Four Weeks, Five People is an interesting YA contemporary novel following five characters who attend a wilderness therapy camp. Each of the teens have various mental health disorders that brought them here. There is a multitude of disorders covered from anorexia to OCD, narcissism to bi-polar. The characters are believable, while their disorders are portrayed realistically. I only wish that there was more to the story.

As a person who works with young people who come with all sorts of life stories, I was intrigued by the premise of this story. Five teenagers sent to deal with their issues at a summer camp specially designed for young people just like them. From eating disorders to living with OCD tendencies a range of problems are addressed as these five strangers, two girls and three boys, begin to build relationships and find a way through life.

Each character had their own voice and I have to admit I quite liked the writing style in places, particularly Ben, who in seeing the world as an observer, had his part written as a film script. I just couldn't quite see the point at times of the story - I felt like I was treading water getting nowhere fast. Perhaps this was the intention of the author but it didn't really appeal to me.

I'm sure that this book will have appeal to a young adult audience and certainly was not a sensationalized approach to dealing with some fairly serious issues. I just would have like to have felt there was overall final destination for the story and it just didn't quite get there for me.

To much going on with so many characters . I struggled to get into the story.

While the subject matter is intriguing and the characters are interesting and unique, the structure was poorly executed. Since it is told from a variety of perspectives I felt like I never really got clear descriptions to the events unfolding or definitive answers.