Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
108th out of 111 books
—
13 voters
Falling Through Darkness
Ginny can't resist daredevil Aidan--until the night he crosses the line between games and reality. She survives, he doesn't, and everyone thinks it's an accident. Lost somewhere between past and present, she meets Caleb., a much older man with secrets of his own. In richly limned scenes, Carolyn MacCullough debuts as a strong new voice in young adult literature.
Hardcover, 160 pages
Published
October 5th 2003
by Roaring Brook Press
(first published September 12th 2003)
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
194)
Seventeen-year-old Ginny's life feels like a waking dream. Or maybe a nightmare. It all seemed so different when Aidan first came crashing into her life.
Beautiful, vivid, reckless Aidan is nothing like Ginny--a quiet, good girl more comfortable blending in than standing out. But Aidan makes Ginny different. He makes her want more. Makes her feel more. In the end, he makes her feel too much.
There was a crash. Something everyone else is calling an accident. Aidan is gone. But Ginny is left behind...more
Beautiful, vivid, reckless Aidan is nothing like Ginny--a quiet, good girl more comfortable blending in than standing out. But Aidan makes Ginny different. He makes her want more. Makes her feel more. In the end, he makes her feel too much.
There was a crash. Something everyone else is calling an accident. Aidan is gone. But Ginny is left behind...more
When you first start to read this book you aren't quite sure what is going on, but slowly the story becomes clear. Ginny is mourning her boyfriend and having a hard time moving forward in her life.
You can see why Ginny was so attracted to Aidan, he is a charismatic guy, but he has some of his own issues. It is only as we get to know him you get a handle on his problems. In a moment of weakness Ginny breaks down and spills just what happened that night and you understand the problems that Ginny i...more
You can see why Ginny was so attracted to Aidan, he is a charismatic guy, but he has some of his own issues. It is only as we get to know him you get a handle on his problems. In a moment of weakness Ginny breaks down and spills just what happened that night and you understand the problems that Ginny i...more
Ginny is the main character in this story who has to deal with the aftermath of a horrible accident involving her and her lost boyfriend, Aidan. Everyone thinks Ginny's grieving from losing Aidan, but what Ginny knows about what happened that night is what's really tearing her apart. Pulled between love and loss, Ginny must find a way to come to terms with what happened that night and the boy who loved her so desperately.
MacCullough skillfully blends together elements of tortured romance, harsh...more
MacCullough skillfully blends together elements of tortured romance, harsh...more
I love the author´s witch series so I thought I´d give this a try. I wasn´t disappointed or anything, but it didn´t blow my mind either.
It´s a pretty short book and also a pretty depressing one but I like sad books and short books can be just as good as long ones so that wasn´t the problem. I think it was Ginny. After her boyfriend´s death she is a mess and while that´s understandable it´s not very pleasant to read about.
There were chapters in the past and in the present so you could also see...more
It´s a pretty short book and also a pretty depressing one but I like sad books and short books can be just as good as long ones so that wasn´t the problem. I think it was Ginny. After her boyfriend´s death she is a mess and while that´s understandable it´s not very pleasant to read about.
There were chapters in the past and in the present so you could also see...more
A teen girl copes with the apparent suicide of her daredevil boyfriend. Not much to be optimistic about in this novel until the last couple pages. Every teen character is portrayed as living life for the moment, no plans for the future, smoking/drinking/partying/hooking up/peer pressure. Yet all the adults seem overly wise, waiting to help, if she would just open up to them. I liked the sorting of thought that is brought about through some chapters being past, some present, but I couldn't connec...more
TEEN LIT
I read this with a purpose: to consider for a book project I'm working on. This is a good book, and I probably only gave it a three due to the lenses in which I was reading it. Good girl meets bad boy. Bad boy ends up dying due to intentional reckless driving...suicide. Girl survives the crash, and the book is about her recovery. Would recommend to teens who are dealing with peer pressure or who like books where the teens are dealing with emotional issues. Note to self: girl starts to fa...more
I read this with a purpose: to consider for a book project I'm working on. This is a good book, and I probably only gave it a three due to the lenses in which I was reading it. Good girl meets bad boy. Bad boy ends up dying due to intentional reckless driving...suicide. Girl survives the crash, and the book is about her recovery. Would recommend to teens who are dealing with peer pressure or who like books where the teens are dealing with emotional issues. Note to self: girl starts to fa...more
There isn't very much to say about Falling Through Darkness. It's a short and quick read with quite simple writing.
Falling Through Darkness tells the story of seventeen year old Ginny who has lost her boyfriend Aidan and is now trying to cope with his death.
The book is told in a third person narrator and it's set in the now while we get flashbacks of Ginny's time with Aidan.
It didn't really manage to make me feel anything for the characters since it all felt underdeveloped and the characters fel...more
Falling Through Darkness tells the story of seventeen year old Ginny who has lost her boyfriend Aidan and is now trying to cope with his death.
The book is told in a third person narrator and it's set in the now while we get flashbacks of Ginny's time with Aidan.
It didn't really manage to make me feel anything for the characters since it all felt underdeveloped and the characters fel...more
With this novel, Carolyn MacCullough has written a nearly flawless story. The plot is succinct, and the alternating chapters of past and present keeps the story interesting, as more details are revealed about seventeen-year-old Ginny’s situation. At the beginning we know only that Ginny is grieving over the loss of her boyfriend Aidan, and that the two had shared an intense relationship. The few characters are easy to keep track of and MacCullough’s descriptions of them provided just enough info...more
Aug 04, 2011
Georgeanna Hores
added it
i swear when i was reading this it felt like i was reading my cousins life. i found the reality of it so effective, like i could see myself at that point one day.
Review to follow
May 21, 2013
Mariel Ⓜ O'Horanickelmez
marked it as to-read
May 21, 2013
Barbie
marked it as to-read
May 01, 2013
Terri Nguyen
marked it as to-read
Apr 25, 2013
Matil Wyman
marked it as to-read
Apr 24, 2013
Bookworm
marked it as to-read
Apr 23, 2013
Kathryn
marked it as to-read
Apr 21, 2013
Katherinne Moran
marked it as to-read
Mar 12, 2013
Melissa
marked it as to-read
Mar 11, 2013
Melanie
marked it as to-read
Mar 10, 2013
Danielle Faller
marked it as to-read
Mar 10, 2013
Igraine
marked it as auf-gar-keinen-fall
Feb 27, 2013
Jackie
marked it as to-read
Feb 20, 2013
Sayerah
marked it as to-read
Feb 09, 2013
Star
marked it as to-read
Feb 08, 2013
Heather Pelletier
marked it as to-read
Feb 02, 2013
Eric
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
Carolyn MacCullough received her MFA in creative writing from the New School and lives with her husband in Brooklyn.
More about Carolyn MacCullough...
Share This Book
No trivia or quizzes yet. Add some now »
