"Try Not to Breathe" by Holly Seddon
Published by Ballantine Books
ebook finished 2/25/16
3/5 stars
This is the story of an extremely alcoholic journalist who,
while researching a story, comes across a coma patient who had been attacked as
a teenager and left for dead. She
remembers hearing of the attack on the news when she was a teenager herself and
decides to make her story the one that will hopefully revive her career. She is determined to find out what happened
to the teenage girl 15 years ago and bring her attacker to justice. Can that be done while your star witness is
locked in her own mind and body, unable to tell you just what happened?
I definitely enjoyed this book, but it’s not a
favorite. I was able to figure out the
ending about half way through the book, if not earlier, so that took part of
the suspense away. I also felt the main
character’s alcoholism was overdone and repetitive. I did like the way it was written though,
from the various points of view to include the coma patient. One piece of information that came up in the
book made me initially think the author was going to write a cheesy ending but
she took the higher ground so I was happy about that as well. Overall, it’s a book book…..just not a
fantastic one.
Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for an advance
copy of the book in return for an honest review.
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