*****9 stars****
Ooh. Scow-weee! (rhymes with "cow pee")
That's what my daughter used to say when something was scary, and that's how I felt about this book. Even though I don't believe in McNish's Nightmare Passage, it was a terrifying description of any place without God. So if you're in the market for scary, Breathe will be right up your alley.
One time, Dr. Teri Lesesne's granddaughter put Coraline in Teri's nightstand as the sun was setting and walked away muttering, "Not at night. Not at night." Some books are just too scary to read once the sun goes down, and this book was one of them!
Books that mess with the identity of your MOTHER (like Breathe and Coraline) give me the jibblies!! When I was little, I remember having nightmares about my mom going away, or shrinking, or fading, or turning into the green Wicked Witch. (The Wizard of Oz is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen, and if that band of flying monkeys ever comes after me, there won't be anything for them to collect because I will die of fright when I see their evil silhouettes in the sky!)
So, anyway, it was good...glad it's on the Lone Star List...bet kids will eat it up...and I'm thankful to be done with it so I can turn to something light-hearted (that doesn't mess with my momma)!
