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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
Really fun. Totally implausible. Action packed. Couldn’t put it down.
I picked up Falling on a friend’s recommendation, and I’m glad I did. From the very first pages, the story launches into high gear and maintains a relentless pace throughout. It reads like a high-stakes action thriller made for the big screen reminiscent of the blockbuster style of the late 1990s.
The characters are great and each plays a meaningful role in the plot. The pacing is consistently tight, with no lulls. I remained fully invested from beginning to end.
If I had one minor critique, it would be the unfortunate choice of naming a character “Daddy,”
The characters are great and each plays a meaningful role in the plot. The pacing is consistently tight, with no lulls. I remained fully invested from beginning to end.
If I had one minor critique, it would be the unfortunate choice of naming a character “Daddy,”
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
fast-paced
Thriller, easy and quick read. I liked Drowning better, but still strong family values.
challenging
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I enjoyed this, but I don't think it's quite as engaging as Drowning was. Drowning had some great character inter-dynamics, good commentary on family and women's intuition.
Falling on the other hand tried to have a kind of political statement that I didn't find the clearest. The fact that the terrorists don't really have an agenda outside of "we want people to know we exist" but then actively blame Bill and other civilians for the terrible crap that happened to their people decades before was... a choice.
They were mad that Americans didn't know what Sadam Hussain did to the Kurdish people. And their idea was to kill a bunch of them because they were ... guilty of ignorance.
Don't get me wrong. It's horrific. But are innocent people in an uninvolved country really to be expected to know EVERY awful thing to ever happen in the whole world? It's just a weird message?
maybe it's just me.
The characters were a little lackluster in this one too. The flight attendants were my favorite - but Bill and his wife... eh. They were meant to be the center point in the story and I struggled to care about them?
They just didn't stand out for me the way Jo and her crew did.
The action is really where this high rating is coming from. Newman knows how to write a book so that it reads like a movie. It's fast paced, exciting, edge-of- your- seat tension that makes it hard to put down.
I'll definitely be picking other books up by her in the future - even of they're not all winners, her writing alone will be worth it.
Falling on the other hand tried to have a kind of political statement that I didn't find the clearest. The fact that the terrorists don't really have an agenda outside of "we want people to know we exist" but then actively blame Bill and other civilians for the terrible crap that happened to their people decades before was... a choice.
They were mad that Americans didn't know what Sadam Hussain did to the Kurdish people. And their idea was to kill a bunch of them because they were ... guilty of ignorance.
Don't get me wrong. It's horrific. But are innocent people in an uninvolved country really to be expected to know EVERY awful thing to ever happen in the whole world? It's just a weird message?
maybe it's just me.
The characters were a little lackluster in this one too. The flight attendants were my favorite - but Bill and his wife... eh. They were meant to be the center point in the story and I struggled to care about them?
They just didn't stand out for me the way Jo and her crew did.
The action is really where this high rating is coming from. Newman knows how to write a book so that it reads like a movie. It's fast paced, exciting, edge-of- your- seat tension that makes it hard to put down.
I'll definitely be picking other books up by her in the future - even of they're not all winners, her writing alone will be worth it.
I did not expect to like this book I’m just gonna be honest but I didn’t want to stop reading it.
tense
medium-paced
challenging
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No