Free to Fall's Concept: 5 Stars Character Development: 5 Stars Engrossing: 5 Stars Ending: 4.5 stars Free to Fall's Writing: 5 Stars RomanceWow. Just wow.
Free to Fall's Concept: 5 Stars Character Development: 5 Stars Engrossing: 5 Stars Ending: 4.5 stars Free to Fall's Writing: 5 Stars Romance: 5 Stars Fast-paced: 4.5 stars
This isn't just your typical romance between teenagers, it's a romance of humanity. Honestly, Free to Fall is such a realistic science fiction that effectively uses today's society to project the near future, and that's the best thing about this book. The crazy thing about it? It could happen. Take a look at the world around you, observe the younger generation and see where their eyes fall.
They never look up.
Their eyes stay glued to their phone and tablet screens with their earphones blasting away their thoughts. Is it all of them? Of course not, just like in Free to Fall. Not everyone becomes a slave to mere reason, and those that don't are the ones who are guided by the Doubt.
I can't really explain this book without going on and on about the greatness of it. Just heed my advice: read. this. book. To be quite frank, I hate the synopsis because it makes Free to Fall sound like some sappy romance in the midst of technical difficulties, but this book is so much more than that...
The analytical approach to society. The realism. The fast-paced writing. The Biblical, Greek, and classical references mixed with scientific and mathematical facts to further enhance the concept of this book (can't ignore the basic foundations of humanity and its frenemy). The well-developed characters. The anticipation and frequent twists. There may be some things that you can guess, but not everything unless you're the type that can. But...considering that this is something new, something fresh, I doubt you'd be wholly detached.
Free to Fall literally had me hanging off the edge of my seat and making small outbursts even in public....more
I am so, so tempted to just rate this 1 star, but I'm not because I only got as far as 70- or 80-something until I gave up on the characters. I[image]
I am so, so tempted to just rate this 1 star, but I'm not because I only got as far as 70- or 80-something until I gave up on the characters. I gave in.
My main problem is Logan's POV. It's annoying and most of the time I thought I was reading Rachel's POV. Why? Because he sounded like a teenage girl, and the writing style does not fit the character of a 19-year-old young man. The way he reminisced over Oliver and Jared is absolutely gross; I could have sworn they were lovers at one point:
"For a moment, I'm back in my cottage with Oliver's arm wrapped securely around my shoulders, his love for me a constant presence I'd learned I'd depend on. The ache of missing him grows larger when Drake lets go and steps backs."
"A sharp turn takes us north, and I clench my jaw as we walk past the ashes of Oliver's bakery. I try to remember the way his dark eyes would rest on me, filled with great acceptance and later with love...The smell of his baking, the warmth of his hand..."
THAT, was my last draw. Exasperated, I flipped to a random page and lo and behold! Logan's POV with:
"Not that it stopped me from learning. I have Oliver and Jared to thank for that, though I didn't have a chance to tell Jared...I have to hope that somehow he knew what he meant to me."
Like, really? That kind of affection is just way, way too much. I don't even think of my grandmother or dad like that. *shivers*
But yeah, this was just a complete and total fail at portraying a young man.
I feel like I want to be so done with YA novels. I am sick of this insta-love, whining MC cliché. The first book of 2014 and I'm already disappointed.I feel like I want to be so done with YA novels. I am sick of this insta-love, whining MC cliché. The first book of 2014 and I'm already disappointed.
She reminisces about Nick, then turns around and starts to fantasize about her new guide named Thatcher who, by the way, sounds like the typical boy in a YA novel (blond hair that falls over his blue eyes, broad shoulders, yadda yadda yadda). Not even that, but as soon as the newly Dead named Genevieve asks what's-her-face (she's not that important to me so I keep forgetting her name) if Thatcher is her Guide, she gets all "this is my Guide waaaah" and literally starts with,
"I don't know why, but I feel a sense of ownership over the strong shape of Thatcher's shoulders, the way his lips are parted slightly..."
WHAT? Okay you DO know why you feel that way: you lust for not only your boyfriend, but your dead Guide. Like, you met him most likely an hour ago, it's not that hard to know it's lust if you're ifngidnkabf You were just reminiscing about Nick—the memory you wish you could hold on to forever knowing good and well that you should have chosen your mother—A PAGE BEFORE YOU MET THE OTHER GIRL. I AM SO DONE WITH THIS.
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