djacknurse 's review for:

Reason to Breathe by Rebecca Donovan

3.0

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3 stars for decent writing and keeping my interest....somewhat! This was on my Kindle for many months and I kept passing by it because of a gut feeling I wish I had listened to. I'm in the minority on this book...I thought Emma was STUPID, selfish, and so immature! I think a better title would have been "Too Stupid To Breathe". Nobody in their right mind would have continued to live with that type of physical abuse without getting out. She was at Sara's house all the time which led me as the reader to believe she could have gone there at anytime. In fact, Sara asked her to move there many times. Emma's belief she couldn't take her cousins parents away didn't make a bit of sense even in fiction! George might have ignored what was happening but he was not guilty of actual abuse....not saying he was right by any means. George got the kids anyway, so why that couldn't have happened sooner?? Sara's Dad was a judge for goodness sakes! It was too long with too much angst. I would never read it again and almost did a DNF several times. I don't mind high school books with drama if the main characters are worthy. I don't even care all that much if it makes total sense as it's fiction anyway. I just can't take reading about stupid people when I deal with too many in real life as it is. I like books where people are at least strong enough to protect themselves and not hateful to the few folks who actually love/care about them when they try to get them to act smart for a change! The best part of the book was when Sara and Evan finally walked away from her stupidity....too bad they came back. I already purchased the next book but I'm sorry I did!