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A review by purplepaste
Breathless by Jessica Warman
2.0
This book largely has fantastic reviews, but I found it to be pretty painful to get through. The characters were fairly fleshed out, but completely unlikeable. ::SPOILER:: The main character and her psychotic (literally) brother drop a cat off their roof to its death in the beginning of this book. Neither character ever evolves past that point. Devolve, oh yes-- and plenty of it.
The appendix of the edition I read had an interview with the author that confirmed something like 95% of this story is veiled autobiography. I found this very troubling. While she can be praised for treating herself so unkindly/realistically, she really seems to...well... keep explaining her side. This added a voyeuristic side to the book that pushed it into negative territory for me.
The appendix of the edition I read had an interview with the author that confirmed something like 95% of this story is veiled autobiography. I found this very troubling. While she can be praised for treating herself so unkindly/realistically, she really seems to...well... keep explaining her side. This added a voyeuristic side to the book that pushed it into negative territory for me.