Falling into
Place by Amy Zhang
Publication:
September 9, 2014
Publisher:
Greenwillow Books
Format: via
Edelweiss
Rating: 5/5
Synopsis
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?
Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why
did she give up? Vividly told by an unexpected and surprising narrator, this
heartbreaking and 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?
My Thoughts
Where do I
start exactly? First off this book is phenomenal! It’s like nothing I’ve ever read
before. It’s the story of Liz and how she decides to kill herself, but this
book is so much more than that. It’s about cause and effect how one tiny thing
can change the course of your life. Liz wasn’t the best person and she now
knows this and at some point it just becomes too much. She is lonely and knows
that she has done things to people and knows that they are that way because of
her.
This book
gripped my soul and kept me intrigued until the very end. I like how it’s told
through different characters and also by the timeline. I loved the tug of war I
had with myself in deciding how I felt about Liz. At times I thought she was an
utter bitch, while at other times I truly felt sorry for her. She is a teen who is so
alone, physically and emotionally. She feels as if she doesn’t have anyone to
turn to. She feels guilt over events that have happened in her life and feels responsible
for what happened. And while I was never good at science or physics I thought
this was used very uniquely in this read. Definitely something different and I thought
it was brilliantly used here. This book puts you through so many emotions I was
utterly drained when I was done, but in a GOOD way of course.
I highly
recommend Falling into Place, Amy Zhang is an amazing writer who gives us a
book that is different and addicting. Once you start you won’t want to stop
until you're done. It takes you on a ride that you soon won’t forget. It’s simply
beautiful yet heartbreaking at the same time, two things that don’t usually go
together but here it works out seamlessly.
I've heard of Amy Zhang, but not of this book. I'm interested in physics and even by the synopsis I can tell that it's a cool use of it. Sounds like a great read, thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteEsty @ Boarding with Books
Falling into Place sounds so good! I'm so glad you loved it!
ReplyDeleteHappy reading
Jackie @ No Bent Spines