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The Speed of Falling Objects
by Nancy Richardson Fischer
The Speed of Falling Objects-Nancy Richardson Fischer
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I finished this book last night. I normally try to do my reviews immediately after I finish a book because I have a fuzzy memory sometimes (even with notes I like the fresh emotions to write reviews). I finished this book and I didnβt know how to put into words how I felt.
This book was fantastic. It truly was. The writing was wonderful. There were numerous quotes I fell in love with and the characters were real (in the sense that they could be real people with real flaws). The whole premise was terrifying and what the characters endured and lost was often unbearable. Their plane crashes in the Amazon and they have to beat the odds and survive when every thing is against them.
Where I struggled was with Dannyβs relationship with her parents. She does her best and does truly love Danny, but she seems to often make decisions based on spite. A loving mother who had Danny young and gave up her dreams to raise her. We get views of her resentment towards Cougar, her using Danny as a pawn under the guise that she doesnβt want her to be hurt by Cougar and her rigid βloveβ that feels lukewarm at best. She redeems herself by silently making Cougar seem like a half decent father when he is barely even that. Then We have Cougar who at first comes off as a charismatic man, the light in the room kind of man. Heβs a star on television and thinks highly of himself. But he is a man who abandoned his family when things got tough. He uses, puts down and humiliates Danny when she is with him. She sees him a handful of times since her accident and when she does itβs definitely not warm and fuzzy. Cougar is a narcissist and his love for Danny is mirrored as love for himself, her flaws reflect poorly on him and he constantly makes her feel insecure about herself. I immediately wanted to be on her moms side, and most of the book I hated Cougar. His ability to abandon his child left me feeling angry. Dannyβs need and longing for his love, and her feelings of worthlessness and shame made me feel angrier. The author made these parents real. Their flaws and their love felt like a true to life sad story about parents whoβs child gets caught in the crossfire.
In the end I admired Dannyβs strength and ability to find herself, accept the things she couldnβt change and let go of the past hurt. She is a broken girl who becomes this fierce woman. As a character her growth and personality were fantastic imo. Her relationship with Gus was cute. I loved how his character progressed. Personally, out of everyone I adored Jupiter. 100% he is someone I could hang out with in the real world.
Truth.
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π·ππβπ‘ π’πππππ£πππ’π πππππππ π .
I finished this book last night. I normally try to do my reviews immediately after I finish a book because I have a fuzzy memory sometimes (even with notes I like the fresh emotions to write reviews). I finished this book and I didnβt know how to put into words how I felt.
This book was fantastic. It truly was. The writing was wonderful. There were numerous quotes I fell in love with and the characters were real (in the sense that they could be real people with real flaws). The whole premise was terrifying and what the characters endured and lost was often unbearable. Their plane crashes in the Amazon and they have to beat the odds and survive when every thing is against them.
Where I struggled was with Dannyβs relationship with her parents. She does her best and does truly love Danny, but she seems to often make decisions based on spite. A loving mother who had Danny young and gave up her dreams to raise her. We get views of her resentment towards Cougar, her using Danny as a pawn under the guise that she doesnβt want her to be hurt by Cougar and her rigid βloveβ that feels lukewarm at best. She redeems herself by silently making Cougar seem like a half decent father when he is barely even that. Then We have Cougar who at first comes off as a charismatic man, the light in the room kind of man. Heβs a star on television and thinks highly of himself. But he is a man who abandoned his family when things got tough. He uses, puts down and humiliates Danny when she is with him. She sees him a handful of times since her accident and when she does itβs definitely not warm and fuzzy. Cougar is a narcissist and his love for Danny is mirrored as love for himself, her flaws reflect poorly on him and he constantly makes her feel insecure about herself. I immediately wanted to be on her moms side, and most of the book I hated Cougar. His ability to abandon his child left me feeling angry. Dannyβs need and longing for his love, and her feelings of worthlessness and shame made me feel angrier. The author made these parents real. Their flaws and their love felt like a true to life sad story about parents whoβs child gets caught in the crossfire.
In the end I admired Dannyβs strength and ability to find herself, accept the things she couldnβt change and let go of the past hurt. She is a broken girl who becomes this fierce woman. As a character her growth and personality were fantastic imo. Her relationship with Gus was cute. I loved how his character progressed. Personally, out of everyone I adored Jupiter. 100% he is someone I could hang out with in the real world.
Truth.