The shock of the fall
by:
Nathan Filer (author)
WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 ‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’There are books you can’t...
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WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013
‘I’ll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name’s Simon. I think you’re going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he’ll be dead. And he was never the same after that.’There are books you can’t stop reading, which keep you up all night.
There are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real.
There are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for days.
The Shock of the Fall is all of these books.
The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man’s descent into mental illness. It is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
9780007491452
Publish date: 2014 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Borough Press
Pages no: 310
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Health,
Contemporary,
Psychology,
Mental Health,
Mental Illness,
Fiction
A few years ago, I went through a phase where I read tons and tons of books about characters with illnesses. I quickly burned myself out on them because they all started to feel similar. I was hesitant to read The Shock of the Fall because I’m still feeling the illness-book burnout. However, the aut...
I was going to do a post including all my top reads of 2014, but I felt that this book stood out so much that it warrented a post all of its own. Also, which is especially good for me, it means I can be lazy and not do a post with multiple books! As I'm sure you know by now, I don't award five-sta...
Admittedly, this isn't the kind of book I'd usually go for. I tend to lean towards fantasy or high-concept escapism, rather than books dealing with real-world problems. However, I'm glad I gave this one a try. The book is written from the perspective of a young man dealing with grief induced schiz...
I have so many thoughts and feeling about this book. This review won’t be logical, and I apologise if it descends into my nonsensical ramblings of how much I adore it. Because adore it I do. Adoration, admiration, excellence, importance, poignancy; these are all words that come to mind when thinking...
Well I let the everything this book gave me sink in, and I think it's about time to leave a review. What can I say? Well first off if you like character driven books this is a prime example. Every character that was introduced to us was much more than simply two dimensional. Matt especially was a ...
11 years ago
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