Before the Fall Before the Fall

Before the Fall

    • 4.1 • 1.5K Ratings
    • $9.99

Publisher Description

On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are the painter Scott Burroughs and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family.

Was it by chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something more sinister at work? A storm of media attention brings Scott fame that quickly morphs into notoriety and accusations, and he scrambles to salvage truth from the wreckage. Amid trauma and chaos, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy grows and glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, morality, and the inextricable ties that bind us together.

Kristin Hannah raves, "Noah Hawley really knows how to keep a reader turning the pages... a complex, compulsively readable thrill ride of a novel."

Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel and the 2017 International Thriller Writers Award For Best Novel

From the Award-Winning Creator of Fargo Comes "One of the Year's Best Suspense Novels" (New York Times).

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2016
May 31
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
400
Pages
PUBLISHER
Grand Central Publishing
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
2
MB

Customer Reviews

CeeStor ,

A bit too mysogynistic

Overall this was a good read, following the main survivor of the plane crash. Written with unfolding tales of passengers and crew. However, can't give it more than 3 stars because I found the sexual commentary and some of the characterizations way too mysogynistic. Even if some of the male characters were mysogynists, the rough commentary did not add anything to the story and was extremely distracting. The quick wrap up at the end also took a bit away from the investment in the story but did not bother me overall. Just be prepared for a lot of completely unnecessary mysogynistic sexual comments by characters.

shewho5516 ,

Poor editing, predictable, ho-hum sort of book.

Reading this book while vacationing in Montauk, NY made this book quite problematic for me. So many basic facts are wrong, inconsistent with reality and make a reader wonder if the author even bothered to go to Montauk before choosing this location. How can significant events take place in a remote trendy resort town that has in reality no hospital and no places even remotely resembling places in the story line's past or current time lines. I found many of the characters quite unbelievable and contrived. Honestly felt that this was a poorly written work by an author who can do better. Perhaps the fact that I'd just read The Underground Railroad and the new Harry Potter play made this novel even worse. This is a mediocre effort that I found a complete waste of time.

Louise kl ,

Before the Fall

Pretty disappointing. You lost my vote.

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