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While on vacation with their parents, Matthew Homes and his older brother snuck out in the middle of the night. Only Matthew came home safely. Ten years later, Matthew tells us, he has found a way to bring his brother back. What begins as the story of a lost boy turns into a story of a brave man yearning to understand what happened that night, in the years since, and to his very person.… (more)
souloftherose: Both books do a great job of helping the reader understand what it's like to experience a mental illness. Whilst neither shy away from the suffering that accompanies this both are ultimately hopeful books.
A cleverly written book about loss, grief and mental health with quite an upbeat pace. Narrated by Matthew, a young man who has a serious psychiatric problem. He's fairly stable as he's on a lot of medication, and is writing up his memories. So they're a bit disjointed, but Matt feels quite believable.
More strong language than I'm comfortable with, some of it rather gratuitous, but on the whole I liked it. I'm not sure I really related to any of the characters, but I thought the story was well told, and worth reading. I doubt if I'll read it again, but on the whole would recommend it.
I wasn't really all that clear on what I was going to be reading when I picked this one up. For some reason I expected something really hard-hitting and emotional, but got more a quiet fictional memoir of a young man learning to live with mental illness. The writing style was very simplistic and repetitive (purposefully) and it was very easy to read. I guess what this lacked for me was the emotional impact I expected from this story. Very much worth the read though, nonetheless. ( )
A sensitively written novel with suspense. We meet Matthew and his brother Simon and Matthew narrates the story about his brother's death, his own mental ill health, his mother's grieving and so much more. ( )
It's an unsettling read but a perceptive and moving one. One image stayed with me. Matthew refers to his life as "watching my helium balloon slowly die".
While on vacation with their parents, Matthew Homes and his older brother snuck out in the middle of the night. Only Matthew came home safely. Ten years later, Matthew tells us, he has found a way to bring his brother back. What begins as the story of a lost boy turns into a story of a brave man yearning to understand what happened that night, in the years since, and to his very person.
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More strong language than I'm comfortable with, some of it rather gratuitous, but on the whole I liked it. I'm not sure I really related to any of the characters, but I thought the story was well told, and worth reading. I doubt if I'll read it again, but on the whole would recommend it.
Longer review here: https://suesbookreviews.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-shock-of-fall-by-nathan-filer.h... (