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mkiyxxmi's review against another edition
4.0
Very good. The ending was a bit surprising, but it makes sense I guess. Realistic, difficult to read at times, and showing of what it must be like from the other side of abuse.
zoeyn0rman's review against another edition
5.0
i read this for school, and holy shit?
can't explain how much this BOOK made me cry.
can't explain how much this BOOK made me cry.
serenastrike's review against another edition
3.0
I went back and forth A LOT on how I felt about this. Nick got on my nerves and I even hated him at times. But I truly felt for him at the end of the book. I also went back and forth about Caitlin and her actions and whether or not I liked her character.
I think it was interesting for the author to write this from the point of view of the abuser. I can see a lot of my students finding connections within this book. Maybe it would even get some of them to actually read. I plan on adding this to my collection.
I think it was interesting for the author to write this from the point of view of the abuser. I can see a lot of my students finding connections within this book. Maybe it would even get some of them to actually read. I plan on adding this to my collection.
xofelf's review against another edition
5.0
This book should really be a required reading for English in high school. It has great lessons to learn from it.
trisha_thomas's review against another edition
3.0
very well written and moving story about a troubling relationship between a mother and daughter - between a whole family.
I just wanted to hug Lily and tell her she was okay - perfect and beautiful just the way she was. I wish parents didn't react this way.
I just wanted to hug Lily and tell her she was okay - perfect and beautiful just the way she was. I wish parents didn't react this way.
toastymaloney's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting read. Written from the perspective of a 16 year old young man who abused his girlfriend. This story is something many a young person could learn from. This sort of situation happens all too often. Not uplifting, not happy.
faithlxe's review against another edition
4.0
It was not the type of book which once you pick up, you cannot stop. However, it was quite insightful and I learnt a lot from it.
book_babe_lexx's review against another edition
4.0
Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn was honestly a great book. Breathing Underwater is about a teenage boy named Nick who grew up with a little trouble in his home life. Something happened with the girl he loved, now he must write every once and a while about how things ever started with her until they are now. Things change, for the better or worse?
I really liked this book because the way Alex Flinn wrote it, and the point of view that was from Nick's perspective. I could really feel like i was in the book. The imagery given through her writing really made me think.
I really liked this book because the way Alex Flinn wrote it, and the point of view that was from Nick's perspective. I could really feel like i was in the book. The imagery given through her writing really made me think.
cheesehead_reader's review against another edition
4.0
This was a short fairly easy to read YA book. This is the story of two dating teenagers, Nick and Caitlin, in an abusive relationship. What I especially liked about it was that it was written from the boy's point of view. We get to see how he "justifies" his controlling behavior and eventual physical abuse. It isn't until he sees the actions of another that he can honestly view his own behavior.
The story begins with a court date and mandated treatment with the backstory told thru journal writings. It was fairly easy to read and follow. At times I found myself so disgusted with his behavior, his cockiness and his justifications. I was horrified with not only the physical abuse (which takes place in two incidents) but the controlling behavior and the verbal abuse. But at the same time, I wanted to see Nick come thru this. I wanted to see him take control of not only his actions but to stop the abuse he was suffering at the hands of his father.
It was interesting to see the relationships of all involved. Caitlin suffered the verbal abuse from her boyfriend and it wasn't until he got physical a second time that she broke up with him and got a restraining order. However, there is a scene where her sorority sisters also verbally abuse her (and each of the new pledges). But after saying all these horrible things to each other, they end it with "but no one will love you like we do." Why could Caitlin see the treatment from her boyfriend as abuse but these girls couldn't see the put-downs from their "friends" as verbal abuse.
I found the ending to be very appropriate... a happy ending but not too sugary sweet. It gives you enough to hope that he will stop the cycle abuse passed down from grandfather to father to son.
The story begins with a court date and mandated treatment with the backstory told thru journal writings. It was fairly easy to read and follow. At times I found myself so disgusted with his behavior, his cockiness and his justifications. I was horrified with not only the physical abuse (which takes place in two incidents) but the controlling behavior and the verbal abuse. But at the same time, I wanted to see Nick come thru this. I wanted to see him take control of not only his actions but to stop the abuse he was suffering at the hands of his father.
It was interesting to see the relationships of all involved. Caitlin suffered the verbal abuse from her boyfriend and it wasn't until he got physical a second time that she broke up with him and got a restraining order. However, there is a scene where her sorority sisters also verbally abuse her (and each of the new pledges). But after saying all these horrible things to each other, they end it with "but no one will love you like we do." Why could Caitlin see the treatment from her boyfriend as abuse but these girls couldn't see the put-downs from their "friends" as verbal abuse.
I found the ending to be very appropriate... a happy ending but not too sugary sweet. It gives you enough to hope that he will stop the cycle abuse passed down from grandfather to father to son.