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A review by piperkitty
Breaking Point by Edel Coffey
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
4.0
Breaking point
What's the perfect mother supposed to be like? Trying to be a wonder woman, Sushann makes massive mistakes that will change her forever.
Heartbreak this book pulls on your heart. Deals with the sensitive issue of child death. We are told this through two different ladies' points of view. One, Susahhan, who's famous and has it all been on autopilot, made her makes the biggest mistake of her life. Whereas Adaline, a report, had been through this ten years ago with her baby, and who was the one to tell her the news, but this Dr Sue herself, Adeline finds herself working in this case for the paper, which brings up memories. I feel for both ladies in this situation; I want to cry and shout and scream for them. It's a situation all parents fear and are terrified of. This is such a thought-provoking and compulsive page-turner.
What's the perfect mother supposed to be like? Trying to be a wonder woman, Sushann makes massive mistakes that will change her forever.
Heartbreak this book pulls on your heart. Deals with the sensitive issue of child death. We are told this through two different ladies' points of view. One, Susahhan, who's famous and has it all been on autopilot, made her makes the biggest mistake of her life. Whereas Adaline, a report, had been through this ten years ago with her baby, and who was the one to tell her the news, but this Dr Sue herself, Adeline finds herself working in this case for the paper, which brings up memories. I feel for both ladies in this situation; I want to cry and shout and scream for them. It's a situation all parents fear and are terrified of. This is such a thought-provoking and compulsive page-turner.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt