A review by jacieandbooks
The Fall of Innocence by Jenny Torres Sanchez

5.0

I’m in between 4.5 and 5... I think it is quite possibly because I’m in a state of shock. I really enjoyed this book, I loved that it was told from so many perspectives so that the reader can see the effects of trauma at various levels, the victim, the family etc. Very well written, I devoured it. My main complain is a major spoilers so don’t read on if you want the surprise ending to remain a surprise. My complaint is that throughout the book, she maintains a fairly positive attitude... I felt the suicide could have been a little better foreshadowed. Which leads to my next issue, the open-ended death. Where my first thought was suicide, her family assumed it was an accident. Is that to soften the blow? Am I, as a reader, supposed to have assumed that it was an accident or should I know that because of her confirmation that it was Carl Smith, that means she wants to be done with life? In my mind, I was relieved for her because she knows the truth. And I understand it is realistic that nobody truly know if it was suicide or an accident but I need to know! Because my mind can’t handle that it was an accident, but I felt a little disappointment that I didn’t get closure. I cried my eyes out btw.