Portia Moore

If I Break by Portia Moore is an intriguing creation. It has a great many elements that I liked and kept me wanting to at least read enough to figure out what was going on. I really enjoyed the perspective and the stream of consciousness approach was done very well. The premise of the book and the journey tugs on the heart strings. I loved the depiction of the internal struggle the protagonist/main character experienced throughout the book. I appreciated the message and experience of facing (spoiler) severe psychological ill health and the impact on those who love the affected.

But this book required a bit more polishing. There were issues with repetition, grammar, spelling, flow, structure that made the story halt and hiccup, drawing me out of the reading. I would have liked to see, for example, more counter/supporting plot - maybe perspective of what is going on with the main character through other characters' eyes. I would have liked to see a more creative way back story was filled in, although the book itself does a decent job of flashback and present switches and develops a rhythm that is easy enough to follow. What I would have loved to see was more of the main character's personality without men in her life. How she does without being 'co-dependent'. It seems her life is very much focused on waiting for her prince to come and nothing else. There is a depth in characters that isn't well portrayed at this point, just touched on.

Regardless, I think it is a very interesting book.
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