Falling (Unabridged)
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4.4 • 9 Ratings
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- $17.99
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- $17.99
Publisher Description
Shaylie Beck just wanted to go home.
She managed to snag the last seat on a late flight from New York to Denver. No one thought anything would go wrong. Nobody expected the unimaginable to happen. When the plane crashes, Shaylie fights for her life and is one of only eleven survivors.
Piper Cole wants answers.
Why did her fiance's plane crash? She lost everything that night, and the investigation is taking too long. To help cope with losing the woman she loved, Piper attends a support group for survivors.
The friendship Piper and Shaylie develop help each to heal, but as their feelings turn to love, Shaylie’s torn. She can follow her heart to the woman she loves, or she can come clean about what really happened right before the plane crashed, and risk losing Piper forever.
Customer Reviews
Unrealistic portrayal of PTSD
First, I must say the narrator does an excellent job. Secondly, I turn my attention to the story told.
The author begins this book with a realistic and harrowing event experienced by the chief protagonist.
It is an event with long odds of survival, and nearly 100% chance of leaving a survivor with severe PTSD. Yet, the physical, emotional, and mental repercussions for the survivor of such an event almost immediately fade into the background as the author turns to exploring a romantic relationship between the survivor, and a woman who loses two people during the catastrophic event - a friend, and a fiancé. From the moment of their meeting, it is the grief of the woman who lost two people that becomes the central dynamic with the greatest influence on the trajectory of the relationship. The nearly certain PTSD and survivor’s guilt become whispers. Thus, I found the story told far less complex and interesting than it could have been.