Falling into Place
Ratings4
Average rating3.8
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Ratings4
Average rating3.8
One cold fall day, high school junior Liz Emerson steers her car into a tree. This haunting and heartbreaking story is told by a surprising and unexpected narrator and unfolds in nonlinear flashbacks even as Liz's friends, foes, and family gather at the hospital and Liz clings to life. This riveting debut will appeal to fans of Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver, and 13 Reasons Why, by Jay Asher. "On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton's laws of motion in physics class. Then, after school, she put them into practice by running her Mercedes off the road." Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did she give up? The nonlinear novel pieces together the short and devastating life of Meridian High's most popular junior girl. Mass, acceleration, momentum, force—Liz didn't understand it in physics, and even as her Mercedes hurtles toward the tree, she doesn't understand it now. How do we impact one another? How do our actions reverberate? What does it mean to be a friend? To love someone? To be a daughter? Or a mother? Is life truly more than cause and effect? Amy Zhang's haunting and universal story will appeal to fans of Lauren Oliver, Gayle Forman, and Jay Asher.
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L'histoire est globalement intéressante, car elle creuse les raisons qui peuvent pousser à commettre un suicide, l'impact sur les vies d'autrui, la façon dont beaucoup de nos actions sont interconnectées, ... Malheureusement le personnage de Liz Emerson est tout sauf attachant. Le livre donne globalement l'impression de hurler « regardez, les filles populaires ont un coeur aussi ! ». En effet, Liz Emerson a globalement tout de la « fille populaire du lycée », elle dicte les codes, émets des jugements, ruine la réputation d'autrui, brise les coeurs, ... Si elle est effectivement blessée et cherche un sens à sa vie, on a l'impression que tout le livre cherche à excuser un comportement qui est tout sauf excusable. Oui, le fait d'en arriver là est triste, oui on peut comprendre un tel mal être existentiel, mais le fait est que la façon d'être de Liz la rend tout sauf attachante. Bien sûr dans sa tête elle « aurait voulu faire autrement », mais le point est qu'elle ne fait rien du tout durant tout le livre pour cesser de se comporter en enfant gâtée / ultime pétasse.
Critique complète sur Livrophage
*3.5
I really enjoyed the writing. I felt like the ending was rushed and left me feeling incomplete.
