Crashing Down

by Meg O'Brien

Victimized as a girl by a child molester who was never prosecuted, Carrie Holt has put the past behind her to become a successful writer, until a trip back to her hometown brings her face to face with her tormenter, now a celebrity, who will do anything to hide the truth. Original.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery

408 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

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Reviews

[Erin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Such a badly-plotted story of child abuse, and the statistics the author offers at the end (that three out of four girls and two out of four boys are victims of child sexual abuse) is so inflated as to be laughable as well as irresponsible (the one figure I found on the Internet was 19 out of 1000 girls (Gallup, 1995).

[Peggy Brown · Rating 1 out of 5]

Without giving away plot, there were things that happened in the book that were not believable.

[Pagi79 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scritto molto bene e molto coinvolgente, il tema decisamente pesante e odioso, onestamente avevo già l’angoscia alle prime pagine, per fortuna l’autrice è riuscita con la parte investigativa e con le storie intrecciate dei personaggi a non farmi abbandonare la lettura e devo dire che l’ho divorato.

[Lindsay · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting book, dealt with child abuse and its ramifications in a believable manner.

[Jackie Simons]

Read 7/99

[Robin · Rating 2 out of 5]

Suspense never really took off due to pages of bogged down inner narrative. Enjoyment value of book reduced by the overused trope of molester must be "religious".