The fact that I read this in three days is testament to all the hair pulling and groans of 'oh come on'-s. Half the time, I felt like I was being manipulated to feel Something (sad? angst? empathy?) Which is technically, the job of any author. The thing is, I can't feel for Emma/Emily because I'm to...
Vascillating between 1 and 2 stars.I was looking at the nominees from Best YA 2012, liked the title Bearly Breathing (hey, covers and titles matter!), saw it was the second in a series, noticed it was nominated for best YA in 2011, read the synopsis and thought "Interesting premise - I'll try that"....
On one hand I could barely put Reason To Breathe down, but I spend the majority of the book cringing. The abuse endured is not only heartbreaking, but confronting and disturbing. The main character Emily, or Emma as she is affectionately known, endures torturous abuse by the hand of her Aunt, includ...
I am not sure where to start with this book, it is about abuse/violence.... living and coping with it, choices she makes to stay quiet....and at times it brought tears to my eyes, I gave it 5 stars which I actually did struggle with abit. I was going to rate it lower because of the ending but all...
Emily (known as Emma) is just trying to survive in the beginning of the book while living with her cruel Aunt and Uncle. Being abused emotionally and physically. We see she's a strong, stubborn headed girl making straight A's and playing varsity sports so she can go to Stanford and get away from it ...
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