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In a nutshell, the story starts with the premise that the world was overpopulated. In order to feed this population, the forests were cleared, and crops were planted. They felt even with deforestation that the oceans would still supply an adequate supply of oxygen to support life on earth, but the chemicals from crop run-off killed the oceans. This resulted in an inadequate supply of oxygen to support the earth. Populations began to die. The oxygen supply in the atmosphere plummeted. The Breathe Corporation created domes for a small segment of the population to live in; however, the people, who live on the inside, are charged for the oxygen they breathe. The poor are barely provided an adequate supply of oxygen to live.

Alina is a member of the resistance. It isn't readily apparent what the resistance goals are beyond planting trees in a stadium. This is because their only goal is to plant trees in a stadium. Alina's partner is exposed during an excursion to get clippings from a tree. It became obvious that Alina had also been exposed as a member of the resistance. Alina must escape the dome and go live with Petra in the tree stadium.

Quin is one of the rich premiums. His family can easily afford air for 4 children. His best friend is Bea, a poor girl also known as an auxiliary. Quin knows that Bea likes him as more than a friend, but he is more interested in other girls. Quin makes a lot of immature choices and easily falls in love. He ends up helping Alina escape because she is HOT. He follows her because she is HOT.

Bea is an auxiliary or a poor person who cannot afford adequate air. The poor are always kept poor, so there is no way for her to improve her lot in life. She is portrayed as super smart, but she loves Quin, who always chooses other girls over her. When Quin follows Alina, she follows him, even though she knows this is stupid.

If we can just plant enough trees, all will be well in the world again. We can live outside the domes. If this was all that was needed, why weren't people out there planting trees like mad men before the domes had to be put up? Wouldn't it had been much easier to have every person all over the world start clippings and planting those clippings when they hit maturity? The problem with giving a simple answer to fix the world's ills is that this simple answer could have been applied to the same problem much earlier.

I have another problem with the solution just being planting trees. While I am by no means an expert on the world's ecosystems, I do know enough to realize that the only problem would not be lack of oxygen and cold once these ecosystems are destroyed. While I realize the author is not a scientist and this is a YA book, I hate when problems are dumbed down. Let's apply a little logic just for one moment. We would have to assume that a lot of air breathers or organisms involved in aerobic respiration would be lost. We would not just loose animals, but we would lose microorganisms involved in decomposition and insects. This means the available nutrient load in the system would lessen. Also, only anaerobic microorganisms would have the ability to thrive, and the may be giving off poisonous gases in higher quantities. We could possibly see an increase in carbon monoxide, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and methane in the air. These gases are poisonous to humans. There would still be nitrogen, carbon dioxide and oxygen production, but it is questionable to what extent. The ozone could have changed, and we may no longer be protected from the deadly sun's rays. Atmospheric pressure may have changed. The world may be very cold when the sun sets and very warm when the sun rises. It may no longer rain, and water may no longer be potable. And it is highly doubtful that the topsoil has an adequate nutrient supply for any plant life to grow. Therefore, the planting and growing of trees anyplace is unlikely. Don't you just hate logic?

In the dome, they are stealing clippings and planting them. Where are they stealing the soil from? They would have had to make the dome air tight, which means there would be a limited amount of soil in the dome.

Anyway, it is clear that I have a problem with the premise behind the book and the resistance.

Next, I really hate it when a stupid love triangle is thrown in. This particular triangle dumbed down Bea and Quin. It just screams, look how stupid we are. It makes it less believable that Quin would make the choices he does later in the book. The story literally went, I think Alina is pretty. I am going to break rules for her and follow her, because she has pretty green eyes and spoke to me condescendingly ONCE. It makes it less than believable that Quin will later make altruistic and intelligient choices. Bea never gets any smarter in the story, so I had a problem liking her as anything more than a doormat mooning over Quin. I also could not get into Alina. Maybe, it was because all the resistance did was take tree cuttings. OOOH, how exciting?

And the ending, there is really enough oxygen to breathe outside the dome? Where did this magic oxygen come from? They were super enriching the oxygen inside the dome? What was this? Wow, this was messy, weird, and unrealistic; especially, when it was made clear that Breathe was killing any vegetation that would crop up outside.

So, what was good about the book? The characters and book were well-written. And I did like Maude. The ending of the book was much better than the beginning. It gave me hope that the characters could be a better read. While there is no overcoming that this book was based on a bad premise, it is okay if you can come to ignore this fact.


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Breathe Sarah Crossan Books Reviews

The premise is intriguing what would happen if Earth's oxygen levels were depleted? It isn't an asteroid collision or industrial accident that triggers the disaster, but the depletion of the world's forests and the death of the oceans. People are forced to live in oxygenated domes, and in this respect, it reminds me a little of Logan's Run. There's even a hint that citizens are expelled from the domed cities once they reach a certain age, although this was never fully explained. Oxygen is expensive, so the wealthy upper class has plenty of air, while the lower class gets barely enough to survive. Except there's a dark secret regarding the oxygen levels that the government will kill to protect. . . .

The descriptions and dialogue were pretty good. The characterizations could have been better---sometimes people did things that made no sense. The world building needed some work, too. It's the details that really bring a world to life, yet some details were oddly missing in this novel. For example, everyone wears masks in order to breathe, yet it isn't really clear whether they have to wear masks all the time, or only when they're outside their apartments, or just when they leave the protection of the city. And why a full, cumbersome mask? Why not a cannula, like patients wear in the hospital? Also, it wasn't clear whether people pay for their oxygen, like we pay for natural gas or electricity, or whether they're allotted a certain amount per day, or what. I would have been interested to know more about how the oxygen monitoring works, exactly.

As for the story itself, there were some issues. Mainly, I found it hard to believe that the parents of two teenagers would permit them to leave the protection of the domed city in order to go camping, without adult supervision, in a world that has almost no oxygen. Leaving the city is incredibly dangerous, since you're reliant upon your air tanks to survive, plus there are dangerous outcasts prowling the ruins of the old civilization, along with buildings on the point of collapse. Yet apparently, a great many "tourists" go outside on a regular basis. This doesn't make any sense. Even if adults are permitted to leave, why would they let two unaccompanied children go outside?

Despite the more obvious flaws, I did enjoy this book. It's not as exciting or thrilling as "The Hunger Games" or "Divergent" but it's definitely intriguing. It reminds me a lot of the "Dust Chronicles" series by Maureen McGowan, actually. (But without the mutant superpowers.) I'll give it four stars and recommend it to anyone who enjoys YA dystopia.
In a nutshell, the story starts with the premise that the world was overpopulated. In order to feed this population, the forests were cleared, and crops were planted. They felt even with deforestation that the oceans would still supply an adequate supply of oxygen to support life on earth, but the chemicals from crop run-off killed the oceans. This resulted in an inadequate supply of oxygen to support the earth. Populations began to die. The oxygen supply in the atmosphere plummeted. The Breathe Corporation created domes for a small segment of the population to live in; however, the people, who live on the inside, are charged for the oxygen they breathe. The poor are barely provided an adequate supply of oxygen to live.

Alina is a member of the resistance. It isn't readily apparent what the resistance goals are beyond planting trees in a stadium. This is because their only goal is to plant trees in a stadium. Alina's partner is exposed during an excursion to get clippings from a tree. It became obvious that Alina had also been exposed as a member of the resistance. Alina must escape the dome and go live with Petra in the tree stadium.

Quin is one of the rich premiums. His family can easily afford air for 4 children. His best friend is Bea, a poor girl also known as an auxiliary. Quin knows that Bea likes him as more than a friend, but he is more interested in other girls. Quin makes a lot of immature choices and easily falls in love. He ends up helping Alina escape because she is HOT. He follows her because she is HOT.

Bea is an auxiliary or a poor person who cannot afford adequate air. The poor are always kept poor, so there is no way for her to improve her lot in life. She is portrayed as super smart, but she loves Quin, who always chooses other girls over her. When Quin follows Alina, she follows him, even though she knows this is stupid.

If we can just plant enough trees, all will be well in the world again. We can live outside the domes. If this was all that was needed, why weren't people out there planting trees like mad men before the domes had to be put up? Wouldn't it had been much easier to have every person all over the world start clippings and planting those clippings when they hit maturity? The problem with giving a simple answer to fix the world's ills is that this simple answer could have been applied to the same problem much earlier.

I have another problem with the solution just being planting trees. While I am by no means an expert on the world's ecosystems, I do know enough to realize that the only problem would not be lack of oxygen and cold once these ecosystems are destroyed. While I realize the author is not a scientist and this is a YA book, I hate when problems are dumbed down. Let's apply a little logic just for one moment. We would have to assume that a lot of air breathers or organisms involved in aerobic respiration would be lost. We would not just loose animals, but we would lose microorganisms involved in decomposition and insects. This means the available nutrient load in the system would lessen. Also, only anaerobic microorganisms would have the ability to thrive, and the may be giving off poisonous gases in higher quantities. We could possibly see an increase in carbon monoxide, ammonia, hydrogen sulfide and methane in the air. These gases are poisonous to humans. There would still be nitrogen, carbon dioxide and oxygen production, but it is questionable to what extent. The ozone could have changed, and we may no longer be protected from the deadly sun's rays. Atmospheric pressure may have changed. The world may be very cold when the sun sets and very warm when the sun rises. It may no longer rain, and water may no longer be potable. And it is highly doubtful that the topsoil has an adequate nutrient supply for any plant life to grow. Therefore, the planting and growing of trees anyplace is unlikely. Don't you just hate logic?

In the dome, they are stealing clippings and planting them. Where are they stealing the soil from? They would have had to make the dome air tight, which means there would be a limited amount of soil in the dome.

Anyway, it is clear that I have a problem with the premise behind the book and the resistance.

Next, I really hate it when a stupid love triangle is thrown in. This particular triangle dumbed down Bea and Quin. It just screams, look how stupid we are. It makes it less believable that Quin would make the choices he does later in the book. The story literally went, I think Alina is pretty. I am going to break rules for her and follow her, because she has pretty green eyes and spoke to me condescendingly ONCE. It makes it less than believable that Quin will later make altruistic and intelligient choices. Bea never gets any smarter in the story, so I had a problem liking her as anything more than a doormat mooning over Quin. I also could not get into Alina. Maybe, it was because all the resistance did was take tree cuttings. OOOH, how exciting?

And the ending, there is really enough oxygen to breathe outside the dome? Where did this magic oxygen come from? They were super enriching the oxygen inside the dome? What was this? Wow, this was messy, weird, and unrealistic; especially, when it was made clear that Breathe was killing any vegetation that would crop up outside.

So, what was good about the book? The characters and book were well-written. And I did like Maude. The ending of the book was much better than the beginning. It gave me hope that the characters could be a better read. While there is no overcoming that this book was based on a bad premise, it is okay if you can come to ignore this fact.