp, there are other girls who are also going through health issues such as bulimia and depression. Deborah Blumenthal did an amazing job of slowly breaking Cam out of her shell. The ending was somewhat of a surprise. I kind of knew what was coming but there was more that I would have ever guessed. Overall, I thought it was an astounding book.
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Rating: 4 / 5
um this book came fast but i have to admit, itz very boring. i didn’t finish reading it and i dont want to to. . no conflict and very little emotions. . .
Rating: 2 / 5
the line “Camp Calliope, a prison camp for the overweight. ” was really what hooked me and i bought this book. i don’t know what i was expecting, maybe that scene out of the Simpsons when Bart and Lisa go to Kamp Krusty or some of those horrible camps you hear about on talkshows where the kids get overworked and tortured, but Camp Calliope was definitely not like that at all! in the book it wasn’t even IMPLIED that Camp Calliope was a bad place, the counselors were super supportive, the campers were nice, the food was alright, the activities were funm so i dunno where this ‘prison camp’ b. s. even came from.
another thing i expected from this book was to read about someone’s experience with weight loss. however the protagonist wasnt obese, from what she said she needed to lose 25-35 lbs, she was a size 12. the average american woman is a size 12.
so throughout the book she ate healthty (she pigged out one time in 8 weeks) she exercised every day and lost 35 lbs AND got a boyfriend. hooray, happy ending! who knew it was THAT EASY!!!! it just made me roll my eyes.
a real teenager trying to lose weight and writing about it would be obsessing over her weight. a real diary entry would go something like ‘OMG i lost 2 pounds so far! yay! only 33 more to go! omg i exercised so hard yesterday, im soo hungey waah! omg the food here sucks i need more! omg why do i still weigh 245 lbs i’ve been exercising sooo hard! hooray i’m finally down to 242!!!’ you know what i mean, we’ve all been there.
anyway yeah i’m disappointed, i expected more. this is an okay book. but its not awesome.
Rating: 3 / 5
While in the end there was a good premise to the story, it did send the message to teenagers who are so self conscious about themselves, that even being 25 pounds overweight that they are extremely fat and that they will be made fun of and not liked it school. The book gives the impression that 25 pounds overweight is “obese” and almost a justification for people to be making fun of these teenagers. Take a look at our schools. Not every teenager is a toothpick and the ones that aren’t, are not all being made fun of.
Rating: 1 / 5