After reading this book, I am more glad than ever that I've never broken a bone. It sounds awfully painful. But that doesn't keep Jonah from trying to break every bone in his body. He wants to be strong for his brother, who is only one drop of milk or splatter of egg away from certain death. Their mother already has her hands full with Will, the baby that just won't stop crying. She isn't a responsible mother anyway. I think Jonah did more mothering than she did. 
 Jesse just wants to be normal. Jonah wants to keep him safe. 
 The writing style was a bit too juvenile for me, but since it's intended for young adults, that's more my problem than the author's. 
 Jonah and Jesse were interesting, but I didn't think any of the side-characters had any depth to them. Especially Charlotte. What in the word did he see in her? 
 The adults depicted in the book were all lacking common-sense or any sense of responsibility. It left me feeling cheated, when I really wanted to love the story. 
 What I learned from reading Break: 
 1. Families are seriously messed-up. 
 2. Psychologists are idiots who will blame you for other people's mental problems and then lock you in a dark room for several days. 
 3. Leaky boobs are like cyanide.