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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
As far as romantic YA novel goes, it is not the best I've read, but definitely a fast read and entertaining, sort of like a good book for the beach. The main couple is cute, although the beginning of their relationship seems to have happened too fast and was not that very well-developed, and the ending seemed rather abrupt to me. A bit (well, a lot) overly cheesy for my taste, but still a good read to pass the time. Definitely very romantic if you like cheesy romances.
It reminded me a lot of the Twilight series: the "deep" love the couple were talking about seemed actually based more on physical attraction than anything else (hence my comment above about the relationship not being well-developed in the book). Jax, the male lead, was borderly obsessed with Sadie, and I think Sadie for being so "mature for her age" as the author kept reminding us had an unhealthy reaction to the whole relationship.
I guess my point is that this novel is not meant to be read to learn anything deep or be taught something about relationships, rather is just a somewhat amusing way to pass the time if you like romances and don't mind very cheesy lines (such as "you are my air," repeated several times across the book and the reason why the book is called "Breathe"). For the content I would give it 2 starts, but since I had a relative good time reading it 3 seems appropriate.
It reminded me a lot of the Twilight series: the "deep" love the couple were talking about seemed actually based more on physical attraction than anything else (hence my comment above about the relationship not being well-developed in the book). Jax, the male lead, was borderly obsessed with Sadie, and I think Sadie for being so "mature for her age" as the author kept reminding us had an unhealthy reaction to the whole relationship.
I guess my point is that this novel is not meant to be read to learn anything deep or be taught something about relationships, rather is just a somewhat amusing way to pass the time if you like romances and don't mind very cheesy lines (such as "you are my air," repeated several times across the book and the reason why the book is called "Breathe"). For the content I would give it 2 starts, but since I had a relative good time reading it 3 seems appropriate.
This is honestly the cheesiest book I've ever read. It's the same level as a bad fanfiction on the teen idol of the moment... though I've read lots of teen idol fanfictions that were way better than that (and they were written by actual teenagers so yeah don't give me the whole "but it's okay if it's stupid and cheesy, it's YA" annoying excuse again). Apparently the next books are worth the shot (can't be worse anyway) so I'll continue but this first one is perfect if you want to discourage readers to go on.
Another book I read ten years ago and remember nothing about it.
This was a lot more childish than I thought. Unhealthy relationship full of ridiculous clichés.
I read this in middle school so I wanted to have a moment of nostalgia. However, rereading it, I realized this book is extremely cringey. How can someone be in love with someone else in literally two weeks? I understand powerful love, but that was overwhelming. Also I didn’t realize how much pick me energy Sadie has. The book was very much not a girls support girls book.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Breathe es una novela que pensé en leer. Y vi que una de mis amigas le había dado cuatro estrellas y entonces pensé ¿por que no?
En un principio yo estaba bien con la historia. Sadie es una chica muy inteligente y a pesar de todo lo que había pasado con su mama, ella no se quejaba de ello. La autora fue muy buena planteando su personaje desde el comienzo. Llegue a encariñarme con ella. Y entonces ella empieza a trabajar en la casa de verano del famoso rockero Jax Stone, todo la narración estaba muy bien. Y después llega Jax, y de repente ella esta atraída inexplicablemente hacia el. Me provoco pegarme en la cara cuando leí eso ¿es que acaso no puede ser mas predecible?
La cosa que me molestó fue el hecho de que Sadie y Jax se enamoraron tan rápido. Al igual que al segundo día se dijeron se quiero y él la llamaba "su aire". Había una escena de beso, pero el resto era sólo el diálogo cursi. Jax estaba todo poético (asco). ¡Y Sadie! Para ser una chica inteligente prácticamente se enamoro de una estrella de rock lo mas rápido posible.
Omitiendo eso, los personajes secundarios daban para hacer una GRAN historia: Marcus, Jessica (la mama de Sadie), la sra. Mary, el sr. Greg. Realmente pensé personaje de Jessica era realmente interesante y me quería ir de más profundidad a su personaje pero creo que la autora no lo hizo para que sea novela más jóvenes. Lo cual me molesto mucho.
Yo como muchas otras lectoras, me enamore de Marcus. Estoy muy emocionada de leer su novela, Sea Breeze 2. Quería que Sadie hubiera terminado con él y no Jax. Pero no, la autora tenia que crear la historia de romance mas estúpida que pudo existir.
Abbi Glines es una gran escritora, eso no se le niega. Me gusto mucho como estaba escrito el libro. ¿Pero tenia que ser tan cliché e inmaduro? He incluso si se hubiera tan solo centrado mas en la historia de Sadie y su mama, y menos en el romance con Jax... este libro fuera sido memorable.
También estoy decepcionada con la resolución del conflicto. Se sentía un poco rápido para mí. Siempre he sido fan de los personajes que se arrastran por la protagonista en un libro y estaba esperando que Jax y su trasero super famoso se arrastraran por Sadie. Pero lamentablemente, Sadie aceptado la reaparición de Jax en su vida con bastante facilidad.
A pesar de todas esas cosas, este es un buen libro para pasar el rato.
Si eres de esas personas que no se fija mucho en los detalles de la historia y solo busca un buen libro de romance para leer, este podría ser tu libro. Pero si eres como yo, y eres detallista, tal vez no debas leerlo.
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No