Reviews tagging 'Genocide'

Falling by T.J. Newman

16 reviews

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

riella_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense fast-paced

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

4.5

 This was such a wild ride. Fast paced and action packed, but I saw the "twist" from the very beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

jennifer_bush_73's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

5.0

This was a highly entertaining thriller: a true page-turner.  

I can’t help but love that this story’s heroes were the flight attendants. 

But what was even more impressive was the author’s ability to portray the hijackers as complicated humans. The use of flashbacks showed us the complexities of the events that  led the hijackers to this moment in their (and the airplanes crew and passengers’) lives.

Also, I found it particularly appropriate that in the background, while I was reading Falling, were news stories about Afghan cities being overrun by the Taliban since the pullout of US troops. It reminded me of Sam and Ben’s backstory.

The only thing that bothers me is the ethnicity of the hijackers. It comes very close to falling into the trope of Middle Easterners as terrorist. I don’t recall the hijackers as being identified as Muslims, but that is the logical conclusion. The author did provide a brief explanation of some of the atrocities inflicted on the Kurds by the Turks, which helped humanize the hijackers. But there is so much more to the history of the Kurds (Saddam Hussein’s chemical attack on the Kurds-Halabja Massacre). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Genocide and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Hijacking terrorism