A review by hannahreadsadec5
Free to Fall by Lauren Miller

4.0

I'm sure that I'm not the only one who has made a decision they thought would turn to great, only to have it blow up in your face. I'm also sure that you've have heard the words, "there's an app for that," on numerous occasions, but what if there was an app that made decisions for you? You would never have to experience heartbreak or embarrassment. You would never have to fall. Sounds perfect, right?

Rory's life has revolved around a new piece of technology created by an organization called Gnosis. For any choice she needs to make, Rory consults an app rather than intuition, a lesson children are taught from a very young age. But when she arrives at a new school, her new friends make her question why she has always put her faith into something other than herself. For nearly the first time in her life, Rory is forced to choose: will she believe what she has always know, or take a risk, and find out the truth?

One of the (many) things I loved about this book was the way there were ideas introduced in the beginning that had no effect until put into context. Names and places from a random excursion could end up being the reason for something huge to happen. I also liked that it debunked the myth that a single person's voice is not heard. In this book, without one person's voice, none of this would have happened.

Free to Fall is a book that will stay in my thoughts for a very long time.

Spoiler

It's been over a week and I am still highly cautious of any electronic device.

I learned about the necessity of trusting yourself, and the ways that there is much more to everything then what we see on the surface. If you are a fan of sci-fi or conspiracies, this book is for you.