Alice Falling

"There are moments of social satire that succeed, even if they don't feel fresh..., but the violent climax of the novel is neither shocking nor cathartic. What should be an act of vengeance--exciting, liberating--instead feels obligatory, as if even the characters were too jaded and weary to invest it with meaning....The predictably destructive ending of ALICE FALLING feels hollower than revenge and murkier than nihilism--because they've both been sacrificed to sentiment."Wall, William is the author of 'Alice Falling' with ISBN 9780393050011 and ISBN 0393050017.