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sinamile's review against another edition
5.0
TW: suicide ideation, suicide attempt, eating disorder: bulimia, ableist slurs, bullying: verbal, mention of job rejection due to fatmisia, sexual harassment, queermisia: boys harassing a girl for being lesbian, mentions of sexual assault commited by a character
A NOTE: This book is amazing, but it is also so very triggering. Liz has A LOT of suicide ideation and that can be so triggering for someone's who's at the same space. Please take care of yourself if you want to read this book, please have someone you can talk to, even me if you're okay with that. Enjoy the book, but also please be careful while reading it. We aren't all built the same, so it might not affect one person but might be the trigger for another. So please, PLEASE, be careful!
Falling Into Place is so good, so frickning good, like OMG I am not over how good this book is! I love the way its written, love the voice of the narrator. It's confusing as heck at first, because it goes from past o present tense, because it goes from third person to first person. So much happens and I was confused. But it wasn't a bad confusion, it was a good one, like what is happening, but a what is happening that makes me want to keep reading.
Liz Emerson is a popular girl, one who's done awful things in the name of being cool and getting attention and be the it girl. She hates it, hates what she's become. There's a void in her heart because of everything that's happened in her life. She thinks the only way to stop the hurt, the disappointment, is to kill herself. So Liz devices a plan on how to do it, she makes three rules on how it's going to happen and one of the rules is that it has to look like an accident.
So on a snowy afternoon Liz drives her car over the edge of a hill and that's where the story begins.
This book doesn't fill a set time line, it just from one week ago to one hour ago to one day later to three weeks ago and it's done in such a way that makes it so interesting. I love it so much!
If I keep writing this review all I'm going to say is how good this book is because it is so damn good. But it can also get triggering and it does a lot of the cliche high school mean girls thing but I don't mind that bit at all.. But wow, this book is amazing, I'm still her feeling gutted because WOW.
P. S.
A NOTE: This book is amazing, but it is also so very triggering. Liz has A LOT of suicide ideation and that can be so triggering for someone's who's at the same space. Please take care of yourself if you want to read this book, please have someone you can talk to, even me if you're okay with that. Enjoy the book, but also please be careful while reading it. We aren't all built the same, so it might not affect one person but might be the trigger for another. So please, PLEASE, be careful!
Falling Into Place is so good, so frickning good, like OMG I am not over how good this book is! I love the way its written, love the voice of the narrator. It's confusing as heck at first, because it goes from past o present tense, because it goes from third person to first person. So much happens and I was confused. But it wasn't a bad confusion, it was a good one, like what is happening, but a what is happening that makes me want to keep reading.
Liz Emerson is a popular girl, one who's done awful things in the name of being cool and getting attention and be the it girl. She hates it, hates what she's become. There's a void in her heart because of everything that's happened in her life. She thinks the only way to stop the hurt, the disappointment, is to kill herself. So Liz devices a plan on how to do it, she makes three rules on how it's going to happen and one of the rules is that it has to look like an accident.
So on a snowy afternoon Liz drives her car over the edge of a hill and that's where the story begins.
This book doesn't fill a set time line, it just from one week ago to one hour ago to one day later to three weeks ago and it's done in such a way that makes it so interesting. I love it so much!
If I keep writing this review all I'm going to say is how good this book is because it is so damn good. But it can also get triggering and it does a lot of the cliche high school mean girls thing but I don't mind that bit at all.. But wow, this book is amazing, I'm still her feeling gutted because WOW.
P. S.
Spoiler
I strongly believe that Liz, Julia and Kennie become better people, I believe that Julia gets the help she needs and gets better, I believe that Kennie drops the act and become more like herself and Lz and her mom finally learn to communicate with each other and work through thing and more than anything I believe that Liz and Liam end up together and they're vote cutest couple and are crowned king and queen at senior prom and Liz wears the crown Liam got her for junior homecoming and they live HAPPILY EVER AFTER!danahscott's review against another edition
4.0
This book was great for a lot of reasons. Particularly, the heavy subject matter and the way it was handled. It was realistic about a lot of struggles teenagers face, and while not all of them are that severe, there are several teenagers who HAVE dealt with things like that. Amy Zhang did not shy away from showing it.
She also did not shy away from making her characters culpable. There's not one who isn't without fault in some way, protagonist included.
Her narrator is absolutely amazing. I found myself intrigued and fascinated from the very beginning, and there was a bitter sweetness about the tone that tugged at the heartstrings.
The only negative thing I have to say is that this book was too.... negative. There needs to be some positive moments to even out all the sad, and to make it have more impact. Had we seen Liz happy, then we would feel her sadness more. If we don't have this, then sadness just becomes her state of being, which really isn't what Zhang is going for. However, I think this isn't too big a problem, definitely not as big as in some other books.
Good read overall, I have very few complaints!
She also did not shy away from making her characters culpable. There's not one who isn't without fault in some way, protagonist included.
Her narrator is absolutely amazing. I found myself intrigued and fascinated from the very beginning, and there was a bitter sweetness about the tone that tugged at the heartstrings.
The only negative thing I have to say is that this book was too.... negative. There needs to be some positive moments to even out all the sad, and to make it have more impact. Had we seen Liz happy, then we would feel her sadness more. If we don't have this, then sadness just becomes her state of being, which really isn't what Zhang is going for. However, I think this isn't too big a problem, definitely not as big as in some other books.
Good read overall, I have very few complaints!
suspencebooks's review against another edition
5.0
this book took me two years to complete. because it deals with such issues such as suicide and eating disorders, and at the time i only got 100 pages into it when a few weeks later, i actually tried to take my own life. this book was just something that took me a long time to be able to return to, and luckily now i’m at a place in my life where i can accept things and those things don’t affect me anymore. completely heartbreaking, but i’ve finally finished it and i loved it. 5/5
nicolesbookcorner's review against another edition
5.0
So. Freaking. Beautiful.
(And real, I like how they didn't try to justify her actions)
(And real, I like how they didn't try to justify her actions)
aly_sainz55's review against another edition
emotional
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
aichaa's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
i have such a soft spot for this book. liz has so much depth and i relate A LOT to most of her feelings and thoughts.
i also cared about the other characters, i wanted more of them. and more of the aftermath of the “accident”.
also, the narrator being liz’s imaginary friend from childhood!!! that’s so cool.
i also cared about the other characters, i wanted more of them. and more of the aftermath of the “accident”.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Addiction, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Abortion
aimxxgarcia's review against another edition
5.0
It was a suicide story, and not something I personally like. But it was beautifully written, I have to give it a high rating.