Helpful Score: 4
I've anticipated reading Falling, the debut suspense novel by T.J. Newman, ever since I learned the author is a former bookseller and flight attendant. This reading experience was everything I hoped for and more!
Premise: You board a flight from LA to NYC with 143 fellow passengers. Thirty minutes before the flight, your pilot's family was kidnapped. For his family to live, he must crash the plane and everyone on your flight must die. (paraphrased from publisher's blurb)
I was drawn in from the first page and connected with the main characters. I felt my anxiety rise while reading, and the plot unrolled like a movie in my mind. Every time I thought "Why doesn't the hijacker just _____?" the author provided a 'logical' answer. Ms. Newman's first-hand experience of the role, responsibilities, and training of flight attendants in our post-9/11 world was evident - I learned so much and have a greater respect for this position that involves far more than doling out drinks.
There were some aspects in the final quarter that felt contrived, but by that point I was all-in and eager to read the outcome of Captain Bill, his passengers and crew, and his family.
Thank you to Avid Reader Press for the review copy; all thoughts are my own.
Premise: You board a flight from LA to NYC with 143 fellow passengers. Thirty minutes before the flight, your pilot's family was kidnapped. For his family to live, he must crash the plane and everyone on your flight must die. (paraphrased from publisher's blurb)
I was drawn in from the first page and connected with the main characters. I felt my anxiety rise while reading, and the plot unrolled like a movie in my mind. Every time I thought "Why doesn't the hijacker just _____?" the author provided a 'logical' answer. Ms. Newman's first-hand experience of the role, responsibilities, and training of flight attendants in our post-9/11 world was evident - I learned so much and have a greater respect for this position that involves far more than doling out drinks.
There were some aspects in the final quarter that felt contrived, but by that point I was all-in and eager to read the outcome of Captain Bill, his passengers and crew, and his family.
Thank you to Avid Reader Press for the review copy; all thoughts are my own.
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