*I’m taking it easier on blogging so am re-posting some mini book reviews I did in one long post HERE at the start of this year. Here’s my mini-review of The Shock Of The Fall…
The Shock Of The Fall by Nathan Filer
What It’s About: (from the back cover)
I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.
My Thoughts:
My favorite books to read are always horror, sci-fi or fantasy but I do try to sometimes read bestsellers or ones that have awards slapped on their covers (like this one) which are probably bullshit half the time anyway. This is an example of a book that was pretty good and plenty of people probably liked it but it just didn’t really work for me. Oh! I also judge books by their covers and this has a good one plus I was intrigued by the back cover synopsis (above).
That synopsis sounds interesting, right? This is a book where you’ll easily find out what it’s about if you read anything whatsoever about it but if you like knowing nothing other than what’s on the back cover, skip over this next part….
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SPOILER:
This book is about mental illness (schizophrenia) and told from the viewpoint of the young adult (Matt) who is suffering from it. It’s a fairly unique book & I’d recommend it if it sounds to you like one you’d like.
I have to say it’s actually a better book than some of the others that I ranked higher HERE on my list of books that I read in 2015. But, as always, I rank mainly by my level of enjoyment & I found myself not really wanting to pick this one up much so it took me quite a long time to finish.
My Rating: 3/5
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I sometimes like books like this but I don’t read them very often. Maybe because they are somewhat emotionally difficult. I sometimes feel to much empathy for the characters in books and I have to stop and put it away for a while. Some of those I never finished.
Well, I think this is one you may struggle with, then. It’s quite heartbreaking, especially the stuff concerning his brother. I agree – I tend to not read books like this too often. I go more for sci-fi, fantasy or horror. I don’t want to read about real life problems. : )