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Grade: B+

Fresh out of a four month stint in a psych hospital, Jenna starts a new school under the watchful eyes of her parents and school officials. When her chemistry teacher, Mr. Anderson takes in interest in her welfare, she fights off a crush on the attractive, popular teacher and coach.

Jenna is an unreliable narrator, but just how unreliable I'm still not certain after finishing DROWNING INSTINCT. Readers are left to determine the extent of Jenna's disturbance, how accurately she perceives the world around her. She's an intriguing, multilayered character, figuratively drowning beneath her father's controlling rage and her mother's alcoholism. Guarded, yet vulnerable, I could easily understand why Jenna was drawn to Mr Anderson, an adult who paid attention and bolstered her esteem. She was easy to sympathize with and root for. Since I only knew the characters through Jenna's distorted views, the minor characters seemed fairly one dimensional, particularly her parents. I didn't know how predatorily Mr Anderson acted. He certainly displayed inappropriate boundaries from the very beginning.

Ilsa J. Bick gave Jenna an authentic, raw voice. DROWNING INSTINCT is fast paced, drawing me in from the first page, leaving me thinking after the last. I feel frustrated that the ending was fairly open and a bit of a let down. I prefer more definitive wrap-ups, which kept me from giving five stars.

Themes: mental illness, self injury, alcoholism, abuse, high school, teachers

DROWING INSTINCT is a fairly dark novel co-starring a slew of adults who let a fragile sixteen year old down.


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Drowning Instinct Ilsa J Bick Books Reviews

I feel a bit like a sheep because I agree with every single one of these reviews. This book was beyond words. It left me in an emotional state for so long that it took me months to write this review, and even now it seems impossible to convey how much I loved this book.
I really don't want to give the story away, you need to start it without knowing anything, so I'll talk about the writers amazing style, prose, and characters. This is the first book I've ever read from Ilsa J. Bick and I knew after finishing that this was an author I know I'll look to again and again. Her characters were believable, relatable, and cause the reader to sympathize with without actually having gone through the same events that they have. I was particularly impressed with the character development of Mr. Anderson.
Jenna, with a seemingly ordinary name is no ordinary character herself, and even though the ending leaves our main character in a situation that would leave anyone irreparably broken, you're left with the feeling that she's going to be just fine. She's a very strong character and that's admirable in a book. The writing is impeccable and an easy attention grabber and is great for a novice reader AND a long term book worm, such as myself. If you are reading this review and wondering if Drowning Instinct is the book for you, definitely give it a chance. I highly recommend. The ending alone is sure to stick with you for a very long time.
This book was recommended by E. K. Blair stating that she was still haunted by this book years after reading it....I had to know more about it so after reading the description and some of the reviews I had to buy it regardless of the price...I have read 100's of books... Some of them very very good and have been haunted by a few so after just finishing this book that I could not put down and will be haunted by I am determined to not cry but I feel so sad for these two souls...I know we couldn't trust everything she relayed to be true. I know I shouldn't have wanted these two people to be together (I am quite conflicted about this) but I did. To have something truly good in her life and in his and to have that ripped away from them both especially in that way was just tragic and yet beautiful...I loved this book...I loved the way that from the first to the last page I was emotionally invested in her/their story....my heart rate sped up knowing something bad was about to happen....I am so glad I had the opportunity to read this and am sad its over...so much so that I want to read it again right now (I'm a glutton for punishment)...I somehow think if I start it over it will undo the bad stuff for a little while and they can still have each other a little longer...weird huh...especially since it had already happened before the first page lol....this I can now say is one of the best if not the best and most interesting story I have read....I would love to have his POV but then I would have loved to see them get their HEA and neither of those will be...she is fictional and I still want to pray for her and hope he truly did save her....thank you
Grade B+

Fresh out of a four month stint in a psych hospital, Jenna starts a new school under the watchful eyes of her parents and school officials. When her chemistry teacher, Mr. Anderson takes in interest in her welfare, she fights off a crush on the attractive, popular teacher and coach.

Jenna is an unreliable narrator, but just how unreliable I'm still not certain after finishing DROWNING INSTINCT. Readers are left to determine the extent of Jenna's disturbance, how accurately she perceives the world around her. She's an intriguing, multilayered character, figuratively drowning beneath her father's controlling rage and her mother's alcoholism. Guarded, yet vulnerable, I could easily understand why Jenna was drawn to Mr Anderson, an adult who paid attention and bolstered her esteem. She was easy to sympathize with and root for. Since I only knew the characters through Jenna's distorted views, the minor characters seemed fairly one dimensional, particularly her parents. I didn't know how predatorily Mr Anderson acted. He certainly displayed inappropriate boundaries from the very beginning.

Ilsa J. Bick gave Jenna an authentic, raw voice. DROWNING INSTINCT is fast paced, drawing me in from the first page, leaving me thinking after the last. I feel frustrated that the ending was fairly open and a bit of a let down. I prefer more definitive wrap-ups, which kept me from giving five stars.

Themes mental illness, self injury, alcoholism, abuse, high school, teachers

DROWING INSTINCT is a fairly dark novel co-starring a slew of adults who let a fragile sixteen year old down.