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judithdcollins's review against another edition
5.0
Having read ALL of Jennifer Weiner’s books, (she never ceases to amaze me). The Queen of chick-lit, drama, relationships, sex, dating, trends, and marriage—any issue involving a woman—pulling out "all the stops" with her humor, wit, even cynical at times—for "in your face" truths. When she speaks, women listen.
ALL FALL DOWN, is a grown up novel, advancing past the days of dating and guys—now her character, Allison is facing the real truths of life—marriage, motherhood, career and addiction.
How could a woman with it all, need drugs in order to exist, survive, and cope? How does the character, Allison get to this place where she is online ordering illegal drugs, and furthermore can she stop? More importantly, how will she maintain her life without the comfort of her pills?
In a world where so many women feel the need to be perfect; finding it difficult to balance it all, personal and business—there comes stress of maintaining. This book will hit home to women readers— ALL FALL DOWN reminds me of several of my favorite quotes and a book I read recently "Better than Perfect" by Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo.
Allison has a stressful job as blogger for a women’s website, a demanding daughter, and a loving husband, who enjoys having lunch with another woman, pretentious friends, a weak mother with whom she cannot connect with, and a father with Alzheimer’s. Not quite so perfect!
Jennifer takes readers on a journey through one woman’s struggle with addiction, and during this time she connects with other women who find themselves in the same situation, with different circumstances. They may be different; however, they all arrive at this point out of a desperate need.
As she goes through rehabilitation, she realizes her mom is not the person she thought she was—a parallel as the two have more in common than they may know. Both are hiding behind their fears to be perfect, walls which surround them, a pretense, as this is what they know—never show your weaknesses or let anyone know the real you. However while maintaining their secrets, false pretenses, what crutches do they use to hold them up? Something or someone has to fall.
Loved this book, and my only negative was the audiobook, as the narrator had a very annoying voice and when you pre-order a book, you do not get to sample the audio or performer. I was tempted to give a lesser rating due to this; however, the story was so powerful, I had to judge the book without the influence of the narrator. I would recommend reading the book in other formats. Definitely movie worthy!
A must read for all women of any age—buckle up for the ride of your life. On this ride, you may learn something about yourself. One of Weiner's deepest and hard hitting books to date, of empowerment, self-discovery and redemption.
Cannot wait for her next book, The F Word: My Life in Stories, coming April 14, 2015! Weiner definitely knows how to entertain and one of the funniest writers out there today! Fans of Jodi Picoult, Amy Hatvany, Sarah Pekkanen, and Emily Giffin are assured to love ALL FALL DOWN!
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ALL FALL DOWN, is a grown up novel, advancing past the days of dating and guys—now her character, Allison is facing the real truths of life—marriage, motherhood, career and addiction.
How could a woman with it all, need drugs in order to exist, survive, and cope? How does the character, Allison get to this place where she is online ordering illegal drugs, and furthermore can she stop? More importantly, how will she maintain her life without the comfort of her pills?
In a world where so many women feel the need to be perfect; finding it difficult to balance it all, personal and business—there comes stress of maintaining. This book will hit home to women readers— ALL FALL DOWN reminds me of several of my favorite quotes and a book I read recently "Better than Perfect" by Dr. Elizabeth Lombardo.
“Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero” –David D. Burns
The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can’t learn anything from being perfect.” –Adam Osborne
Allison has a stressful job as blogger for a women’s website, a demanding daughter, and a loving husband, who enjoys having lunch with another woman, pretentious friends, a weak mother with whom she cannot connect with, and a father with Alzheimer’s. Not quite so perfect!
Jennifer takes readers on a journey through one woman’s struggle with addiction, and during this time she connects with other women who find themselves in the same situation, with different circumstances. They may be different; however, they all arrive at this point out of a desperate need.
As she goes through rehabilitation, she realizes her mom is not the person she thought she was—a parallel as the two have more in common than they may know. Both are hiding behind their fears to be perfect, walls which surround them, a pretense, as this is what they know—never show your weaknesses or let anyone know the real you. However while maintaining their secrets, false pretenses, what crutches do they use to hold them up? Something or someone has to fall.
Loved this book, and my only negative was the audiobook, as the narrator had a very annoying voice and when you pre-order a book, you do not get to sample the audio or performer. I was tempted to give a lesser rating due to this; however, the story was so powerful, I had to judge the book without the influence of the narrator. I would recommend reading the book in other formats. Definitely movie worthy!
A must read for all women of any age—buckle up for the ride of your life. On this ride, you may learn something about yourself. One of Weiner's deepest and hard hitting books to date, of empowerment, self-discovery and redemption.
Cannot wait for her next book, The F Word: My Life in Stories, coming April 14, 2015! Weiner definitely knows how to entertain and one of the funniest writers out there today! Fans of Jodi Picoult, Amy Hatvany, Sarah Pekkanen, and Emily Giffin are assured to love ALL FALL DOWN!
http://judithdcollins.booklikes.com/post/910785/all-fall-down
angelalynn's review against another edition
5.0
Great, very real,heart rending ,yet a real education for everyone. I wish everyone would read this book, it opens eyes and hearts to a problem so serious and deadly it cannot be ignored ! Spread the word !
bmpicc's review against another edition
1.0
Hated this book. Hated the character. Hated the way it was written. If you want to read this author, stick with her first titles. "Good in Bed" and "In her Shoes" were worth the time. This one... Not so much.
mbrandmaier's review against another edition
4.0
The author paints a grim picture of what drug abuse can do to your life. Allison got off pretty easy, and even she had her life messed up pretty good.
asurges's review against another edition
3.0
Always fun and quick to read but with a little substance, I tend to whip through Weiner's books. In this one, a woman gets addicted to painkillers, and Weiner gets in some nice commentary on rehab. However, the character criticizes rehab/recovery reading because it's so formulaic, and the last quarter of this book felt the same. Once the main character--honestly, I don't remember her name--recovered, it felt like Weiner was reporting a story instead of telling it.
hopecaldwell's review against another edition
4.0
What I was expecting to be a frothy beach read took a hard turn into an area I wasn't expecting. The author does such a convincing job describing her journey into and out of addiction, I wondered if it was based on real experiences. Compelling, quick read.
bookswritingandmore's review against another edition
5.0
I feel like this novel was simply meant to be written by the amazing Jennifer Wiener. It has hope, sadness, courage, weakness and so much more. I flew through this book because I couldn't imagine doing anything else till I was done. So good!!!
jbpearl's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
mom2triplets04's review against another edition
3.0
I would give this book a 3 1/2 stars. I enjoyed the story. It's a realistic fiction about a woman who develops an addiction to pain medication. The author describes a lot which I found myself skipping just to get through because I wanted to find out what happens next. I was going to give it 4 stars but dropped it down because the ending. It just ended and I was hoping for more.
doublearegee's review against another edition
4.0
This book was hard to read. First because she's a working mother, my age, having a rough time dealing with her daughter and her activities, work, her relationship with her husband and the difficulties of aging parents. Then she finally gets caught and sent to rehab, and that was hard to read because, rehab. Then suddenly she's out and you're all, wait, what happened during the rest of rehab? Oh, looks like she's figuring things out, so we're done here? Over all, not bad. Just difficult.