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While I'm Falling (2009)

by Laura Moriarty(Favorite Author)

3.38 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1401302726 (ISBN13: 9781401302726)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Hachette Books

review 1: Picked up this audiobook at the library in error, meant to be pulling a LIANE Moriarty. Oh well, sometimes that works out well and you find a terrific new author. Not so much in this case. This story was simply flat the entire way, just never really went anywhere, though I did keep listening hoping for SOMEthing, ANYthing to develop. A pre-med college junior realizes she's failing in both her classes and her RA job; she commits a series of extremely poor choices; her parents divorce leaving her feeling even more adrift; her mother soon after falls on hard times and temporarily moves into her dorm room with her, along with the family's ailing aged dog. Despite all those seemingly depressing plots lines, it did have somewhat good potential and the characters were all fairly ... morelikeable, hence my generous two-star rating. Sadly, though, it merely dragged along monotonally and in the end simply fizzled out, as though even the author got bored with it. Extremely disappointing.
review 2: 3 STARS"Ever since her parents announced that they're getting divorced, Veronica has been falling. Hard. A junior in college, she has fallen in love. She has fallen behind in her difficult coursework. She hates her job as counselor at the dorm, and she longs for the home that no longer exists. When an attempt to escape the pressure, combined with bad luck, lands her in a terrifying situation, a shaken Veronica calls her mother for help--only to find her former foundation too preoccupied to offer any assistance at all.But Veronica only gets to feel hurt for so long. Her mother shows up at the dorm with a surprising request--and with the elderly family dog in tow. Boyfriend complications ensue, along with her father's sudden interest in dating. Veronica soon finds herself with a new set of problems, and new questions about love and independence." (From Amazon)A coming of age story of a college student. Another well-written novel by a great author. less

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