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Falling
by Jane Green
2.5 stars. 4, if you only read 3/4 of the book.
I didn’t intend to get as drawn into this book as I did. I started it at 4am during a thunderstorm that was keeping me awake, and finished it the very same day. I’d read all the warnings regarding the ending, and was determined not to get attached to the story or any of the characters.
It was easy enough with Emma. I found her to be materialistic, self-absorbed and judgemental, as shallow as the decorative buddhas and bloody sisal rugs she insists on mentioning every 5 minutes (NOBODY LIKES SISAL RUGS! THEY ARE HORRIBLE!) I do wonder if she was based on Jane Austen’s Emma, minus the redemption arc. Especially her obsession with classes!
I also did not care for the way she (or really, the author) described other women throughout the story. One is immediately called cheap. A particularly cruel paragraph is written about a perfectly nice woman, comparing her to a man in drag. And all of the jibes about stay at home mums just did not sit well with me.
I felt no warmth for the kid, Jesse. I found him to be spoiled and irritating. I know he’s only meant to be 6, but I couldn’t get past just how annoying he was!
Oh but Dominic, the love interest. Sweet, calm, kind Dominic. He reminded me so much of my own partner. And I loved reading all about the ways he expressed love.
Parts of the story itself were a little rushed. Emma was “starting to fall” for him on one page, and hopelessly in love the next. There was no real journey. Oh, and if I read the phrase “from different worlds” one more time, I will quite possibly self-destruct.
Despite its faults, I couldn’t put this book down. Such a shame that the ending was so unnecessarily random and unsatisfying.
I didn’t intend to get as drawn into this book as I did. I started it at 4am during a thunderstorm that was keeping me awake, and finished it the very same day. I’d read all the warnings regarding the ending, and was determined not to get attached to the story or any of the characters.
It was easy enough with Emma. I found her to be materialistic, self-absorbed and judgemental, as shallow as the decorative buddhas and bloody sisal rugs she insists on mentioning every 5 minutes (NOBODY LIKES SISAL RUGS! THEY ARE HORRIBLE!) I do wonder if she was based on Jane Austen’s Emma, minus the redemption arc. Especially her obsession with classes!
I also did not care for the way she (or really, the author) described other women throughout the story. One is immediately called cheap. A particularly cruel paragraph is written about a perfectly nice woman, comparing her to a man in drag. And all of the jibes about stay at home mums just did not sit well with me.
I felt no warmth for the kid, Jesse. I found him to be spoiled and irritating. I know he’s only meant to be 6, but I couldn’t get past just how annoying he was!
Oh but Dominic, the love interest. Sweet, calm, kind Dominic. He reminded me so much of my own partner. And I loved reading all about the ways he expressed love.
Parts of the story itself were a little rushed. Emma was “starting to fall” for him on one page, and hopelessly in love the next. There was no real journey. Oh, and if I read the phrase “from different worlds” one more time, I will quite possibly self-destruct.
Despite its faults, I couldn’t put this book down. Such a shame that the ending was so unnecessarily random and unsatisfying.