Book Review: Freefall By: Mindi Scott

“Maybe it's like free-falling. You feel like you'd rather do anything than face it, but once you do it you realize it's the best feeling you've ever had.” Mindi Scott, Freefall

It seems like all the books that I have read lately include death. In Freefall, Seth McCoy is dealing with his friend Isaac's death which he blames himself for. Seth was the last person to see Isaac alive, and the first to see him dead. In the trailer park where he lives, Seth has been drowning his sorrows in alcohol and refusing to think about Isaac's death, which seems to have plagued no one else. One evening he finds himself at a house party in the richest part of town. There, as he was slipping through the cracks, he meets a beautiful and very different girl named Rosetta. She seems to be perfect, but she has secrets of her own and Seth soon learns that he isn't the only one that needs saving.

Seth is a high school student who is seriously slipping, and the fall began before Isaac's death. He isn't stupid in any way, he is just broken and depressed. Actually, he has a lot of common sense and he is a relatable and some what likable character - in the way that you want to save him. Through out the book, he does do some things that aren't the best, but I wasn't mad at him at all. His worst decision was probably his friends. I think that Seth is a good kid, but his friends cause him to make bad decisions. In fact, he only went to the house party where he met Rosetta, because of his friend Daniel.

This book was a little bit slow at the beginning and wasn't super interesting, but after Seth met Rosetta, the story sped up and I really enjoyed it after all. My friend is currently reading it and I don't think she likes it very much, although she is still near the beginning. I rated the book a 4/5, while the average rating on Goodreads is 3.76/5. This book was slightly sad, but it was well-written and I could tune in to the emotions of Seth. Freefall was quite good overall. I recommend it.

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