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A review by teneal_woods
All Fall Down by Megan Hart
4.0
Liesel really wants children of her own. What she doesn't want is a nineteen year old girl to turn up on her doorstep with three children and be expected to take all four of them in and start a 'family'. But that is exactly what she has to do as they are her husband's daughter and three grandchildren. Sunny and her three children, Happy, Peace and Bliss have escaped from their cult...the night before the entire cult commits mass suicide.
I really enjoyed this book. It was very good. I liked the way the difficulties of raising three children (who aren't your own) plus a teenager who is basically a child are accurately portrayed in this book. I think Liesel was very lucky to have such a good friend like Becka. Becka was there for Liesel when she needed physical help around the house and with the kids as well as just being there as a shoulder to cry on or someone to talk to. She never judged. I know Becka was hardly even a character in this story so it's strange that I am talking about her but I just really really liked her. I'm glad Megan Hart included her, no matter how minor a role she played. Liesel was lucky to have a friend like her.
I also liked how Sunny didn't easily slip into life with the 'blemished' and how she didn't shun away from it either. I think this book was an accurate portrayal of emotions that would be felt in this situation.
This book reminded me of Room by Emma Donoghue in a way because Sunny and her family had to get used to living outside and the simple things that we take for granted were so foreign to them.
I really enjoyed this book. It was very good. I liked the way the difficulties of raising three children (who aren't your own) plus a teenager who is basically a child are accurately portrayed in this book. I think Liesel was very lucky to have such a good friend like Becka. Becka was there for Liesel when she needed physical help around the house and with the kids as well as just being there as a shoulder to cry on or someone to talk to. She never judged. I know Becka was hardly even a character in this story so it's strange that I am talking about her but I just really really liked her. I'm glad Megan Hart included her, no matter how minor a role she played. Liesel was lucky to have a friend like her.
I also liked how Sunny didn't easily slip into life with the 'blemished' and how she didn't shun away from it either. I think this book was an accurate portrayal of emotions that would be felt in this situation.
This book reminded me of Room by Emma Donoghue in a way because Sunny and her family had to get used to living outside and the simple things that we take for granted were so foreign to them.