We All Fall Down (New Windmills) [Hardcover]

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0435124153
• ISBN-13: 978-0435124151
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, November 20, 2001

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Lauren Houghton (College Park, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We All Fall Down (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (School & Library Binding)

I really enjoyed this book by Robert Cormier. The characters and the plot display the evil in our everyday life. However, I thought that some of the events seemed rather unrealistic. Cormier took many different plots and brought them together in unexpected and surprising ways. The book teaches lessons about regret, love, and loyalty. I think this is a book for mature readers. It taught one major lesson: every action recieves a consequence. This message was bold and understandable for all readers. In conclusion, I really enjoyed this book by Robert Cormier because it contained all the elements of a good, suspenseful, yet tragic novel.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cormier does it again, May 19, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: We All Fall Down (Mass Market Paperback)

Much like the Chocolate War, We All Fall Down deals with everyday problems teens' face in school, home, and in their personal lives. I loved how Cormier made this book accessible to teens but to adults as well. Abuse of alcohol, lies, the thought of death, and the deconstructing of family are issues that this book deals with. Cormier lets the reader see how Jane and other characters deal with these issues by writing from more than one point of view. For example, the reader can see how Jane copes with the fact her sister Karen is in a coma and might not wake up. Not only does this allow teenagers to relate to these feelings and emotions; it also connects to adults as well. They were once teenagers and have gone through the same situations as Jane, Karen, and Buddy. By reading this, adults can get a sense of what life is like for teens today and understand the reasons why teens do the things they do. It is the issues the book discusses and how the characters cope with their problems that makes this book so important to society today.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST BOOK EVER!!!, September 10, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: We All Fall Down (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is one of the most emotional and real book I have ever read. It explains why we have to be careful and extremely catiuous at times. I love this author and the books he writes. I have already read I Am The Cheese, and liked the storyline. I hope other kids get to experience it also because it's magical in it's own way.