Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Falling by T.J. Newman

11 reviews

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Grief

Minor: Violence, Vomit, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, and Cursing

typedtruths's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Gun violence

Moderate: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Child death

_alyssabrown's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Self harm, Grief, Suicide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and War

allena_inwonderland's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

The way that I and my friend devoured this book is enough reason for a 5 star review! 

The first line immediately pulls you in. 
“When the shoe fell into her lap the foot was still in it.” 
The imagery throughout was so good. The book truly kept me on the edge on my chair. Any time I picked it up, I sped through it.

I loved how the author put in real details and only tweaking certain things on the plane that only flight attendants would know. 
I kept coming up with questions like “what would I do?” Or “would I have thought about that as an option?” 

Please look at ALL the trigger warnings before reading! Hands down one of the best thrillers I’ve read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Murder, Death, and Grief

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

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent and Blood

oliviafaye's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Violence

thebakerbookworm's review against another edition

mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I would have liked this book more if there was a different reason for why the pilot's family was taken hostage. It relies on some stereotypes that are harmful and seemed like a lazy way to give a reason for why this was happening. The story could have easily gone a different way and been just as (or even more) exciting and thrilling. Instead, the terrorists are stereotypes.

That being said, I did enjoy the flight attendants and their interactions; you can tell the author brought her real-life flight attendant experience to this story. The premise kept me hooked and dying to know what would happen and if they would be okay. It was definitely the definition of a thriller and was enjoyable to listen to on audio. Short chapters that always end on some kind of a cliffhanger and lots of POVs bouncing the story around so we get to know everything that's happening made for a good book.

Thanks to Libro.fm, Simon & Schuster Audio, and the author for my ALC.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Grief and Suicide attempt

ktdakotareads's review

adventurous 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Violence

sfbookgirl's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I finished Falling a few nights ago and thought, wow, this would make a great movie. Low and behold, Universal Pictures won the rights to the book…before the book was even published! Falling is best described as Speed at 35,000 feet. Once in the air, Bill, the pilot of flight 416 receives a call from an unknown caller with the message that his family has been kidnapped. In order for his family to remain alive, Bill must crash the plane. This quick, enthralling thriller consists of what Bill chooses to pursue during his 5-hour flight to avoid the death of his family, or the death of 140 passengers. 

 

T. J. Newman is a debut author, but has 12 years of experience in the air as a flight attendant. The descriptions are incredibly accurate (or at least seem to be…I’m not a flight attendant) and the thriller’s plot is easy to plow through in less than a day. While reading Falling had me on the edge of my seat, I also learned quite a bit about the role of a flight attendant and the skill set that the profession requires. If you’re looking for a page-turning thriller, check out Falling by T. J. Newman! 

 

Oh, and apparently there is a sequel?! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Violence