Review: Great Emotional Read!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
True circumstances in life are what make life “so mysterious, so fragile, so precious.”This is the second book that I have read by Ms. Lee and I have to say that I love her writing style.  I just get so lost in her writing that I can’t seem to want to put the book down.  There are times that I can relate to her characters and especially in this book.  The amount of people that commit suicide is astonishing and its people like Ella that can make a difference in people’s lives.  I really did want to pound the crap out of his parents for hiding something that could have helped their son deal with the thought of him killing his friend.  Maybe he could have chosen a different path than the one he choose because he had no idea what happened the day that his parents, his bestfriends parents and the other driver of the vehicle closed themselves in a room and discussed the accident.  But enough of that time to get to know the characters of this story.Daniel Quinn was an amazing guy.  I could not believe what he was doing I know that he felt responsible for the death of his bestfriend, his brother but he was not living his life that was until he started taking to a person at a hotline number that he called.  It seemed that Gabby was able to see right through him even on the telephone.  He could not believe that everything was happening again he was having feelings for one of his roommates girlfriend and he needed to stop thinking about her but he knew that her boyfriend was a douche bag and that she deserved better but not him because to him he was broken he did not deserve to be happy.Ella was a girl that needed to open her eyes and see that the guy she called a boyfriend was not for her.  I could not believe that she was actually dating him it seemed that he had a wondering eye when it came to other girls.  I could not believe that she could not see it.  I know that her brother committed suicide and maybe keeping this guy was a way to keep her brother closer.  Only that no matter what, her brother would always be near her because he would never leave her he would always be with her in spirit.  When another guy started saying beautiful things to her it was like a light clicked on in her head and made her see that no even her boyfriend had said those beautiful things to her that the charge, the chemistry that she had with Quinn was nothing like what she had with her current boyfriend.  Maybe it was time for a change and it was time to drop him and that was the best decision that she made.I could not believe that both Ella and Quinn could have recognize each other when they would speak on the phone, they both felt so comfortable with each other.  I could not believe how much Ella surprised Quinn in seeing that it was an accident and that he needed to start living his life he needed to forgive himself.  I’m happy that they were able to be friends and hang around each other before anything serious happened between them.  Only that I knew that everything was going to come crashing down when Quinn would finally confess to Ella that fateful night because that was going to be a shocker to Ella.  Only she needed to try to remain calm but it didn’t go that way.Before You Break was a very emotional read for me.  It has to do with an epidemic that is hits close to home so with that the storyline is very intriguing.  The characters were well developed and the dialogue seemed so real.  I at times felt that I was with the characters experiencing what they were going through.  I love it when I’m reading a story and it seems that I just started it and hours have past and I don’t want it to end.  That is exactly how I feel about Ms. Lee’s writing style the creativity; the amount of detail is amazing.  What stood out even more was that these two characters were able to be friends they were not in each other’s pants within days of knowing each other and I loved that.I totally recommend this read to all readers!!