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

3.5

The setup and message of this was unique and interesting. The story is told in present day and flashback that leads up to the reason Michael decides to take all the money from his account and travel to the US with the goal of ending his life after the money runs out.  I found the time jumps sometimes abrupt but the timestamps helps with that, at times Michael was telling the story and then in the same paragraph, you get a third person narration, that was also confusing.  Overall it was an interesting read that explored the idea of a very unhappy person who was depressed and did not know how to handle what he was dealing with, which is something that I am sure would resonate with a lot of people. Ultimate, there are a few things that was missing when the story wrapped up that made this a 3.5 star read for me, when it was trending to a 4.5 as the story progressed.