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Perfect Break
When everything falls
Apart, people are just
Pieces of who they should
Be
After best friends Claire and Madison are separated for the
summer, they promise to tell each other everything.
But when one of the girls starts keeping dangerous secrets, can their friendship
survive?
A novel told in verse
Apart, people are just
Pieces of who they should
Be
After best friends Claire and Madison are separated for the
summer, they promise to tell each other everything.
But when one of the girls starts keeping dangerous secrets, can their friendship
survive?
A novel told in verse
192 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 11, 2017
About the author
Anais Chartschenko
14 books38 followers Anaïs Chartschenko hails from the Canadian wilderness. She has come to enjoy such modern things as electric tea kettles.
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January 5, 2018
This is, without a doubt, the most heartbreaking and wonderful book I have read all year.
And one of the most important.
Yes, I said important. And I meant it.
It is easy, as adults, to forget the pain and drama and trauma and confusion of being a teenager. Well this amazing author, Anais Chartschenko, did not forget. She didn't forget what some kids go through. She didn't forget the painful things that some teens see happening to their friends and how it affects them. And she didn't forget how sometimes trying to help those teens can make things even worse. But that they still need our help.
And one of the most important.
Yes, I said important. And I meant it.
It is easy, as adults, to forget the pain and drama and trauma and confusion of being a teenager. Well this amazing author, Anais Chartschenko, did not forget. She didn't forget what some kids go through. She didn't forget the painful things that some teens see happening to their friends and how it affects them. And she didn't forget how sometimes trying to help those teens can make things even worse. But that they still need our help.
May 30, 2022
Anaïs Chartschenko has a knack for writing things I don't think anyone else could write. Theres a genuineness to how she approaches the written word that I find refreshing and always interesting. Perfect Break is the 4th poetry collection I've read from her, and is as unique as it is deep.
Chartschenko isn't one to shy from uncomfortable topics or tackling new ways of writing. I say this because some people might find her lyrical phrasing odd. Her lines breaks don't necessarily follow a conventional rhythm but to me adds to the experience and Perfect Break is another fine example of her being a particular cup of tea.
I've been a fan since I read her first poetry collection and this YA novel in verse form just makes me like her even more for her particular wordsmithery. Simply put, no one else I've read writes like this nor do I think they could write like this. She has a very unique voice and style and that she uses it to weave a epistolary story between two friends who go through the ups and downs of teenage friendship should prove my point from above.
In regards to word selection and how she phrases things, think of a typical friendship written down in glass. Then take that glass, smash it into shards and create art with what's said between friends. The good, the bad, the petty, the ugly, the worried, the loving, the hating, the dramatic, everything. Madison (Mads) and Claire (Claire Bear) write each other every day. They're best friends and when best friends are teens and have completely different living situations, life tends to happen and life does indeed hurt.
This is a beautiful YA novel in verse form. Sure some people will mind how sentences are phrased or broken up. If you focus on that, you didn't get it and that's fine. This isn't a book meant for everybody. But for anyone who can relate, they'll read this book for years to come... and that's what matters.
Love and bananas
Chartschenko isn't one to shy from uncomfortable topics or tackling new ways of writing. I say this because some people might find her lyrical phrasing odd. Her lines breaks don't necessarily follow a conventional rhythm but to me adds to the experience and Perfect Break is another fine example of her being a particular cup of tea.
I've been a fan since I read her first poetry collection and this YA novel in verse form just makes me like her even more for her particular wordsmithery. Simply put, no one else I've read writes like this nor do I think they could write like this. She has a very unique voice and style and that she uses it to weave a epistolary story between two friends who go through the ups and downs of teenage friendship should prove my point from above.
In regards to word selection and how she phrases things, think of a typical friendship written down in glass. Then take that glass, smash it into shards and create art with what's said between friends. The good, the bad, the petty, the ugly, the worried, the loving, the hating, the dramatic, everything. Madison (Mads) and Claire (Claire Bear) write each other every day. They're best friends and when best friends are teens and have completely different living situations, life tends to happen and life does indeed hurt.
This is a beautiful YA novel in verse form. Sure some people will mind how sentences are phrased or broken up. If you focus on that, you didn't get it and that's fine. This isn't a book meant for everybody. But for anyone who can relate, they'll read this book for years to come... and that's what matters.
Love and bananas
January 5, 2018
EXCELLENT
Perfect Break is another wonderful story in verse by Chartschenko about a disintegrating friendship between two girls. I only had to have a quick peek at the Look Inside feature on Amazon to get sucked into the story, immediately fascinated as I was by these two compelling characters and how they were portrayed through beautifully succinct and evocative verse.
I highly recommend all of Chartschenko's writing, which is always illuminating, surprising, and charged with accute perceptions of the characters' minds. And Perfect Break is no different. A true roller coaster of emotions (both in me as the reader and what the characters go through themselves).
You should read all her works. They are brilliant.
Perfect Break is another wonderful story in verse by Chartschenko about a disintegrating friendship between two girls. I only had to have a quick peek at the Look Inside feature on Amazon to get sucked into the story, immediately fascinated as I was by these two compelling characters and how they were portrayed through beautifully succinct and evocative verse.
I highly recommend all of Chartschenko's writing, which is always illuminating, surprising, and charged with accute perceptions of the characters' minds. And Perfect Break is no different. A true roller coaster of emotions (both in me as the reader and what the characters go through themselves).
You should read all her works. They are brilliant.
April 14, 2018
Oh my gosh!! I remember the days of teenage drama. The turbulence was erratic enough to make the strongest of souls wary. Fortunately for me, my teenage years were a breeze compared to Claire and Madison.
In general, girls are masters of emotional upset. Anais is a master of verse. I love her unique format. Best friends, forced apart by summer vacation, remain in contact through email. We learn of their trials and tribulations over the long weeks. This is the summer of change.
I loved the realism of the situations. I loved the yen for positive outcomes. I appreciated the forked paths of self-discovery. I remain unsure of my feelings towards Justice.
Anais has become one of my favorite writers.
In general, girls are masters of emotional upset. Anais is a master of verse. I love her unique format. Best friends, forced apart by summer vacation, remain in contact through email. We learn of their trials and tribulations over the long weeks. This is the summer of change.
I loved the realism of the situations. I loved the yen for positive outcomes. I appreciated the forked paths of self-discovery. I remain unsure of my feelings towards Justice.
Anais has become one of my favorite writers.
February 4, 2018
A Perfect Time
I was wanting to read this book for a while.
It hooked me immediately and I finished it in an hour. The style was brilliant and I was so engulfed in the dynamics of Madison and Claire merely through email. It was wicked creative.
I was wanting to read this book for a while.
It hooked me immediately and I finished it in an hour. The style was brilliant and I was so engulfed in the dynamics of Madison and Claire merely through email. It was wicked creative.
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