ARC received from Text Publishing for an honest review

I was very intrigued by the premise of The Beautiful Fall, and Robbie's life was something I wanted to know more about.

And whilst I liked the story, I did find that it was at times slow and dragged a bit in the middle.

Robbie, who I could understand why he was shut off from the world the way he was, just came across as a bit too robotic for me. I wanted him to feel more emotion than came across.

And domino obsession - yeah, I had a lot of trouble getting what that was all about.

I did like that as things were learned about Julie and more of his past, Robbie did come to life a bit, but for me it was a case of too little, too late.

It was like watching Groundhog Day and Fifty First Dates, but without the emotion these movies capture. It was too dry and clinical to really draw this reader in. The philosophy background of the author really comes through in the story.

But this is just my opinion, and others might really love all this.