A review by khornstein1
All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner

4.0

OK, Confession Time: A nice new Jennifer Weiner book is one of my guilty pleasures. She's a decent writer; I give her one point off as I can't say this book offers much to the ongoing literary canon...BUT Weiner always manages very convincingly to get into her characters' heads and All Fall Down's Allison is no exception. The portrayal of an addict (doesn't matter really that she's a "nice" addict who does Oxy and lives in the suburbs) I thought was spot on--she brilliantly captures what it's like to lie not only to others, but most importantly, to yourself...I found myself liking Allison but then I was like, "what did you just say? Thats bulls****!!"

And her portrayal of rehab is very OITNB, but again with the added bonus of Allison's twisted thinking...we see what's going on, and then we see how Allison sees it. So interesting. Great beach book.