A review by _booksanddogs_
The Silence Between Breaths by Cath Staincliffe

5.0

The silence between breaths is so incredibly intense, it’s raw, extremely controversial and conflicting. This book was written in a perfect way, with many different points of view throughout the book. Points of view you wouldn’t expect to think about, such as the bombers family throughout the book. Each character had a huge role and watching it all unfold was at times hard to read through. I had to stop many times because it felt so real and so raw. I was in London when there were multiple bombings in 2017 and it’s so surreal to know anyone could be put in a situation like this. I feel like the authors message was to show that everyone has their own issues and processes that they go through on a daily basis and hearing about these made the book so realistic. Terrorism is something that the entire world is scared of, it’s so easy to lose your way. Thinking about the people who have lost their lives because of terrorism is something this book shines through, not only suicide bombers but police brutality, war, any horrible event that has forced loss of life. This is one of those books that needs to be read by everyone, people who are racist or islamiphobes should read this also. So many points of view connecting one event. This book has made me cry constantly for the last hour but it needed to be written and it needs to be read.