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Break To You by Michelle Knowlden, Neal Shusterman, Debra Young

ipushbooks's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

mall0rt's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5
devastating but so good

stories's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I kept trying and failing to put this book down.

Reminiscent of some of Marsden’s juvenile incarceration books, and similarly mostly-epistolary. 

Angst, crime, incarceration, romance, and also a heist-esque sequence. 

This book doesn’t pull its punches. 
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kmdomboski's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

sloveday's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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emmulibault's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

kjurewicz's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was so good but SO stressful! The climax of the story was so tense and definitely gave me a new perspective on incarcerated youth. I will say that Jon’s character was more complex and developed than Adriana’s, but you couldn’t help but root for them. There were also a lot of intriguing side characters that had the potential for well-developed stories of their own; others seemed a bit stereotypical. Sometimes it was a little bit wordy and some of the “deep parts” felt forced. Additionally, there was a twist that was somewhat easy to guess. But overall, a good book from one of my favorite authors that YA audiences would enjoy.
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brookelish's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

wolfstvr28's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Pretty good, loved the plot and characters, very diverse and i love how we don't get to know everything about all the characters and the switching povs. Love the kind of anonymous ending and that the reader gets to imagine what happens next. Like that the relationship  with Adriana and her family isn't automatically fixed like a fairytale but is more realistic and has hope for more. Realistic in that Raz did get away with it, but still Alvarado is being fired and hopefully things will get better at Compass in the future.

bobbea's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

3.0