Drifting, Falling: Diary of a Call Girl Suicide by A.J. Ullman – Review by Laura Furuta

Drifting, Falling — Diary of a Call Girl Suicide by A.J. Ullman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Drifting Falling: Diary of a Call Girl Suicide
By A.J. Ullman
5 out of 5 stars

The book Drifting Falling: Diary of a Call Girl Suicide by A.J. Ullman is a story that pulled me in from the very beginning and didn’t let me go until the final page. It is the story of a young woman who has suffered through a childhood that included multiple traumas and now finds herself on a course to take her own life. Ripley Astilla Luna is a young woman who has a longing to lift off from Earth and go into space as an astronaut. She has a lot of knowledge about the space program as well as those who are part of it. She is intelligent, beautiful, and haunted by the past. Reading about Ripley had me in tears at times as she relives parts of her past. This is a story that had my emotions going up and down the entire time that I was reading it. This is a book in which Ripley takes you with her down a journey in which she has a fierce determination to finish her way. The story has dark moments as well as heartbreaking ones. This is a book that I couldn’t stop thinking about even after I had finished it. There are also the characters of Dan Truscott, Ripley’s psychiatrist, and Mort, Ripley’s only friend. Dan is a character whose actions I at times questioned. Mort is a character that Ripley turns to for support. They both have their part to play in the story and I don’t think that the story would be the same without either of them. The author does an amazing job of making both the storyline and the characters come alive on the pages. It is a book that I would recommend reading.

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