A review by impossiblegirl21
Breathing Underwater by Alex Flinn

4.0

I would have given this 5 stars, except that the ending was a little too neat for my taste, especially given the subject matter. This book is about a teenage boy who abuses his girlfriend (it is actually one of the few YA titles to be told from the abuser's perspective, and in respect to that, I think the story does an amazing job of having Nick slowly understand exactly what he did and what kind of guy he really is). Given the complex and difficult subject matter, I was really bothered by how simply and neatly things wrapped up. I mean, yes there is a place for forgiveness and growth, but this was a little much, a little too quick.