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Summary: The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
Review: Nick Andreas is one of the few blessed members of his high school elite on Key Biscayne. He is smart, rich, good-looking, and insanely popular. Come the first day of sophomore year, he arrives in style, driving the brand new car he just received for his 16th birthday. Almost immediately, he notices her, a beautiful blonde. Caitlin Alyssa McCourt. She's ethereal, almost delicate looking. Her airy appearance separates her from the rest of the pretty girls. She wears a slipdress and pearl earrings while the rest of them wear diamond studs and jeans. Immediately, Nick wants her. "That's Caitlin McCourt. She went to fat camp over the summer," Nick's best friend since kindergarten, Tom, says. Now, 35 pounds lighter, she's transformed into a different person. At first shy and fearing rejection, Nick musters up his courage and asks her if she wants a ride home after school. She accepts his invitation. Their relationship blossoms in a matter of two months. Nick loves Caitlin - or so he believes. And Caitlin loves Nick. Being a former fat girl, many insecurities still seem to be present in her - she fears Nick will leave her and doesn't believe she can find better. Nick starts out loving, gentle, and protecting. Then he turns angry, frustrated, and doubly insecure, as well as immensely overbearing and cruel. The first time he slaps her, he woos her back with a gift and apologizes profusely. All is forgiven. It isn't that way the second time. The second time, Nick goes too far. He believes he is the only one who deserves power over Caitlin and when she defies him by singing in the school's talent show, things turn hideous, but perhaps even more so on Nick's part. We watch as he loses every single high school friend he has. We watch as anger management sessions open his eyes. We watch as a wiser Caitlin McCourt is finally able to reject her first and former boyfriend. Nick's crew, as well as the entire school, knows of Nick's ways, which is why they can barely stand to look at him. Everyone sides with Caitlin. But Nick has kept a dark secret from everyone EXCEPT Caitlin, including Tom, who, prior to Nick's incident involving Caitlin, thought he knew his best buddy inside and out. Nick's father is just like him: good looks, brains, charm. And an ugly, ugly temper that often turns violent. Will Tom find out that while Caitlin was hurting, so was his so-called best friend? Or will Nick be too embarrased to open his mouth? Read and see. Alex Flinn's first novel fits a cliche, yet strays from their use, thankfully. She's written a story that is realistic and artfully depicts and pieces together the mind of an abuser. At times, I found myself hating Nick Andreas with a passion. Other times, I felt sorry for him. Either way, the novel ends on a note neither completely happy nor a downer, and it manages to stay away from being overly sappy and sentimental throughout. It flows nicely and, for a first effort, is quite well done.
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Summary: Held my attention
Review: This book was really good. I usually dont read much, but I enjoyed this book. It had a good plot and was interesting.
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Summary: loved it
Review: i loved how the book was written in diary form. The book deals with real issues. the way the charactors talk is just the way i would. this stoy involves drinking, sex, violence and love. I was very interested the whole time.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: Breathing Under Water, by Alex Flinn is about a teenage boy, Nick. He gets himself into some trouble when he slapps his girlfriend. Causing him to have six months group counceling and he has to keep a journel of five hundred words a week. The noval keeps you interested all the way through, making it an enjoyable reading!
I love this noval! I would recomend it to teenagers and older. The situations that Nick goes through are every day issuses that teens go through everyday. So reading about how he deals with them is a great learning experience. This is why I love this noval!
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Summary: This book was awesome!!!!!!!!
Review: I thought this book was awesome and everyone should read it because it's about a boy named Nick who has a father who beats him up and this reflects hid life when he gets a girlfriend named Caitlin. You should read this book to see all the bad things that Nick puts Caitlin through when he writes it in a journal for the judge after Caitlyn gives him a restraining order.
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Summary: This book was GREAT!!!
Review: I thought this was a great book and I think everyone should read this book. I like how the book states the problems and how they take care of the problems. I think anyone who has a problem with their boyfriends should read this book. They should read this book because they can know how to make their boyfriends stop. This was a great book and everyone should read this GREAT book.
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Summary: This book was intense!
Review: The book, "Breathing Underwater", was an amazing book and teaches a very important lesson: Self-Respect. It is about a guy named Nick who is physically abused by his father. Because of this, Nick has a problem holding in his anger. He lost his girlfriend, Caitlin, because he hit her. Not once but many times. He has to write in a journal for his anger management class and this shows you all about what happened in his past. Nick spends his time in this novel trying to get Caitlin back. Enjoy!
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Summary: Breathing Under Water
Review: Alex Flinn writes an awesome story about an intelligent popular rich 16 year old boy named Nick Andreas.Nick seemed to be the perfect person on the outside but really he was'nt. He had a bad home life and a horriable temper. Nick falls in love with a girl named Caitlyn and then everything goes downhill from there.
I recomend this book to all teens. It was a good story and you always will want to read the next chapter!
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Summary: *!*
Review: Breathing Underwater was a great book about a 16 year old boy, Nick, who didnt have a great homelife. Nick never knew that his anger that built up from everything at home would cause him to lose the girl that he loves, his friends and his reputation. Will Nick ever get the people who mean most to him back?
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Summary: Breathing Underwater
Review: I definately would love to read this book again. It was such an inspiration for young teens, so that they have an idea for what types of situations they could get caught up in, in the future.
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