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A review by kookie9200
The Speed of Falling Objects by Nancy Richardson Fischer
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to review this book!
Wow. Just wow. This book hooks you from the very first page and holds you until the very end. I couldn't put it down!
Danny, our main character, is fierce, brave, and intelligent, although at first she believes herself to be none of those things. A traumatic incident when she was seven causes her to lose her eye, and splinters her family. She hopes a trip to the rainforest, with her famous father, Cougar, will bring them closer together.
Chaos abounds in this book, but in a realistic way that makes the reader feel as though they are right there with Danny. The descriptions of panic attacks are so spot on that I ached myself as I read. Even though Danny sees herself as forever lacking, always needing to be more, she is the heart of the group as they find themselves battling for survival in the Peruvian rain forest.
The things that Danny learns in the course of the journey alter her life. Who is she? Who will she become? What is the truth and what is a lie? She comes to terms with all this and more as she fights to survive.
Wow. Just wow. This book hooks you from the very first page and holds you until the very end. I couldn't put it down!
Danny, our main character, is fierce, brave, and intelligent, although at first she believes herself to be none of those things. A traumatic incident when she was seven causes her to lose her eye, and splinters her family. She hopes a trip to the rainforest, with her famous father, Cougar, will bring them closer together.
Chaos abounds in this book, but in a realistic way that makes the reader feel as though they are right there with Danny. The descriptions of panic attacks are so spot on that I ached myself as I read. Even though Danny sees herself as forever lacking, always needing to be more, she is the heart of the group as they find themselves battling for survival in the Peruvian rain forest.
The things that Danny learns in the course of the journey alter her life. Who is she? Who will she become? What is the truth and what is a lie? She comes to terms with all this and more as she fights to survive.