First let me start by saying, the writing is flawless, nothing to say about it at all, if it seems I'm stalling your correct in your assumptions. I'm just going to say it then, I have never read a more depressing novel ever. I hated the lawyer husband from the start, but yet thought at one point he seemed at least better able to deal with the girls, I was mistaken, however All the characters were held in contempt equally. This was a very sobering look at a family coming apart in a very desperate manner. Hated how I kept trying to hope for a light in these peoples misery, and wishing the ex husband a Malay because I don't feel he of all people deserves to be happy, sorry I know that sound vindictive so be it, I feel do to his neglect of his wife, she lost herself in raising kids and taking care of both elderly parents where he did not, and then for him to have lost any interest in his wife was even more of a betrayal than any affair could have been. We all strive for human connection to another and to be respected, loved and cherished. This for me was an emotionally sad and depressing book, read at your own risk of emotional downward spiral into sad..... A coming of age story focusing on a pre-med student at Kansas University whose parents are divorcing. I enjoyed it. The perspective was interesting. A quiet book about how the girl deals with her life falling apart and a series of mistakes she makes that precipitate one disaster after another. My only objection is that things are sewn up just a bit too neatly in the epilog. All in all, though, I found it’s quiet pace a helpful perspective in my writing, even if not directly applicable. I’m glad I read it.
What do You think about While I'm Falling (2009)?
This book was awful. It was depressing. It taught not to get married or have a dog. :(
—Fishy
I think this was a very silly book and I'm sorry I wasted my time on it.
—BlueJeans
