Falling Together

A Novel

De: Marisa de los Santos

Narrado por: Julia Gibson

“Her writing is both vividly descriptive and surprisingly insightful.”
—Boston Globe

“It’s the three-dimensional men, women, and children who populate her fiction that I’ll remember for a very long time.”
—Nancy Pearl’s Picks

Following the phenomenal success of her novels Love Walked In and Belong to Me, New York Times bestselling author Marisa de los Santos returns with Falling Together, an emotionally resonant, powerfully moving, and pitch perfect novel about friends, family, and love. Truly modern women’s fiction at its finest, this is the unforgettable tale of a remarkable friendship that ended abruptly, only to be resurrected in great need years later at a college reunion, launching three formerly devoted companions and reluctant family members alike on a sobering, enlightening journey across the world and through the past. Brimming with the author’s trademark wit, vivid prose, and captivating characterizations, Falling Together brilliantly explores our deepest human connections and confirms Marisa de los Santos as one of America’s most exciting contemporary novelists.

Sometimes its hard to go back

If you could sum up Falling Together in three words, what would they be?

Friendship, abandonment, faith

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the scenes in the Phillipines when they are looking for Kat. I could picture it and wanted to be there!

Which scene was your favorite?

When Pen and Will realize they are meant for each after all the years of Kat taking center stage.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Sometimes old friendships aren't meant to be...and sometimes they are.

Excellent!

Colorfully written. Superb descriptions. Amazing story of friendship and the many forms of love. Awesome.

Sweet

I absolutely love books by this author. They are just amazing sweet stories. Tissue warning in a few spots.

Love it

A sweet story of friendship and evolving relationships. A reminder that our perception is not flexible, change becomes scary.

Pretty enjoyable

Not fine literature but a light, entertaining listen about college friends becoming more later in their lives.

Narrator's breathy voice a turn off

The overall story was okay. However, the narrator read most of the book in Penn's breathy/ whiny voice which was so annoying I had to turn the book off on several occassions just to get a break from it. I realize it is hard to get the true voice of the narrator in the short sample snipets we can listen to before purchasing but had I known the voice was going to be this bad throughout the 13+ hour book, I would have passed.

Goes on and on

Any additional comments?

Loved Belong to Me and was looking forward to this book from de los Santos, but I thought it would never end. The initial premise had promise but then it disintegrated into this meandering meaning of life story while creating a side story that almost certainly could never happen in any reality. I never loved any of the protagonists and in fact thought they were on a mission that truly meant just about nothing important in their overall lives. I thought about Belong to You for days. This one I was just glad it was over. Don't bother.