Falling Man

I, uh, didn't get it. It seemed like it was good, but it is one of those reads that makes you feel dumb for knowing that something else is going on in the book, just beyond your grasp.

Takes as its point of departure the events of 9/11 in Manhattan. A snapshot of life in the 21st century.

Affecting and well-written tale of love, loss, and grief as seen by one family and a city) in the wake of 9/11.

This book saddened me, for all its potiental it missed the mark by a mile. There were two crucial problems with this book, for me. One, the characters were not well drawn in my opinion. They all seemed alike, and one dimesional, and almost worse, the author did make me in any way care about the characters or what happened to them. Secondly, the dialogue was some of the most akward, unnatural...more

This book saddened me, for all its potiental it missed the mark by a mile. There were two crucial problems with this book, for me. One, the characters were not well drawn in my opinion. They all seemed alike, and one dimesional, and almost worse, the author did make me in any way care about the characters or what happened to them. Secondly, the dialogue was some of the most akward, unnatural dialogue I have come across in a book. There was no flow to the words, and they often bordered on ridiculous. I don't know how many times I thought, "Who talks like that!?" It was painful to say the least. I only finished the book, because I'm obessive about things like that. I can't start a book, and then just not finish it, no matter how poorly it's written.    hide