Review: A Dark Coming of Age Tale
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2014
Ben's a bit of a geek and, due to the loss of his best friend Johnny a year ago, a loner.  He and Johnny used to make Super 8 movies in their free time, but Ben's barely thought about that recently.  That is, until Audrey, a neighbor a few years his senior (a his babysitter) asks about making a film with him.  This simple request sets Ben on a path to discover a lot of things about himself, his family, his friends, and his community.When We Fall bears a number of similarities to Giglio's last DarkFuse title, Lesser Creatures.  Both stories concern troubled youths with a certain something that sets them apart from everyone else.  (And while Lesser Creatures follows Stephen Lingk into adulthood, he is still largely a boy that never grew up.)  However, on a thematic level, the two stories diverge wildly.  Lesser Creatures is about a boy who can fix everything, but still somehow manages to wreck the world.  When We Fall is about a boy who feels powerless to fix anything, but still makes the journey and is better for it.This is a story that is, at times, very hard to read.  It covers pain and loss and how these things are felt by children.  But it's a story worth reading.