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    Just Fall: A Novel
    Just Fall: A Novel
    Just Fall: A Novel
    Audiobook8 hours

    Just Fall: A Novel

    Written by Nina Sadowsky

    Narrated by Johnathan McClain, Beresford Bennett and Emily Rankin

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Perfect for fans of Patricia Highsmith and Gillian Flynn, this sexy and seductive debut novel asks: How can you find out that the person you love is a killer . . . and continue to love him anyway?

    THEN

    Ellie Larrabee’s life is perfect. She’s thriving at work, living in a fabulous apartment, and engaged to the man of her dreams. To all appearances, Ellie and Rob Beauman are a golden couple—blessed with good looks, success, and romantic chemistry that’s off the charts. Surely their future together promises nothing but happiness.

    But on what should be the most wonderful day of her life, moments after saying “I do,” a shocking secret threatens to shatter Ellie’s happily-ever-after. She learns that the man she just married and loves with all her heart hides a dark past beneath his charismatic exterior. And the more harrowing truth she uncovers, the deeper Ellie is swept into a vortex of betrayal and uncertainty from which she may never escape.

    NOW

    On the island paradise of St. Lucia, Ellie isn’t basking in honeymoon splendor—she’s grappling with the chilling realities of her violently derailed life: Rob has blood on his hands and some very dangerous people on his trail, and only Ellie stands between him and the lethal destiny he’s facing. Rob never dreamed that Ellie would be dragged into the deadly world he’s trapped in—or used as a pawn against him. And Ellie could never have imagined how far she’d be forced to go to save the man she loves.

    Praise for Just Fall

    “[A] tense, wild fever dream of a debut.”—Entertainment Weekly

    “What a terrific novel! Just Fall arrived in the mail this morning and I read the book in one sitting, which I haven’t done for years. Nina Sadowsky’s premise is original, her voice is clear, her storytelling skills are remarkable, and her pacing is perfect.”—Sue Grafton

    “Character-rich and compulsively readable, Just Fall is a marvelous surprise. Exploring the universal need for family and human connection, and the costs incurred when those bonds are severed, Just Fall takes the reader on a wild ride through the psyches of two damaged people who hope to find redemption in each other. The writing is lush, the insights sharp. This novel is a winner.”—Diane Keaton

    “Apt comparisons to The Girl on the Train and Gone Girl . . . The tension becomes almost unbearable. . . . The many plot strands are neatly woven together as the story hurtles towards its shocking . . . ending.”—Booklist

    “Chilling . . . Sadowsky’s debut is an excellent foray into the depths of the depraved criminal mind and its control over others.”—RT Book Reviews (four stars)

    “[An] intriguing setup . . . Sex and violence abound. . . . Ellie must decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice for a man she only thought she knew.”—Publishers Weekly

    “Impressive and memorable . . . [Sadowsky’s] creative abilities, honed in the film industry, are on display here. She knows just how much to give the reader, and when.”—Bookreporter

    “A chilling story exploring the fine lines between love and hate, good and evil, Just Fall is a wild ride of unnerving twists and turns, right up to the last page.”—Andrea Kane, New York Times bestselling author of The Silence That Speaks
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
    Release dateMar 22, 2016
    ISBN9780147526564
    Just Fall: A Novel

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    • 3/5

      Aug 1, 2024

      Ellie and Rob are madly in love, but at their wedding, Rob drops a secret on Ellie that changes her life. Now, Ellie is forced to do things she never thought she'd be capable of doing. She also begins to question the life that she and Rob had - is it real love?
      People are being murdered on St. Lucia. Meanwhile, children are going missing on the island. A police officer is tasked with solving all of these crimes.
      There is an extraordinary amount of violence and mutilation in this, as well as an odd love story, which makes you question the relationship.
    • 4/5

      Feb 4, 2020

      Nina Sadowsky's debut novel Just Fall, is intriguing mystery about a woman who discovers on her wedding day that everything about her new husband, including his name, is nothing but a series of well-crafted lies.

      With a few failed romances behind her, Ellie Larrabee has low expectations about her blind date with Rob Beauman. Much to her surprise (and his), the two immediately hit it off and before long, they are living together and planning their upcoming wedding. Shrugging off her concerns about Rob's reluctance to discuss his past since she, too, is keeping a few dark secrets of her own, Ellie is eagerly looking forward to their wedding day. However, what should be the happiest day of her life quickly turns dark when, immediately after exchanging their vows, Rob makes a stunning confession. When he is kidnapped from their wedding reception, Ellie endures a horrifying ordeal in order to save his life.

      Ellie and Rob seem to be the perfect couple. Fixed up by mutual friends, they are pretty much inseparable from their first date. Their relationship moves at an accelerated pace as they become engaged soon after moving in together. Ellie quells her doubts about Rob's reticence to reveal much about his past but her fears about him are soon realized by his shocking admission on their wedding day. Terrified for Rob's safety, Ellie is soon swept up into a dizzying array of events that she hopes will set them both free from his sinister past.

      Written from multiple points of view and weaving back and forth in time, details about Rob and Ellie's relationship and their individual backstories reveal shocking and unexpected information about this seemingly innocuous couple. Rob's past is particularly heartbreaking as events from his childhood set him on collision course for disaster. Surprisingly, Ellie is the less sympathetic of the pair since the revelations about her past paint her in a less than flattering light. Neither are particularly likable but it is impossible not to feel empathy for them as they try to move past their mistakes and missteps.

      Just Fall is an engrossing mystery that is surprisingly addictive despite a somewhat slow beginning. Ellie and Rob are both deeply flawed and seemingly without conscience but tiny glimmers of humanity and compassion make it easy to hope they survive their ordeal. With an absolutely shocking plot twist, Nina Sadowsky brings the novel to a dramatic and stunning conclusion that appears to leave the door open to a possibility for a sequel at some point in the future.
    • 3/5

      Feb 28, 2018

      I thought this was a bit better than just ok but I can't honestly say that by the end, I strongly liked it. The story of Ellie & Rob being told by two threads in alternating chapters titled "Then" and "Now" felt tedious. I admit to being far more interested in the Now and I was also just annoyed that the Then felt disjointed and didn't even always pick up where the prior Then, ended. The summary definitely drew me in and more than anything was what kept me turning the pages so that's to the good. I was completely put off by the reveal of Quinn's relationship to Rob and truly feel that this is the point where the story fell short for me. I did like how Lucien's thread tied into Ellie and Rob's main one but I ultimately felt that the reader is supposed to empathize with Rob's plight but I didn't. I never felt that he was deeply rendered enough as a person for me to care, let alone, empathize. This of course never made me see what Ellie was going to the lengths she did. I hate to say that given the summary, I thought this story would have been different & I felt a bit of disappointment.

      I was given a copy of this book by the publisher in exchange for my honest review. Many thanks to Netgalley.
    • 4/5

      May 19, 2016

      When I read the description for this book where it says something along the lines of, 'What do you do when you find out the person you love is a killer?' I knew I had to read it. Thankfully, although I don't know that I read any more of the description before deciding to pick it up, I was definitely not disappointed.

      Ellie and Rob are a very happy newlywed couple, but they are both filled with secrets. As these secrets begin to reveal themselves, they're both faced with decisions to make. How much can you love someone who has gone out of their way to hide so much? If you both hide things from each other, is it then fair?

      All in all I felt that this book was very well written. In alternating "then" and "now" chapters, the story jumps around to different points within their lives to paint a picture of who they are now and why their decisions are so crucial within each moment. I found it relatively easy to follow and I felt the pacing done in this manner made it an even harder book to put down.

      What did I think?: I really liked reading this and thought it had a great mix of thriller and romance. Some parts were a bit graphic but never too much so in my opinion.

      Who should read it?: If you enjoy thrillers, this is one of the better ones I've picked up in a while. I highly recommend it if you're looking for something fast paced and exciting.
    • 5/5

      Apr 10, 2016

      Ellie and Rob are an interesting couple, even more interesting than the couple in “Gone Girl.” In this novel we meet Ellie and come to know her as we look back on her past in chapters that alternate with what is going on now. While they are definitely not the couple next door, they do keep you fascinated because you never know what they will do next. By next I mean up to and including murder. I started this book and did not put it down until I finished. I can’t wait for this author to write another book!
    • 2/5

      Mar 21, 2016

      Just Fall by Nina Sadowsky is a so-so debut thriller that tells the story by jumping between "Then" and "Now" chapters.

      The novel opens with our beautiful, desirable, blond newlywed, Ellie, killing a man. Apparently she needed to kill him to save her dashing but mysterious husband, Rob, who she loves more than is prudent, or certainly beyond common sense, and decency. On their wedding day, immediately after the ceremony, Rob told her that he is a killer. Subsequently, some men showed up at the reception to beat Rob up, take him hostage, and force Elle to kill a man if she wants to see Rob again.

      She is sent to St. Lucia to kill the man in the opening. In St. Lucia there are also children who are going missing, which is consuming the thoughts of a local policeman, Lucien, even as he is sent to investigate the man Elle killed. And then more stuff happens now and we learn more about the past of both Rob and Elle.

      Elle and Rob are not very sympathetic or engaging characters. This really isn't remedied when we learn more about their past in the "Then" chapters. The character development that does take place never brought me to the point where I cared what happened to these people. In fact, I actually cared less about their well-being. They lacked credibility as characters and were both annoying and unbalanced. What I was curious about was more of Lucien's story and what was happening to the missing boys.

      This is a quick read, so you can quickly jump from one absurd plot twist to another. Don't expect a resolution to all the plot elements and be prepared for frequent changes in the points of view as chapters flip back and forth without following any time sequence.


      Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of Random House via Netgalley for review purposes