Before the Fall
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Noah Hawley
On a foggy summer night, eleven people--ten privileged, one down-on-his-luck painter--depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet headed for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the unthinkable happens: the plane plunges into the ocean. The only survivors are the painter Scott Burroughs and a four-year-old boy, who is now the last remaining member of an immensely wealthy and powerful media mogul's family. Was it by chance that so many influential people perished? Or was something more sinister at work? A storm of media attention brings Scott fame that quickly morphs into notoriety and accusations, and he scrambles to salvage truth from the wreckage. Amid trauma and chaos, the fragile relationship between Scott and the young boy grows and glows at the heart of this stunning novel, raising questions of fate, morality, and the inextricable ties that bind us together. Kristin Hannah raves, "Noah Hawley really knows how to keep a reader turning the pages... a complex, compulsively readable thrill ride of a novel." Winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel and the 2017 International Thriller Writers Award For Best Novel From the Award-Winning Creator of Fargo Comes "One of the Year's Best Suspense Novels" (New York Times).
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Author
Noah Hawley
Pages
400
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Published Date
2016-05-31
ISBN
1455561800 9781455561803
Ratings
Google: 3
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"Just a very entertaining thriller book, don't miss it!"
Jonathan Kent
"Plane crashes, who caused it and why?"
Diane Morello
"Gripped me, shook me up, spit me out, and left me reexamining the entire narrative. I really enjoyed it, definitely a good read"
Allison F
"Great read but got long in the middle."
Constance Lowry
"A rare literary thriller, with multifaceted characters and a suspenseful plot. "
Sarah Innes
"This book was definitely a slow burn. The author gives you peeks of what happened but nothing is put together until the end. All of the peeks and storylines that lead up to the ending are fairly interesting, but when it ends, I feel a bit short changed. The answer wasn't mind blowing but fairly simple. Maybe that was the point, that not everything has to be some over the top convoluted story like the media has tendencies to do. I did enjoy it, but i wanted to know more about what happened next."
Kim
"This was an ok read but it felt long winded with a rushed ending."
Bethany Rollins
"This has to be the most overrated book of 2016. I think all of the glowing reviews are only because of who the author is. The premise is described as a mystery/suspense but it is not that at all. You do eventually find out why the plane crashed, but most of the book is flashbacks with each character and what they did in the days leading up to the crash. The middle is so boring, I just couldn't wait to finish it and in the end the resolution was a complete let down."
"<strong>So disappointed.</strong><br/><br/>I read a review of this in the NYT so I was really excited to read it. I found myself skipping over the somewhat bizarre introspection that took place around each character. It didn't make me care about them or even understand them. I eventually started skipping over it. Once I did that the story began to flow better. I don't feel that it was interesting enough to recommend."
K D
Karen DeBellis
"Super thrilling. I’m a big historical fiction reader but this book was just too good to put down. Keeps you going until the last page and even then it leaves you wanting more."
Peyton Nevil
