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graceannee's review against another edition
1.0
DNF
Though the concept was interesting the execution was way off. The writing was not detailed and the characters were not well described.
Though the concept was interesting the execution was way off. The writing was not detailed and the characters were not well described.
harleyrae's review against another edition
4.0
The way we fall is about a girl name Kaelyn who is writing a journal to her friend Leo who she hasn't talked to in 2 years. After moving back to the Island Kae feels more like an outside then she used to be, and this new virus isn't helping. All of a sudden people everywhere are getting sick, starting with an itch then coughing and sneezing, next thing you know your super friendly and hAllucinating. Then sadly your dead and no one makes it out alive. No one knows where it came from or how to fix it, and Kae is t just gonna sit back and watch the people she loves die.
Ok so this book, kinda creepy. Not in a bad murderous kinda creepy, just a different super virus creepy. It took me awhile to get into the book but once I did I really enjoyed it. Seeing Kae Handel this situation probably better than I would have. My only really negative thing is the journal entry style. I didn't like it. The dates didnt seem to match right, apparently thanksgiving is now in October. That really bugged me and things that happened yesterday all happened on the same day, kinda drive me insane.
Other than the messed up dates it was a pretty good book. Now I just have to get the second one.m
Ok so this book, kinda creepy. Not in a bad murderous kinda creepy, just a different super virus creepy. It took me awhile to get into the book but once I did I really enjoyed it. Seeing Kae Handel this situation probably better than I would have. My only really negative thing is the journal entry style. I didn't like it. The dates didnt seem to match right, apparently thanksgiving is now in October. That really bugged me and things that happened yesterday all happened on the same day, kinda drive me insane.
Other than the messed up dates it was a pretty good book. Now I just have to get the second one.m
abaugher's review against another edition
4.0
Kaelyn's life in high school and trying to fit in is suddenly turned inside out when her island community is hit with a deadly virus. She keeps a journal, addressed to a friend she hasn't spoken to in a couple of years, chronicling the progression of the virus and its impact on her, her family and relationships, and the entire community, showing how differently people can respond to upheaval.
Excellent story! Maybe I got it confused with my reality because I read it to help me during periods of mild insomnia, or maybe because it just seemed to down-to-earth real, but I've found myself getting alarmed by someone sneezing or coughing before I've remembered the difference. And that makes the difference between an ok story and this one--awesome!
Excellent story! Maybe I got it confused with my reality because I read it to help me during periods of mild insomnia, or maybe because it just seemed to down-to-earth real, but I've found myself getting alarmed by someone sneezing or coughing before I've remembered the difference. And that makes the difference between an ok story and this one--awesome!
badseedgirl's review against another edition
3.0
If I had read this book prior to the start of the COVID Pandemic of 2020, my feelings about this book and my review would be completely different, but there were times I actually cried while reading this story. Maybe because I have been working from home for almost 2 years, or maybe because during the peak of the pandemic lockdown precautions I was living alone and would not see another flesh and blood person for weeks at a time. Whatever the reason, I was very emotional reading this story.
I am just going to post my notes as my review because I’m not sure I have the heart to give this story a proper review.
“ We printed up informational booklets, how to stay safe during a potential epidemic. I’m in charge of going over them with all the kids here.” She tipped her head toward the school. It’s probably the same sort of advice I’ve already looked up on the internet. Wash your hands lots. Stay home if you feel unwell. Avoid crowded public places. “ The Way We Fall 15%
“Sounds very familiar. I will be interested to see how close to reality this gets. There is obvious differences, the book virus seems to be much more fatal then COVID, but they both seem to be equally virulent.”
” Dad brought home a box of face masks yesterday. “If you absolutely have to go out,” he said, “make sure you’re wearing one of these. The transmission is almost definitely respiratory.” The Way We Fall 17%
“yep.”
“How can they do that?” I said. “All because a few people died? What about the rest of us?” The Way We Fall 20%
“How many times did I hear ‘Less than 1% (or whatever % they wanted to use) of the people who get COVID die”
” I just want this to be over. I want the stores to be open and people to be able to talk to each other without masks over their faces and no one to ever die again. The Way We Fall 35%
“COVID Burnout”
” That gang Quentin got in with, well, they’re pretty rough. The last couple helicopter drops, they grabbed all the supplies, and I heard they shot at the people from the hospital who came to collect it.” The Way We Fall 57%
“The extreme hoarding. It makes me think of that guy who bought every case of hand sanitizer in the town and then tried to gouge people for it. Then there was the toilet paper situation. I saw people pushing and shoving as Sam’s Club to get the cases of toilet paper.”
”All it takes is one microscopic virus, and even the people who aren’t sick start acting like mass murderers. The Way We Fall 61%
“This is the most true statement I have read in the last two years. I can't help but think of all we have been through in the last two years with COVID. I want to remember the cheering of healthcare workers and making masks and helping our neighbors get items they needed, but there was so much hate, anger, and doubt. I fear that history will look back at America and the past two years and this is what will be remembered.”
” Everyone who’s left at the hospital looks up to him as the boss, and he’s pretty much living there. Which in a way is safer for everyone, because he doesn’t risk bringing the virus here to Meredith or Tessa.” The Way We Fall 65%
“I know an ER doctor who when COVID first hit Tennessee, bought an RV which she parked in her driveway and lived in it until she was able to be vaccinated. My other friend who is a nurse had a shower installed in her garage so she could change clothes and shower before coming into her home to be with her family. Accidental transmission to family members by healthcare workers was/is a real concern with COVID. Very few people will ever realize what our nation’s Healthcare workers sacrificed to care for our complaining asses”
I’m doing everything I can to keep her safe, but I never feel like it’s enough. Sometimes I wonder where the breaking point is. When she’ll have gone through so much that, even after the epidemic is over, she won’t ever be herself again. The Way We Fall 71%
“Children born during the first year of the pandemic have a slightly higher than normal developmental delays at 6 months. I worry about this because I have a niece who was born in March 2020. She is a true Pandemic Baby.”
” So they’re burning down their own town to try to take the virus with it. The Way We Fall 73%
“Is this really so different from eating fish tank tablets, or drinking bleach because someone on the internet said it would kill COVID?”
” Nature doesn’t have feelings or morals; it’s just a bunch of random chances that sometimes work in the favor of this pack or that herd, and sometimes wipe one out. The Way We Fall 74%
“No comment”
Edit and Update July 7, 2022 After having about 6 months gap between when I read this book and now, I am lowering my number of stars for this book. I admit, at the time of my reading it, I was very moved by the book, but I think it was COVID burnout. I lost many people close to me during the pandemic, and this is probably the reason I had such a visceral reaction to the book. I am downgrading this book from five stars to three stars to reflect the books quality and not my fragile state at the time of reading it.
I am just going to post my notes as my review because I’m not sure I have the heart to give this story a proper review.
“ We printed up informational booklets, how to stay safe during a potential epidemic. I’m in charge of going over them with all the kids here.” She tipped her head toward the school. It’s probably the same sort of advice I’ve already looked up on the internet. Wash your hands lots. Stay home if you feel unwell. Avoid crowded public places. “ The Way We Fall 15%
“Sounds very familiar. I will be interested to see how close to reality this gets. There is obvious differences, the book virus seems to be much more fatal then COVID, but they both seem to be equally virulent.”
” Dad brought home a box of face masks yesterday. “If you absolutely have to go out,” he said, “make sure you’re wearing one of these. The transmission is almost definitely respiratory.” The Way We Fall 17%
“yep.”
“How can they do that?” I said. “All because a few people died? What about the rest of us?” The Way We Fall 20%
“How many times did I hear ‘Less than 1% (or whatever % they wanted to use) of the people who get COVID die”
” I just want this to be over. I want the stores to be open and people to be able to talk to each other without masks over their faces and no one to ever die again. The Way We Fall 35%
“COVID Burnout”
” That gang Quentin got in with, well, they’re pretty rough. The last couple helicopter drops, they grabbed all the supplies, and I heard they shot at the people from the hospital who came to collect it.” The Way We Fall 57%
“The extreme hoarding. It makes me think of that guy who bought every case of hand sanitizer in the town and then tried to gouge people for it. Then there was the toilet paper situation. I saw people pushing and shoving as Sam’s Club to get the cases of toilet paper.”
”All it takes is one microscopic virus, and even the people who aren’t sick start acting like mass murderers. The Way We Fall 61%
“This is the most true statement I have read in the last two years. I can't help but think of all we have been through in the last two years with COVID. I want to remember the cheering of healthcare workers and making masks and helping our neighbors get items they needed, but there was so much hate, anger, and doubt. I fear that history will look back at America and the past two years and this is what will be remembered.”
” Everyone who’s left at the hospital looks up to him as the boss, and he’s pretty much living there. Which in a way is safer for everyone, because he doesn’t risk bringing the virus here to Meredith or Tessa.” The Way We Fall 65%
“I know an ER doctor who when COVID first hit Tennessee, bought an RV which she parked in her driveway and lived in it until she was able to be vaccinated. My other friend who is a nurse had a shower installed in her garage so she could change clothes and shower before coming into her home to be with her family. Accidental transmission to family members by healthcare workers was/is a real concern with COVID. Very few people will ever realize what our nation’s Healthcare workers sacrificed to care for our complaining asses”
I’m doing everything I can to keep her safe, but I never feel like it’s enough. Sometimes I wonder where the breaking point is. When she’ll have gone through so much that, even after the epidemic is over, she won’t ever be herself again. The Way We Fall 71%
“Children born during the first year of the pandemic have a slightly higher than normal developmental delays at 6 months. I worry about this because I have a niece who was born in March 2020. She is a true Pandemic Baby.”
” So they’re burning down their own town to try to take the virus with it. The Way We Fall 73%
“Is this really so different from eating fish tank tablets, or drinking bleach because someone on the internet said it would kill COVID?”
” Nature doesn’t have feelings or morals; it’s just a bunch of random chances that sometimes work in the favor of this pack or that herd, and sometimes wipe one out. The Way We Fall 74%
“No comment”
Edit and Update July 7, 2022 After having about 6 months gap between when I read this book and now, I am lowering my number of stars for this book. I admit, at the time of my reading it, I was very moved by the book, but I think it was COVID burnout. I lost many people close to me during the pandemic, and this is probably the reason I had such a visceral reaction to the book. I am downgrading this book from five stars to three stars to reflect the books quality and not my fragile state at the time of reading it.
maiello13's review against another edition
4.0
Not too epic or fantasy - very realistic portrayal of what an epidemic might be like. I enjoyed the smart, thoughtful and calm narrator.
barefootmegz's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book, not only because of its medical connection. For a journal-based book it's remarkably genuine and not at all the soppy teenage YA that tends to come in journal-based novels.
The characters are well-developed and the angst of their situation well-illustrated.
I can't wait to read the sequel!
The characters are well-developed and the angst of their situation well-illustrated.
I can't wait to read the sequel!
kimlynn77's review against another edition
4.0
isolated island + epidemic = creepy good and scary read
hiveretcafe's review against another edition
4.0
That is not an ending! WHAT? I want to find out what happens!
audreychamaine's review against another edition
3.0
First, I want to say that, in general, I love stories about plagues and disasters. The Way We Fall really fit the bill. There is a strange new illness, numerous victims that seem to get sick at random, quarantine, and the madness that follows when it seems like the entire world is lost to the disease. If you are a fan of books like Richard Preston’s The Cobra Event, but want it in a quick-to-read YA form, this is the book for you.
Crewe’s protagonist, Kaelyn, speaks in the first person, telling the story through a series of diary entries. This made the book really remind me of Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Kaelyn’s voice is of a girl who is more kid than woman, who is full of insecurities and worries, but finds strength in her desire to help others. I often feel like the protagonists in YA books sound too adult and too prescient, but Kaelyn’s voice was very believable.
The only issue I had with this book was the ending. Crewe leaves things very open and unresolved. I don’t know if this is because there will be a sequel, and I hope there isn’t. The book works so well as a standalone that a sequel would detract from the power of the original story. Still, I’d have liked a bit more closure.
While at once a horror story and a tale of hope, I really enjoyed this latest from Megan Crewe. Poignant scenes stuck with me after I put the book down, and every once in a while I feel a little worried about the itch on my arm.
Crewe’s protagonist, Kaelyn, speaks in the first person, telling the story through a series of diary entries. This made the book really remind me of Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Kaelyn’s voice is of a girl who is more kid than woman, who is full of insecurities and worries, but finds strength in her desire to help others. I often feel like the protagonists in YA books sound too adult and too prescient, but Kaelyn’s voice was very believable.
The only issue I had with this book was the ending. Crewe leaves things very open and unresolved. I don’t know if this is because there will be a sequel, and I hope there isn’t. The book works so well as a standalone that a sequel would detract from the power of the original story. Still, I’d have liked a bit more closure.
While at once a horror story and a tale of hope, I really enjoyed this latest from Megan Crewe. Poignant scenes stuck with me after I put the book down, and every once in a while I feel a little worried about the itch on my arm.