A review by tbr_hoarder
Coming Up for Air by Nicole B. Tyndall

3.5

This book has SUCH potential, but lacks in several ways. Because it's so short, you don't get to fall in love with the characters & learn a lot about them. Maybe I feel this way because of my own reads recently, but I think this could have worked a lot better as a much longer book. More of a slow burn, so we can be that much more devastated by the events of the book. I didn't feel a deep connection to anyone, so the sad events were sad, but not THAT sad. More pages could have solved that issue.

I also liked the timeline cuts, but I think they would have worked well if they were more linear. Have the first part stay "after," then move chronologically from there. The "after" hooks the reader at the beginning, but any jumps that aren't linear after that initial jump don't feel justified. Not TERRIBLE, just not fully justifiable. 

Overall I liked it & would probably re-read it if I wanna a solid cry, but it wasn't AMAZING. A good coming of age story that I would have been obsessed with in high school.