A review by rikkireads_
Swallow the Air by Tara June Winch

4.0

First I want to make a point that from what I can see, many of the low ratings of his book were people who studied it in high school, and although I can see that the language and the themes explored in the book make it an excellent text choice for senior English students, of course some of their reading enjoyment is going to be diminished when you have to analyse it constantly over months and months! But I think this was wonderful - truly stunning, poetic language, a set of vignettes or short stories almost that have a loose linear structure and are all entwined. Very eye-opening and honest, and at times very heart-breaking. Not a book where I felt truly connected with the characters, but much more with the writing and messages.