'The Shock of the Fall' by Nathan Filer

Hey guys, sorry I haven't blogged for a while, but I haven't finished any books lately! Its not like me not to start a book and not finish it, but I just haven't found any books which have gripped or interested me in slightest.
Here is the cover I read it from:

 

But there is also this cover:

 



But the other day I picked up this book at the bookshop and I started the first couple of pages and to be honest couldn't really be bothered to read anymore but I carried on a couple of days later and was totally gripped. Here is the blurb:

'I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother. His name's Simon. I think you're going to like him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he'll be dead. And he was never the same after that.

I really enjoyed this book. It is very well written, and its a incredible story.
Its about this boy who's disabled brother dies when they were younger, and you don't know how until the end. The boy is then growing up, and he goes crazy because of the death of his brother. His ends up in a mental hospital, and its about his life there and how he copes with what happened. He writes this book from the computer in the hospital and it is showing him developing character. He writes this book very truthfully, and not in a particularly positive way. He does not try to make things seem better, as it is like he is writing this book to himself, but is directed to us. He says at the end that this book was for closure and is it very good.
Mathew (the boy in the story) starts off in a normal kind of life, and when his brother dies, he does not show much grieving. He never cried about it, like his parents did. His mother goes slightly mad as well, as she is very afraid of losing another son and this makes young Mathew very angry.

As he grows up and moves into his own apartment, he does not let anyone into his world, and doesn't let anyone see what he is becoming.

This book is scary, but not in the way 'Stolen' or any other scary book is written, but it is scary in the sense that he blocking himself off from everyone and anyone who loves him and this leads to bad things.

I really enjoyed this book, and I am very glad that I pursued it and didn't give up when there got to a few tedious bits in the middle.

Overall i would give this book a 5* rating of: 4 1/2*
I really enjoyed this book and thanks so much for reading this blog.
Hope to see you soon!

xoxo
JJ