Author: Les Zig
ISBN: 978-1-925700-03-9
RRP: $29.99
Publication Date: 1st September 2018
Publisher: Pantera Press
Copy: Courtesy of the Publisher
August Falling is a story of choices, acceptance and learning to be ourselves.
My media release says Les Zig’s writing is sharp, honest and incisive, so real in parts it will make you flinch. Zig has the unique ability to pull real, human truths from the ordinary and everyday.
August is trying to piece his life back together after a bad relationship. It’s not perfect but do any of us really have the perfect life? He lives in a small flat, works in a call centre, is struggling to finish the book he’s working on and he’s socially challenged around women.
Enter Julie, everything that August isn’t. Confident, composed and purposeful even after a troubled childhood. And finally August feels he can be himself.
Except that Julie has a past and it’s one that is going to test August and his ability to love unconditionally.
I don’t know what I expected when I picked up this book, before reading the synopsis, but I’m not sure this is it. It sounds like it could be quite an engaging read and I look forward to picking it up.
In the meantime 25 of our Beauty and Lace Club members are reading August Falling thanks to Pantera Press and I look forward to hearing what they think. Please be aware there may be spoilers in the comments below.
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An engaging book and something unexpected.
Poor August has a bad breakup (haven’t we all).. he meets Julie, she is confident and full of life. After reading the blurb on the back cover, I kept waiting for Julie’s secret to reveal itself. Well that was a surprise! Usually you can get a feel for the ‘secret’ but I was surprised with this one.
August has to look within himself to see if he can get past Julie’s history and love her for who she really is.
I found August falling an engaging read, hard to put down and a book I would happily recommend. Thanks for the opportunity to review.
Thankyou Beautyandlace ,Pantera Press and Les Zig for the opportunity to read and review August Falling. This book would not be one I would have chosen off the shelf which says a lot for not judging a book by its cover. BUT I really enjoyed this book and I was sorry to finish it
I fell in love with August, he is so insecure and a lot of the time his worst enemy, After a disastrous marriage August blames himself for everything that happened and so taking these insecurities into every relationship he talks it into failing.
A no end job,a very overprotective sister, and no social life or inviting living conditions
August is in a deep black hole. Along comes Julie and although she has secrets and problems of her own she is very fond of and supportive of August even though he fights everything good that comes his way.
Thought provoking and a very good story I would recommend August Falling .
We meet August when he is absolutely miserable and chronically depressed following an obviously traumatic breakup some time ago with his partner. There’s also a mystery, something regarding the breakup is not quite right. August’s working in a call centre, which in itself is also fairly miserable, as people heap abuse on him as he cold calls for charitable donations. He’s inept in social situations and surrounded by people equally inept, apart from his twin sister, who is pretty much his lifeline. He’s instantly attracted to Julie, another customer at the café where he has lunch, and manages – spectacularly ineptly – to make contact with her. She is lovely, and to his astonishment she doesn’t seem to mind how much of a loser he is. His life slowly begins to get back on track, just from her simple acceptance. Suddenly, just when things are really going well, August is blindsided with an unexpected moral dilemma of huge proportions, something every average person would probably struggle with – and the struggle is real. The book goes into this with graphic and explicit detail, way out of my comfort zone. 3 stars only because I couldn’t cope with the subject matter, but others will find it gripping.
August Falling. He was a shy guy looking for love but he was always so hard on himself about his job and about life.
I would recommed this book it will get you think about how people do react to his life of hurts.
Thank you for selecting me to read August Falling written by Les Zig
The first line in the book said “ This is not a love story “
August Priddy is the main character he is recovering from a recent bad relationship August is a shy awkward man working in a call centre he has a twin sister who does look out for him
He meets a lady called Julie and wow his life is on track again and all is going well until ( no spoilers ) Julie’s secret is revealed and what a secret it is
Julie has a past as we all do, August has to try and get over what he discovers about Julie ( no spoilers )
Nice easy book to read and quite thought provoking as to how the reader would deal with theses circumstances
Thank you Beauty and Lace ,Pantera Press and Les Zig for the opportunity to read and review August Falling.
It says at the very beginning, ‘This is not a love story’, but to me it is. Full of past hurts and betrayals, new lust which could become love, secrets and lies. It’s about the main character, August, growing, moving forward and learning to love himself.
The ‘secrets’ are very thought provoking., and really make you ask yourself, ‘how would you cope with it’. I literally was hooked from the first page, and found myself still reading into the early hours, until it was finished.
This is only the second novel for Les Zig, and I am now on the hunt for his first, and I look forward to reading any future releases.
Well written, thought provoking and all about growing as a person and loving yourself. 5/5 from me.
Thank you Beauty and Lace for choosing me to read August Falling by Les Zig.
The story was interesting and I found myself wondering what was going to happen.
The main characters were engaging and though flawed quite likeable.
However I didnt like the crude language and strong focus on sex scenes. This was a problem for me but probably not for others.
Overall it was a well written and thought provoking story.
This isn’t a love story….
Well it is and it isn’t!!! The first line of the book sets you up for a ride! We follow the journey of August through his disasterous end of marriage to his new infatuation, Julie.
The book doesn’t feel like a fairytale. It is raw with real emotions of depression, lust and low self esteem.
The ending doesn’t go the way I thought and in that sense the first sentence comes true to its word.
I would recommend this to my friends as it’s very well written.
A story of hope and acceptance
Les Zig’s second book ‘August Falling’ explores the daily challenges facing the protagonist, August Priddy. After a painful break up, August is plagued by his insecurities and is struggling to move forward in life. The story examines the highs and low that surface as he attempts to face these trials.
We follow the struggles August is faced with and we see how he manages each of these by drawing on his own personal experiences, past and present. This book gives the reader a reminder that life is fragile and precious and we are constantly faced with uncertainties. There are no guarantees in life. It is up to us to appreciate and accept all that is offered from life’s beauty.
We all have a past that shapes and moulds us and this is illustrated through the development of the main characters of the story. Zig encourages the reader to look beyond the surface value of people and relationships and the story explores how easy it is for humans to be judgemental.
It’s a novel that focuses on the importance of self acceptance and having a growth mindset – a development of understanding that each persons journey is unique and at any given time, the point a person is at, is a result of the complexity of their own particular personal experiences and relationships.
I would recommend ‘August falling’ to adults of all ages. Les Zig has successfully explored how the human psyche combined with environmental factors influence the choices we make and the individual we become.
This is not a love story. Rather it is a story about finding yourself.
Meet August, heartbroken and depressed after a breakup working in a call centre and trying to find to overcome the insecurities that plague his life.
He is also trying to finish a book.
Then he meets Julie…. No it’s not a love story.. its a story about two people who find they still have to overcome their past experiences to move forward in their lives.
their lives intertwine but this doesn’t end in the way you would normally assume.
ok, So Julie and August meet and things go really well until August discovers Julie’s secret. It derails him, leaves him to examine what he really wants and how he perceives others.
No it’s not a love story and the ending leaves you thinking very hard about personal choices and how we deal with curveballs in our lives.
This was an easy, thought provoking reading but one i really enjoyed.
Thanks to the author Les Zig, Pantera Press and Beauty and Lace for the privilege of reading this book.