3.5 Star
What if saying hello to an old friend meant saying good-bye to life as you know it?
It’s been six years since Pen Calloway watched her best friends walk out
of her life. And through the birth of her daughter, the death of her
father, and the vicissitudes of single motherhood, she has never stopped
missing them.
Pen, Cat, and Will met on their first day of college and formed what
seemed like a magical and lifelong bond, only to see their friendship
break apart amid the realities of adulthood. When, after years of
silence, Cat—the bewitching, charismatic center of their group—e-mails
Pen and Will with an urgent request to meet at their college reunion,
they can’t refuse. But instead of a happy reconciliation, what awaits is
a collision of past and present that sends Pen and Will, with Pen’s
five-year-old daughter and Cat’s hostile husband in tow, on a journey
across the world.
As Pen and Will
struggle to uncover the truth about Cat, they find more than they
bargained for: startling truths about who they were before and who they
are now. They must confront the reasons their friendship fell apart and
discover how—and if—it can ever fall back together.
Kathryn - 3.5 Star
As I was reading this novel I was aware that I was going to
be having some mixed thoughts on the review. I unfortunately had to push myself to get
through the first few pages to a point where I could grab on to the plot. My hesitation came with my aversion to what I
think of as “forced” description. Any
description that is trying to direct the reader into seeing things in a
beatific light makes me grumpy and I tend to start skipping paragraphs which is
dangerous because you then might miss something important to the plot and that
can make a very frustrating read.
I therefore found it difficult at first to grasp the point
of the plot of Falling Together but once I had an idea of the people and situation I really liked
the premise of the story and also even enjoyed the different characters and
their interactions. Once in a while I’d
find myself confused again by the descriptions and have to re-read things to
make sure I hadn’t missed something but all in all once I got used to the
writing I enjoyed the novel’s personality.
My personal favourite character was Will as I felt he was
given the most concrete history and most realistic personality- he wasn’t
hiding anything to the reader whereas I
found Pen’s intent a bit confusing. I
appreciated the concept of lost friendships and wanting to re-ignite them later
in life and I’m sure many people will also be able to relate. There are many people from my past I’d like
to have back in my current life- sometimes though they won’t always still be a
good fit and I think the author did a wonderful job of putting these thoughts
on paper.
In the end I actually quite enjoyed Falling Together and
definitely appreciated de los Santos’ intent - I could have done with a little less description but that’s,
quite possibly, just me.
Thank you to HarperCollins Canada for our review copy!
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