Freefall

This is the kind of pulpy, plot based read that you can power through in a single sitting, preferably on the beach or during a plane ride if the plane crash aspect doesn t make you too nervous The short chapters keep the pacing up and make it easy to zip through.However, seasoned thriller readers might be a little disappointed by the lack of surprises Most of the plot is fairly easy to predict and the one promised twist felt a lot like deus ex machina to me That being said, this can This is the [...]

I don t know about you, but sometimes when I m reading a book, something about the title triggers a song or even two in my brain, something that keeps running through my head the entire time Needless to say, I was glad I devoured Jessica Barry s Freefall in one day, because I don t know if I could have handled Tom Petty s Free Fallin running through my head longer than that If it gets stuck in your head, you re welcome Here are the facts I am alone I am on a mountain The plane I w I don t [...]

4 exciting stars Freefall opens with Allison surviving a plane crash She is the lone survivor, and she s in the mountains with a smashed cell phone and few supplies The pilot was her fianc , and she has lost everything And guess what She actually doesn t want to be found On top of it all, someone is following her Across the country, Maggie, Allison s mom, has been told that her daughter likely died in the crash but Maggie refuses to give up hope and sets out on a determined search for her 4 exci [...]

This is well plotted, if unsurprising, and the pace is fast It s told from the alternating voices of the daughter and mother which work but there are mistakes that the editor should have caught Firstly, it is a character driven novel and the characterization should have been accurate The mother is depicted as nearing eighty years old as opposed to her actual age Next, please remember where your characters are The daughter receives a phone call while on a treadmill in the lower level of her This [...]

3.5 starsThis turned out to be a pretty solid thriller Maggie Carpenter is devastated to hear the news her daughter, Allison, died in a plane crash Even though they have been estranged for the last two years, Maggie is determined to find out about Allison s life leading up to the crash Except wait, Allison didn t actually die, but she doesn t want people to know she survived either Told from the perspectives of a grieving mother searching for answers and a daughter who seems to be runni 3.5 star [...]

You guys I just finished the most amazing book Twilight Just kidding I just finished Freefall by Jessica Barry, my first favorite of 2019 Congrats, Jessica Freefall is my kind of book Most books take forever to actually start the story but unlike most books, Freefall hits the ground running Literally The book opens with a plane crash with a sole survivor, Allison The book then switches back and forth between Allison and her mother, Maggie As Maggie tries to find her daughter and All You guys I j [...]

5WOW you guys Freefall by Jessica Barry is a fast paced survival story that I absolutely could not put down What it s about Allison Carpenter is on her fianc s private plane when it goes down over the Colorado Rockies The pilot doesn t make it, but amazingly enough Allison survives But Allison knows a terrible secret, one that some very powerful people will kill to keep under wraps So she must run, and not let anyone know she is alive Meanwhile, Allison s mom Maggie is told that h 5WOW you guys [...]