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Falling Together

A Novel

by Marisa De Los Santos

Falling Together by Marisa De Los Santos X
Falling Together by Marisa De Los Santos
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  • Published Oct 2011
    352 pages
    Genre: Literary Fiction

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Karen R. (Locust Grove, VA) (09/02/11)

Good story
This story explores rekindling friendships and I enjoyed reading it for the most part. The character development was well done. I found myself getting irritated at some of the behaviors and at other times rooting for the characters. The first half of the book was slow with way too much detail surrounding insignificant events. But the story then started coming together and it proved to be a satisfying read. Not my favorite from the author but it would make for a good book club pick.
Linda A. (Palo Alto, CA) (09/01/11)

Falling Together
I rate this book somewhere between poor and average. While the situations at times are compelling, the endless brackets within parentheses diversions are extremely annoying I wanted to tell de los Santos to "just get on with it." At times it seems as if she doesn't know which line of thinking she will give the character, so she includes every idea she has. The characters are pretty one-note...nice. Confused, yes. But NICE. Except for Jason. His "nice" seemed real only in relation to Augusta. There are many better books to read.
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Diane S. (Batavia, IL) (08/31/11)

Falling Together by Marisa De Los Santos
hat a wonderful feel good book. Cat, Pen and Will meet in college and form an intense friendship. Thinking that the level of their friendship can neither be maintained nor let any one else in they decide to go their separate ways. Will and Pen come together 8 years later when Cat's husband tells them Cat is missing. This book explores the friendships one forms, the meaning of family and how people are only gone when they are forgotten.
Sue J. (Wauwatosa, WI) (08/30/11)

Interesting read
Falling Together is an interesting story about three freshman college students who form a strong friendship that lasts through college, but ends abruptly after graduation. A ten year college reunion sends them on an adventure that takes them to the Philippines in search of one of the three who has gone missing. It was a very enjoyable read, though the last quarter of the book could have been a little shorter.
Lynn R. (Wautoma, WI) (08/29/11)

Falling Together
I felt that this book would be a nice summer read at the beach. It flowed easy, there were not too many characters, it had a nice but expected ending. The fact that all the characters except Jason were sooo nice, he was nice too, just a bit of a jerk, was a little unreal. Most people I feel are nice, but not that sappy. I had just read a fairly heavy read and this was a nice next book.
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Suzanne G. (Tucson, AZ) (08/29/11)

Falling, falling, falling
This is one of the most unorganized, or maybe I should say over-organized, books I believe I've ever read. There is too much information and over-explaining about insignificant events that have nothing to do with the flow of the story. Not only was I irritated by the nicknames of the characters, their personalities were irritating as well. There were way, way too many parentheses and brackets, causing the continuity to be disrupted and too choppy. All in all I didn't like Falling Together and call it a "falling failure."
Carolyn L. (Cincinnati, OH) (08/29/11)

Sometimes you need to lose something before you can find it
This is a book about friendship, un-friending, facing your demons in the closet and accepting change. It is the collective story and individual stories of Will, Cat and Pen as they go through ten years of their lives; sometime they go together and sometimes apart. This a story where the dialogue between the characters is witty, poignant and sometimes dismaying. This is the story of characters that are believable, well defined and approachable. This is a story for people who have had dear friends in the past and who have dear friends today. In Falling Together, you will take a journey with Will, Cat and Pen; it is a journey we have all lived in some way, shape or form. It is a journey about friends. This book is a journey worth taking.
Catherine H. (Nashua, NH) (08/26/11)

Painful book
I had a very hard time reading this book: poor style, artificial characters, boring story. I felt like I wasted my time. Would absolutely not recommend.

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