The Trick is to Keep Breathing by Janice Galloway

The Trick is to Keep Breathing

Janice Galloway

236 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction informative reflective slow-paced
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Janice Galloway's inventive first novel is about the breakdown of a 27-year-old drama teacher named Joy Stone. The problems of everyday living accumulate and begin to torture Joy, who blames her problems not on her work or on the accidental drowni...

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Community Reviews Summary of 494 reviews

Moods

dark 80%
emotional 78%
sad 76%
reflective 62%
challenging 60%
tense 20%
funny 8%
hopeful 8%
mysterious 6%
informative 2%
inspiring 2%
lighthearted 2%

Pace

slow 47%
medium 45%
fast 7%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 91% | A mix: 6% | Plot: 2%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 38% | No: 10% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 48% | No: 29% | Yes: 19% | N/A: 2%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 84% | Yes: 8% | N/A: 4% | It's complicated: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 95% | No: 2% | It's complicated: 2%

Average rating

3.83

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