Breathe by: Sarah Crossan
Series: Breathe #1
Published: October 2nd, 2012
Edition: Hardback (1st edition)
Pages: 384
My Rating: 4 Stars
Goodreads Synopsis:
The world has no air. If you want to survive, you pay to breathe. But what if you can't? And what if you think everything could be different? Three teens will leave everything they know behind in Sarah Crossan's gripping and original dystopian teen novel of danger, longing, and glimmering hope that will appeal to fans of Patrick Ness and Veronica Roth.
Ever since the Switch, when the oxygen levels plummeted and most of humanity died, the survivors have been protected in glass domes full of manufactured air. Protected . . . or trapped? Or controlled? Alina's a revolutionary who believes we can save the environment. Quinn's a Premium who's never had to worry about having enough air. His best friend, Bea, is an Auxiliary who's never worried about anything but having enough air. When the three cross paths, they will change everything. Sarah Crossan's thrilling and provocative novel is about passion, about yearning for something better, and about breaking free for the very first time.
Ever since the Switch, when the oxygen levels plummeted and most of humanity died, the survivors have been protected in glass domes full of manufactured air. Protected . . . or trapped? Or controlled? Alina's a revolutionary who believes we can save the environment. Quinn's a Premium who's never had to worry about having enough air. His best friend, Bea, is an Auxiliary who's never worried about anything but having enough air. When the three cross paths, they will change everything. Sarah Crossan's thrilling and provocative novel is about passion, about yearning for something better, and about breaking free for the very first time.
My Thoughts:
I was very hesitant to read this book because I had not heard a lot about it. Not saying that all good books have to be commonly talked about, but it helps to get an idea of what I will be getting myself into. With that being said I was really shocked how Sarah Crossan portrayed a world with limited air. After all you need air to to survive! I thought this book was really good and Sarah's descriptions of what the characters were doing were so vivid that it literally felt like I was watching things unfold right before my eyes. I do have to admit that some situations in the book were predictable but so many were not. I was not prepared for all the hurt that these characters felt, it truly saddened me to read what they went through.
So you may wonder if I loved this book so much why did I give it a 4 star rating instead of a 5 star rating... Well this is because of the relationship that was "forming" (for lack of a better word). I completely hated it and it just did not feel right to me. Romance and love triangles do not bother me, but what does is when a character makes a bad choice in choosing the person that would be a better fit for them. Overall this book was amazing and I loved Sarah's righting style, I will be reading the sequel, Resist very soon because I have to see where this story goes from here.
Recommendation: I recommend this book to anyone who loves a good dystopian novel!
