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I felt that the writing was a little immature - to someone not ally into surfing, some of the descriptions seemed repetitive and a bit boring. Still a good effort by a young writer. Worth reading


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Breathing Under Water Sophie Hardcastle author 9780733634857 Books Reviews

i seriously loved this book. it is such a great read and the characters are planned and created really well. although i was seriously hating grace and her decisions for a while there. i really enjoyed reading it and i think its definitely worth your while! )
New to me Australian author. Very colourful language, a tale of almost adults and having to deal with the good and the bad life throws at them. Grace and Ben are twins. This is Grace’s story. Very moving and thought provoking.
Breathing Underwater is the second book by Sophie Hardcourt, this is her first work of fiction as her first book was a memoir on her experience with having Bipolar 1, and now having read this one I am looking forward to going back and reading the first book.

Ben and Grace are close, they share everything, a love of surfing, their friends with most of their time being spent together. Ben is the sun and Grace is the moon, Ben is the light and Grace the shadow. Through the book you meet their parents and close friends, another major character for me is the surf itself, it is a beautiful, intense and looming character through the book.

From the blurb you know something is going to happen that there will be some trauma, I got to about 30% of the way through the book and was like its coming now isn't it, there was a teaser where i thought oh god this is it.. But nothing and then when I had just started to relax BOOM it hit me. There was much weeping though the book for me once the tumult had happened and you see the impact that grief has on a family and friends. The way each person deals with it and they ways they try to escape it, I just wanted to give Mia a big hug again and again, and wanted to shake some of the adults and go, remember her, that beautiful girl you still have, lover her and take care of her.

The book, Mia and her family make it to where they need to be, it felt natural and as it should be. The last part of the book really lifted and healed my spirits, no spoilers here but I felt much lighter by the end of the book. The style of the writing is beautiful, it is lyrical and wonderful and it was such a pleasure to read.
I felt that the writing was a little immature - to someone not ally into surfing, some of the descriptions seemed repetitive and a bit boring. Still a good effort by a young writer. Worth reading