A review by bookreviewswithkb
The Selfless Act of Breathing by J.J. Bola

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

i have ~mixed~ feelings about this one. at times, the writing was beautiful and gut wrenching and at times, i felt like the author was trying too hard and it wasn’t flowing together in the way it was trying to 🫣 at times i felt like i was living inside the mind of someone in the throes of a depressive state and at times i didn’t feel anything at all 

here’s an example of how beautiful the writing was at times: 

“this sadness, how it falls upon you, like mist, or fog, not there, then sudden and all at once; a grayness, enveloping you, submerged underwater. this sadness in your bones, each step heavier than the last… the days pass into weeks, into months, into yers, and your flying turns into running into walking into crawling, into lying still, unable to move, for no other reason but this heaviness upon you.”