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A review by emsrose
The Upside of Falling Down by Rebekah Crane
3.0
The Upside of Falling Down is a YA contemporary romance based on a woman who survives a plane accident and decides she wants to do some soul searching before going home. She does this by meeting with the MMC who helps her escape the hospital, and invites her to live with him while she does this.
I enjoyed this story as it was a cute little romance with not too much drama (at least in majority of the book). I found the characters all quite unique, nothing incredible special but not boring either. Kieran was a rollercoaster of a character and I really enjoyed his characterization along with his sister. The main character, Clementine, had some silly ideas at certain points and occasionally seemed to be very childish but I feel like in her situation this may have fit the profile.
The plot got a little predictable as some points, and there were plenty of cliches but the story line was unique enough to draw you in and want to keep reading on despite these cliches. The ending of the story was a little bit rushed and I feel like the author could have stretched it out a little more than they did, but overall I still enjoyed it. I also disliked the fact that in the end the main character was suddenly better - this could have been written so much better.
The only thing that I really didn't enjoy about the story was the ending when the plot turned into a "3rd act breakup" story. I absolutely loath when books have their 2 love interests completely ignore each other instead of talking it out, leading to breakups or disconnections as it just doesn't appeal to me. I think its useless to the plot and ends up being something that I really don't want to finish as it becomes infuriating.
I enjoyed this story as it was a cute little romance with not too much drama (at least in majority of the book). I found the characters all quite unique, nothing incredible special but not boring either. Kieran was a rollercoaster of a character and I really enjoyed his characterization along with his sister. The main character, Clementine, had some silly ideas at certain points and occasionally seemed to be very childish but I feel like in her situation this may have fit the profile.
The plot got a little predictable as some points, and there were plenty of cliches but the story line was unique enough to draw you in and want to keep reading on despite these cliches. The ending of the story was a little bit rushed and I feel like the author could have stretched it out a little more than they did, but overall I still enjoyed it. I also disliked the fact that in the end the main character was suddenly better - this could have been written so much better.
The only thing that I really didn't enjoy about the story was the ending when the plot turned into a "3rd act breakup" story. I absolutely loath when books have their 2 love interests completely ignore each other instead of talking it out, leading to breakups or disconnections as it just doesn't appeal to me. I think its useless to the plot and ends up being something that I really don't want to finish as it becomes infuriating.