Drowning – Book Review

Flight attendant turned New York Times bestselling author T. J. Newman—whose first book Falling was an instant #1 national bestseller and the biggest thriller debut of 2021—returns for her second book, an edge-of-your-seat thriller about a commercial jetliner that crashes into the ocean, and sinks to the bottom with passengers trapped inside, and the extraordinary rescue operation to save them.

Six minutes after takeoff, Flight 1421 crashes into the Pacific Ocean. During the evacuation, an engine explodes and the plane is flooded. Those still alive are forced to close the doors—but it’s too late. The plane sinks to the bottom with twelve passengers trapped inside.

More than two hundred feet below the surface, engineer Will Kent and his eleven-year-old daughter Shannon are waist-deep in water and fighting for their lives.

Their only chance at survival is an elite rescue team on the surface led by professional diver Chris Kent—Shannon’s mother and Will’s soon-to-be ex-wife—who must work together with Will to find a way to save their daughter and rescue the passengers from the sealed airplane, which is now teetering on the edge of an undersea cliff.

There’s not much time.

There’s even less air.

With devastating emotional power and heart-stopping suspense, Drowning is an unforgettable thriller about a family’s desperate fight to save themselves and the people trapped with them—against impossible odds.

Drowning is like the TV show Lost but the only difference is, the plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean while in the Lost, the plane crashes on an island.

Minutes after take off, Flight 1421 suddenly crashes into Pacific Ocean. Inside the plane, Will Kent and his eleven year old daughter Shannon along with other passengers are stranded inside the plane, has drowned into the ocean. There is limited amount of oxygen is available inside the plane and a rescue team, led by Will’s wife Chris must decided the ways to save the passengers inside the plane before it is too late.

This was a breathtaking and making you feel on the edge type of thriller. I simply couldn’t put the book down because, I am not sure what the ending is going to be–are the passengers going to be saved or the recuse mission will be failed? I felt like I was watching a movie the entire time I was reading the book. I also liked how the passengers seemed to have united together with each other, trying to find a way to save the life. The writing was really great as the author knows, how to make the reader feel like they are at the edge of their seats. The entire time I was reading the book, I was at the edge–which means the book was really great. The book was fast paced, twists and turns along the way and above all, it was a really an interesting thriller that will definitely keep you up all night.

I really like the relationship Will had with the daughter Shannon and Will’s wife Chris’s determination to save the family that she loved. This book is soon will be turned into a movie so I cannot wait to watch the movie. Overall, great story–worth five stars.