Fallen Over Book Reviews

I received this book via NetGalley to give an honest review.

Wow is about all I can really say. You hear about school shootings almost all the time and it breaks your heart. With this story it is told over the span of 54 minutes from different points of views. 

Those 54 minutes seem to go by so slow it seems for those that are affected that you know they are wondering when will help arrive?

Now I am okay with different P.O.V's but it took me a while to finally get all the characters right and remembering who was related to who and what not. I like to wrap my head around it from the get go not 30% in but that is just me. There were a few things that I was a bit confused in a way about. The Adventures of Mei I didn't understand what that had to do with anything. I assume that it was a teacher's child? but I wasn't 100 percent certain. The text messages though they were very few I didn't know who was sending them and I may have missed it but I didn't think I did. Was it from the student doing the shooting or someone in the school? 

So the different P.O.V.'s are Autumn (which by the way is such a cool name), Sylv, Tomas and Claire. They each play an important role from helping save those that are being held, to standing up to the shooter, to even getting help. They also each have something in common with each other they all know the shooter in a different way then some of their classmates.

The author did a great job with describing the scenes and what the characters were feeling and going through from the  beginning to the end and you learn why the shooter did what he did but it is still heartbreaking that it went that route. 

This is a very touchy subject and one that makes you want to hug your children a bit tighter when you let them walk out the door because you never know what might happen. In Opportunity, Alabama it was a normal day to all those that went to school but they had no clue what the rest of the day would ensure. 

There is hope, courage, love, strength, heartbreak all wrapped up within this story. The story felt real and raw.