The Upside of Falling Down

By: Rebekah Crane

Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins

Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

For Clementine Haas, finding herself is more than a nice idea. Ever since she woke up in an Irish hospital with complete amnesia, self-discovery has become her mission.

They tell her she's the lone survivor of a plane crash. They tell her she's lucky to be alive. But she doesn't feel lucky. She feels...lost.

With the relentless Irish press bearing down on her, and a father she may not even recognize on his way from America to take her home, Clementine assumes a new identity and enlists a blue-eyed Irish stranger, Kieran O'Connell, to help her escape her forgotten life...and start a new one.

Hiding out in the sleepy town of Waterville, Ireland, Clementine discovers there's an upside to a life that's fallen apart. But as her lies grow, so does her affection for Kieran, and the truth about her identity becomes harder and harder to reveal, forcing Clementine to decide: Can she leave her past behind for a new love she'll never forget?

©2018 Rebekah Crane (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

Narration?

I should have listened to a sample first. The narrator reads in an up and down cadence and I can't hear the story for that unending roll. When she is being the characters it's actually good. But the narration doesn't work. I'll pass on the audio and read it!

Sweet baby Jesus, please send avoid at all costs

I was really looking forward to listening to this book. This is my first time with this author and narrator. The story is interesting but after 2 chapters I'm not sure I'll purchase the Kindle version to finish it. The overall writing isn't done in a concise manner. The catalyst of this story is the woman is a sole survivor from a plane crash. Her male nurse is working to help her recover her memory. It seems so forced that you're not really feeling a connection. Although the female is in a dark spot of being a survivor with no memory, it just doesn't translate well. It's truly hard to pinpoint the main issue but it falls apart pretty quickly. It is a Kindle Unlimited book, so I might give it a try to finish it.

The narrator was so bad and annoying, I tapped out after 2 chapters. It was so frustrating to listen to and became unbearably annoying.

A "Lovely" Read

Well developed characters and a delightful story. Rebekah Crane does a great job of mixing wistful and relateable and Alana Kerr Collins does yet another great job of bringing the characters to life.

Clementine’s actions

The story overall was good, but I couldn’t get over how Clementine/Jane treated her father. Especially after she found out about here mother. She was sooo selfish to do that to him....he didn’t do anything to deserve that. That’s why I gave it less than 5 stars for Overall & the Story.

Meh

I thought it was unrealistic with too many coincidences. I didn’t think the Irish accents of the narration sounded authentic either. WHAT ALICE FORGOT is a much better book about amnesia and new starts.

Good story

Very sappy and predictable for the story but good. Not in love with the narrator’s voice, it’s very monotone like a news reporter.

Fair

Good if you are looking for a light listen. Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it.

Loved it!

loved this story line. I would've never thought it would take a turn like that. it kept me intrigued a d wanting to know more the whole time.

Shocking right till the end!

I love a story I can’t figure out. The narrator did an excellent job. I loved listening to all the different characters. It was like they came right out of the speakers. I can’t wait to listen to another book by the author. Hopefully the narrator will be the same. 😉

Love this book!

I listened to this book a lot more than I usually do with other books. I found it hard to NOT listen because I wanted to know what would happen next, throughout the whole book. I cared about the characters, especially the main character. The story was excellent and the performer did an amazing job maintaining different voices for each character, including accents. That’s an enormous skill to be able to have characters speaking to each other back and forth with different accents! Her pace and tenderness re the emotions of the book, evident in how she performed it, combined with the author’s many pieces of a puzzle, carefully playing out in the story, with great life lessons and perspective, made this an awesome book to listen to!!