Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Falling by T.J. Newman

13 reviews

sophie42's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Death, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Violence and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cursing, Torture, and Vomit

jenniferbbookdragon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

My heart was pounding from beginning to end. I was deeply engaged in the story,  which felt like it could happen here and now. We take our safety for granted and trust flight crews, the TSA, the air traffic controllers, ground crews, and the FAA to ensure the human and mechanical parts of air travel work smoothly. With headlines about plane malfunctions,  frequent flight schedule problems,  and combative passengers, it is easy to forget about the darker threats thwarted without the public even knowing about them.
Newman did a great job humanizing the "bad guys" and demonstrating the complex emotions that can paralyze people in crisis.  Her decision to include the aftermath and trauma of survival levels the story up above the typical beach read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood, Cursing, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Violence, Vomit, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Cursing

typedtruths's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Child death

_alyssabrown's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Self harm, Grief, Suicide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and War

allena_inwonderland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

The way that I and my friend devoured this book is enough reason for a 5 star review! 

The first line immediately pulls you in. 
“When the shoe fell into her lap the foot was still in it.” 
The imagery throughout was so good. The book truly kept me on the edge on my chair. Any time I picked it up, I sped through it.

I loved how the author put in real details and only tweaking certain things on the plane that only flight attendants would know. 
I kept coming up with questions like “what would I do?” Or “would I have thought about that as an option?” 

Please look at ALL the trigger warnings before reading! Hands down one of the best thrillers I’ve read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Murder, Death, and Grief

cait's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child death, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Xenophobia, War, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Hate crime, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, and Gore

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Blood

oliviafaye's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Violence

thebakerbookworm's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I would have liked this book more if there was a different reason for why the pilot's family was taken hostage. It relies on some stereotypes that are harmful and seemed like a lazy way to give a reason for why this was happening. The story could have easily gone a different way and been just as (or even more) exciting and thrilling. Instead, the terrorists are stereotypes.

That being said, I did enjoy the flight attendants and their interactions; you can tell the author brought her real-life flight attendant experience to this story. The premise kept me hooked and dying to know what would happen and if they would be okay. It was definitely the definition of a thriller and was enjoyable to listen to on audio. Short chapters that always end on some kind of a cliffhanger and lots of POVs bouncing the story around so we get to know everything that's happening made for a good book.

Thanks to Libro.fm, Simon & Schuster Audio, and the author for my ALC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Suicide attempt