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frankikaos 's review for:
The Shock of the Fall
by Nathan Filer
At first, I found this book a struggle. It's very choppy and changey and I found it difficult to keep up but, once I'd got into the rhythm of things- once you learn to cope with the narrations from someone suffering from a mental illness- I tore through it.
The Shock of the Fall is a beautifully written story about coping with the loss of a loved one, made even more heart-breaking by the fact that Matt, the protagonist and narrator, has his own fair share of problems- a mental illness that sees him locked up for the best part of his story. You experience all the lows and highs of the first nineteen years of his life with him and, at times, the honesty of the situations is brutal- I found myself feeling quite sorry for him at times.
Even so, I didn't overly care for Matt, I was more interested in Simon, his deceased brother. The whole story revolves around Matt's feelings and thoughts after the accident and it helps him to deal with his emotions and, hopefully, his problems.
The Shock of the Fall is a beautifully written story about coping with the loss of a loved one, made even more heart-breaking by the fact that Matt, the protagonist and narrator, has his own fair share of problems- a mental illness that sees him locked up for the best part of his story. You experience all the lows and highs of the first nineteen years of his life with him and, at times, the honesty of the situations is brutal- I found myself feeling quite sorry for him at times.
Even so, I didn't overly care for Matt, I was more interested in Simon, his deceased brother. The whole story revolves around Matt's feelings and thoughts after the accident and it helps him to deal with his emotions and, hopefully, his problems.