Water Falls Down

by Danielle Rohr

Lynn is a sixteen year old suffering from depression. Her depression became so severe, she was committed to a behavioral health facility.While locked up, Lynn meets Chelsea and Garret. Together the three teens plan an escape from the institution in the middle of the night.
Fleeing from hospital security, police, and missing child alerts,the three teens make their way South across the California Valley. Negotiating a gauntlet of predatory adults, fierce elements, and their own mental illness, they find their way to Yosemite National Park.
They hideout, and embrace the new found freedom, far away from the locked down facility, critical parents,and social rules. Blending in with the tourists and nature, new challenges introduce themselves as Lynn,Chelsea, and Garret innovate new ways to survive,function,and coexist.
Deep in a vivid abyss of sadness, choices become unclear and even the smallest mistake may turn Lynn's world upside down.Can she trust those who are considered crazy? Or are they all heading for an impeding disaster?

Parental Advisory: Explicit Material
Recommended for Mature Young Adult Readers

Genres: Young Adult, Mental Health, Fiction, Mental Illness

265 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2013

About the author

Weaving webs for hungry spiders.

Reviews

[Poor Boy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was really looking forward to reading this. It was a really fun book. I finished the book in five days. The character of Lynn can be frustrating as she works through some of her depression and the way she distorts realty. The leading male character Garret can be a jerk at times, and then other times he's a girl's best friend. The third character Chelsea was risky and sexy, if she couldn't create trouble and drama, she'd go looking for it. I thought it was messed up that they stole from campers, and campgrounds for food and supplies, but it made for a good story! You'll like this book.

[amber joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Water Falls Down. Three teens who aren't your typical leading characters, escape from a mental hospital and hideout in a national park. They build a fort, have drama, relationships develop among the main characters, and shady activity takes place in the woods. Depression, heart break, and teenage angst are the main themes in this story. This is book one in the series, and I'm looking forward to reading the second book.

[Tonya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lynn is a teenager, locked in a pysch ward due to issues she is having with depression and cutting. She feels fairly safe there, but disconnected from life and any type of reality. She decides to go along with her friends and make a break one night. They succeed, but are out with no money, very little possessions and are determined to remain in hiding. The three decide they should head to Yosemite based on Lynn's recommendation. The story follows the three along various situations on their way. The personal growth of Lynn and how she relates to others and potentially dangerous situations is evident. I truly enjoyed this read, it is quick and I cared about the characters (though I wanted to shake some sense I to them at times). I am looking forward to reading more from this author!

[Stacy okun · Rating 2 out of 5]

I felt this book was boring. . It could have definitely touched on the "mental" illness of these kids , and why they were in the psych unit until they broke out.
Even in their "adventure" Nothing happened . They could of ran into a place with a TV and see themselves being searched for. The story barely touched on their family life as well. It DIDNOT need to be a cliff hanger , as it was only 191 pgs on my Nook. I was looking forward to this book a lot, as it came recommended on Goodreads. Very dissatisfied and disappointed.

[Janelle (Nellie) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spelling errors everywhere, terrible cliff hanger, grammar errors throughout the book, towards the middle and end the book got really boring and pointless. I found myself thinking "where is this book going?" I really didn't enjoy this. The beginning was great but afterwards everything went downhill. I feel like this book was written by a 13 year old and with so many grammar errors and misspellings it makes me wonder how this book even got published.

[Ashley Cummings · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the story was decent, it was hard to follow with so many grammar and punctuation errors.

[Kindle Overload · Rating 5 out of 5]

favourite read

[Denise MacDonald · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book for the most part. It showed that people are not their mental illness, that mental illness is just a part of them. It was interesting to see how the characters survived, sometimes because of the way their illness made them act. I also liked the idea that came through at times that our society tends to cause or create mental illness when people don't conform to the masses. I thought the characters were well developed and interesting. What I didn't like was learning at the end that this was the first book in a series and that it ended on a cliffhanger. So now, in order to find out what happened to the characters- one in particular- I need to buy the next book. If I had known it was yet another series, I would not have bought the first one. It really bothers me when authors do this. I will not be buying the next one. Maybe someone who has read the next one can tell me what the ending is.

[Darren · Rating 4 out of 5]

a depressing read