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A review by afretts
Free to Fall by Lauren Miller
2.0
You know how in Harry Potter J.K. Rowling gives you all of that extra time with Harry, Ron, and Hermione where they're just walking around, talking, and doing normal things? She gives you the opportunity to REALLY get to know her characters so much that you feel like they're close friends or family members? Everything they do makes sense because they're your pals. Why did Harry do that? Because he's Harry and that's what he does!
This book is the opposite of that.
While reading it, I was vaguely aware that it was a great idea for a story. That's what kept me reading- the book is pretty long. But it was like I was a new kid at school, hanging out with a group of friends that has known each other for years, and someone is telling a "hilarious" story about something that one of them did. I'm vaguely aware that it's entertaining, but since I don't know anyone, I'm pretty much just smiling and laughing because I know I'm supposed to- not because I genuinely get it.
That's the issue with this book- it's solely story driven. It's not relationship driven. AT ALL. There were plenty of times were I sat there WTF-ing because a major relationship plot point came out of nowhere.
The relationship between North and Rory is the most bland, underdeveloped one I've ever read about. That's saying something because I've read a lot of books. There was zero reason for North to love Rory other than his skills were crucial to the plot. There was no reason to trust the roommate, Hershey, really, but Rory and North did.
This book was generally entertaining, but it left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It was like watching a really exciting episode of show you've never seen before in it's 9th season. So much has had to happen to get to that point, but I didn't see any of it so I'm confused as to why it's all going down like this.
This book is the opposite of that.
While reading it, I was vaguely aware that it was a great idea for a story. That's what kept me reading- the book is pretty long. But it was like I was a new kid at school, hanging out with a group of friends that has known each other for years, and someone is telling a "hilarious" story about something that one of them did. I'm vaguely aware that it's entertaining, but since I don't know anyone, I'm pretty much just smiling and laughing because I know I'm supposed to- not because I genuinely get it.
That's the issue with this book- it's solely story driven. It's not relationship driven. AT ALL. There were plenty of times were I sat there WTF-ing because a major relationship plot point came out of nowhere.
The relationship between North and Rory is the most bland, underdeveloped one I've ever read about. That's saying something because I've read a lot of books. There was zero reason for North to love Rory other than his skills were crucial to the plot. There was no reason to trust the roommate, Hershey, really, but Rory and North did.
This book was generally entertaining, but it left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It was like watching a really exciting episode of show you've never seen before in it's 9th season. So much has had to happen to get to that point, but I didn't see any of it so I'm confused as to why it's all going down like this.