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galaxies's review
2.0
There isn't very much to say about Falling Through Darkness. It's a short and quick read with quite simple writing.
Falling Through Darkness tells the story of seventeen year old Ginny who has lost her boyfriend Aidan and is now trying to cope with his death.
The book is told in a third person narrator and it's set in the now while we get flashbacks of Ginny's time with Aidan.
It didn't really manage to make me feel anything for the characters since it all felt underdeveloped and the characters fell flat. I think the book would have worked better if would have been told from Ginny's perspective as a first-person narrator and not as a third-person narrator. I felt too detached from her when I was supposed to feel for her, to feel her pain. I didn't.
Even though the book was about Ginny I wish the book would have depicted Aidan's obvious depression more. It was developed too little, too little was shown to really make the reader understand.
The glimpses I got of Aidan's behaviour presented his depression but I never really got a sense of how Aidan was like. It gives me the impression that I wasn't supposed to like him, to not feel sorry for him. He needed help but no one realized he did since he was a good actor. I'm not blaming any of the characters for not noticing but it's sad.
Overall Falling Through Darkness should have been longer and developed more, especially considering the topics it covered.
It was interesting to read Carolyn MacCullough's first book after having read her book Once a Witch before. Definitely a different topic.
Falling Through Darkness tells the story of seventeen year old Ginny who has lost her boyfriend Aidan and is now trying to cope with his death.
The book is told in a third person narrator and it's set in the now while we get flashbacks of Ginny's time with Aidan.
It didn't really manage to make me feel anything for the characters since it all felt underdeveloped and the characters fell flat. I think the book would have worked better if would have been told from Ginny's perspective as a first-person narrator and not as a third-person narrator. I felt too detached from her when I was supposed to feel for her, to feel her pain. I didn't.
Even though the book was about Ginny I wish the book would have depicted Aidan's obvious depression more. It was developed too little, too little was shown to really make the reader understand.
The glimpses I got of Aidan's behaviour presented his depression but I never really got a sense of how Aidan was like. It gives me the impression that I wasn't supposed to like him, to not feel sorry for him. He needed help but no one realized he did since he was a good actor. I'm not blaming any of the characters for not noticing but it's sad.
Overall Falling Through Darkness should have been longer and developed more, especially considering the topics it covered.
It was interesting to read Carolyn MacCullough's first book after having read her book Once a Witch before. Definitely a different topic.
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