Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Falling by T.J. Newman

12 reviews

shesflippinpages's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nitar8's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and War

beltari's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

Americans = good
Literally anyone in the middle east = suicide terrorist

When I started reading it, I had to double check the publication date, it looked like something that would come out in 2001, not 2021. Where was T. J. Newman on January 6?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, and Murder

perfectcupoftea's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional inspiring tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

monicabach's review against another edition

challenging sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This is my favorite kind of movie so I was excited about this but it kind of fell flat for me. I listened to it so maybe that’s why but it was confusing when it would swap from present day to a memory (didn’t happen a whole lot but still confusing to me).  The little twist was not at all surprising and the only character you halfway fall in love with is Jo. 

Content: excessive cursing imo. Many F bombs. No sexual content and no graphic violence. His family is threatened but not even descriptive enough to tug on my heart strings. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide

booksborrowed's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Bill cannot say no to taking the last minute flight when his pilot cheif asks, even if it means breaking his promise to watch his sons baseball game. Little does Bill know the tension between he and his wife, Carrie, is the least of his worries as he walks out the door that morning. 

'Falling' is an action packed hijacking thriller, keeping my interest from the beginning. The author, a former flight attendant, was able to give the plot a shot of authenticity throughout the plot, even when it seemed outlandish. Her portrayal of the three flight attendants characters made me connect with them more than the rest of the characters in the story, and I truly kept reading to see how Jo faired out. 

There were some action scenes, particularly with Jo's nephew, Theo Baldwin

FBI agent

, that took me aback. The amount of physical abuse that man can take and just keep going had me puzzled. 

Listening to this on audio. The narrator, actor Steven Weber, did a great job capturing the character's emotions and keeping the story from becoming monotone. 

I look forward to reading Drowning by T.J. Newman next, narrated by the same actor. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Genocide, Gun violence, and Suicide attempt

tlaynejones's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Genocide, Gun violence, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Colonisation

cait's review against another edition

challenging emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

nerdglasses08's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide and Gun violence

Minor: Cursing

jhbandcats's review

adventurous dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This is the written version of a wild action movie. Told from several different characters' points of view, the reader is right up there in the cockpit, or with the terrified family of the pilot, or with the FBI agent frightened for his flight attendant aunt.

The character development is modest - hero pilot who pretty much can do no wrong, his faithful wife and kids, and the rash FBI agent who bucks the system. Where this is different is that it shows that while the hackers did bad things, they weren't bad people, they were just people driven to make horrible choices by their fury and anguish. The hijackers aren't shown sympathetically till near the end but it definitely changes the whole tone of their actions and the reader's response.

Within the world of the novel, the hijackers' expertise seemed unlikely. I think more background there would
have been helpful. That said, this is a riveting tale that I couldn't put down. Definitely recommended for people
who like a lot of action in their novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Genocide