Sarah Alexander
Auteur van The Art of Not Breathing
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I loved seeing Elsie learn how to dive, and seeing how she gradually learned to go deeper and explore further. The mechanics were interesting to hear, although I didn't really understand what was happening half the time. I loved that Elsie was so unique and individualistic, and how she really had her own personality.
I was less impressed by how a male lead seemed to take over a lot of the story. I will always appreciate a good romantic undertone to a story and this one definitely contributed to the plot development; however, I thought that since there was so much emphasis put on Elsie's relationship with said boy it in a way detracted from the problems she was working.
The eventual conclusion wasn't really satisfying to me in regards to Elsie's family. I felt like though the mysteries were solved and the secrets came out, they didn't really have any conclusive moment of moving forward. I had thought that Elsie might have had a few more psychological things going on, what with seeming to talk to Scott all the time, but none of this was really acknowledged.
This was a solid read, but I felt like there was something missing. Though I enjoyed Elsie, I couldn't get involved, and if not reading this to review, I probably would have put it down after a few chapters.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.… (meer)