A review by erinj254
Breathless by Jennifer Niven
1.0
I feel a little bit bad giving this one star since I usually save those ratings for books I DNF. I listened to this one and did not care for the narrator. She read the majority of the book trying to sound choked up and that grated on my nerves. I also didn't care for the way the book was set up (ex. Day 8, Part 2) - very distracting.
All that said, I really enjoyed Niven's All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe, but for some reason I was never that interested in picking up this one. I saw on Instagram last week that this one, as well as ATBP, had been banned or labeled with content warnings so I needed to see what the fuss was about. There is an overwhelming amount of talk about sex in this book, but the sex itself really isn't graphic. It's probably a fairly accurate portrayal of the thoughts of an 18-year-old girl.
Not for me, but its intended audience will probably enjoy it, and while I can understand the reason behind the content warning label, I'm not a fan of censorship and I'd have no issue with this book being on the shelf of my kids' high school library.
All that said, I really enjoyed Niven's All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe, but for some reason I was never that interested in picking up this one. I saw on Instagram last week that this one, as well as ATBP, had been banned or labeled with content warnings so I needed to see what the fuss was about. There is an overwhelming amount of talk about sex in this book, but the sex itself really isn't graphic. It's probably a fairly accurate portrayal of the thoughts of an 18-year-old girl.
Not for me, but its intended audience will probably enjoy it, and while I can understand the reason behind the content warning label, I'm not a fan of censorship and I'd have no issue with this book being on the shelf of my kids' high school library.