Jenny Pausacker
"Provoost deals with some pretty dark stuff - xenophobia, the human tendency to look for scapegoats, our secret desires to hurt and revenge ourselves on those closest to us - but she understands what she's dealing with and she's allowed me to share that understanding."
The Age, 15th May 2002
"Through the description of Lucas' descent into conspiracy and terrorist action, the text dramatises how those who feel 'weak and vulnerable', as he does, fantasise about becoming 'strong and untouchable' through violence. It serves as a parable, warning of the dangers of social inequality of all kinds."
Education Age, 15th August 2001
"Anne Provoost's Falling is a coming of age novel with a difference."
The Ace, May 28th 2003
"The novel is a challenging study of personal awareness, motivation and responsibility. Lucas must come to terms with his grandfather's legacy, with his own involvement in Benoit's violent strategies and ultra-conservative social opinions, and with the tragic consequences of his quiet attraction to Caitlin."
Cassie
"I read this book as part of a year 12 assignment and fell in love with it. Falling is an intensly human book filled with raw human emotion. I dare you to read and be encaptured by the powerful, political yet sensible plotline. YOU will love it!"
Algemeen Dagblad
"Emotionally and stylistically this is a book which catches every youngster and seizes him by the throat. Provoost reaches the level of Aidan Chambers and Peter Pohl."
Trouw
"An impressive novel: contemporary, complex and compelling. Definitely the most important teenage novel of the year, both for its literary qualities and its social relevancy."
NRC-Handelsblad
"Qualifications such as convincing, carefully constructed and horrifying still do not fully describe what this book is. If I need to capture the novel in one word, I shall opt for the word sweltering."
De Morgen
"Anne Provoost sophisticatedly twines past and present in an ageless, 'grown-up' novel."
De Standaard
"With her first novel, Provoost aroused high expectations. Falling fully comes up to them."
Enid Temmerman, 15 years old
"The book is so suspenseful that I only left my chair to eat for fear of missing something important. Until I realized that this was a novel and not a television program, and that I safely could leave my spot for a while before continuing reading."
Anouck Meier, 12 years old
"After I read Mijn tante is een grindewal (My Aunt is a Pilot Whale) I quickly read Vallen (Falling). They are both very beautiful books; I have read them several times. Both did something inside of me that I find difficult to describe."
