Featured Debut Author Book Giveaway: Falling by Emma Kavanagh

I have just finished reading the book. I enjoyed it. I did find the opening chapters difficult to read as it seemed like the author was trying a little too hard with the descriptive aspects of everything (I hope that makes sense!). This did improve as the chapters continued though. As I said, I did enjoy it but feel similar to previous poster, the end seemed to be a bit too sudden. It was not deep enough for me on the relationship fronts but I could appreciate the story was one of interaction between family members etc in conjunction with the plane crash. I would read another book by the author.

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I enjoyed the book. It was well written and easy to keep reading. I felt it ended a bit too suddenly and was disappointed when it finished- as I often feel at the end of a good book. The unspoken conclusion at the end regarding the plane crash, left me feeling a little upset. I often read crime stories, but this was a little different in that the underlying theme is about child- parent relationships - specifically the effects on the adult child and how that effects their relationships in adulthood. Cecilia's story is a little different , but she too has been affected by her past. It also explores survivor guilt and the stress of loss and trauma, in both the crash survivors and others.

This is not the type of book I usually read but I found it to be a real page-turner. Very impressed and will look out for future books by Emma Kavanagh.

PS I also agree the cover is uninspiring.

I really enjoyed this book. And I'm not usually that into crime novels.

I found the characters believable and not too extreme. The underlying theme of the parent child relationship and how that helps shape both conscious and subconscious actions helped the novel to have depth;it also gave me some feeling and empathy for characters whom I might at first have felt were unsympathetic.

Write on Ms Kavanagh

Read it. Loved it. Cecilia's sections were my least favourite but I thought the way the story was told and how all of the characters linked together was really well executed. It's a great debut and I hope there are more books to come!

I've just finished this and really enjoyed it. I thought it would be a typical crime novel (especially from the cover which I thought was dull and wouldn't stand out on a shelf) but I really liked the three inter-connected stories. I felt I understood and related to the characters more than I would in a normal crime novel, probably because they were all normal people rather than those with a criminal background. That said, I found the sections involving Cecilia least interesting, probably because I found her hardest to identify with.
I'll definitely be keeping a look out for more books by Emma Kavanagh.

My copy arrived yesterday. Will be starting it today :-)

My copy arrived today, can't wait to read it!

Sounds really exciting, I've applied.