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ummali's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Physical abuse, Bullying, and Emotional abuse
nicmay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Moderate: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Misogyny, Violence, Classism, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, and Eating disorder
maple_dove's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Graphic: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual harassment, Violence, Alcohol, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Homophobia
Moderate: Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Ableism, and Blood
Minor: Classism, Adult/minor relationship, and Eating disorder
Verbal abuse (graphic), Underage drinking (graphic), Abusive romantic relationship (graphic), Relationship violence (graphic), Sexual abuse (minor)sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Flinn, Alex. Breathing Underwater (p. 189). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition.
📖Genres: fiction, teens, young adult, abuse, romance
📚Page Count: 229
🎧Audiobook Length: 5hrs 09mins
👩🏾🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4/5
TW -
Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn is a young adult novel about an abusive relationship that two high schoolers are in, this book is from the perspective of
This book would be really helpful for young males in particular, because this story is from the point of view of a young male teen. Some of the readers might see themselves in the main character Nick, or even in his girlfriend Caitlin. It's possible that they might see themselves in Nick's best friend, Tom. There are so many possibilities for how this story could connect to older teens/adult readers.
One of my big issues with this story is that
"Neysa. What did she look like, even? But I see Caitlin’s face, Caitlin’s blue eyes, staring."
Overall, I think the story was solid in it's depiction of abusive relationships, abusive behaviors, and child abuse. I'm going to give this 4 out of 5 stars
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I listened to this audiobook for free on Libbyapp.com
Graphic: Misogyny, Racial slurs, Stalking, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Murder, Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Child abuse, Bullying, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Racism, and Suicide