Falling is Like Flying by Manon Uphoff

Falling is Like Flying

Manon Uphoff with Sam Garrett (Translator)

192 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction autobiography contemporary literary memoir challenging dark sad slow-paced
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This is a story she never wanted to tell, but in the end she had no choice. When her older sister dies at the age of sixty-nine, it brings back a past the author thought she had left behind. Incensed, she delves back into her childhood, recreating...

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Community Reviews

3.48
based on 346 reviews

Moods

dark: 95%

sad: 65%

tense: 48%

challenging: 46%

emotional: 46%

reflective: 41%

mysterious: 13%

funny: 4%

informative: 2%

Pace

21% of readers chose fast
40% of readers chose medium
37% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

5% of readers chose Plot
85% of readers chose Character
10% of readers chose N/A
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Strong character development?

9% of readers chose Yes
57% of readers chose Complicated
19% of readers chose No
14% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
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Loveable characters?

9% of readers chose Yes
66% of readers chose Complicated
19% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
No
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Diverse cast of characters?

20% of readers chose Yes
30% of readers chose Complicated
35% of readers chose No
15% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

52% of readers chose Yes
21% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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