I have read most of Nicci French's novels, starting with "Killing Me Softly," which I consider the best of the lot. This book, "Catch When I Fall," was a master chore to finish. I read books to be entertained, no matter the genre. I was not entertained with this novel. I felt nothing, in fact I found it to be laborious to complete. Some part of a book usually reaches out and grabs me, whether it be fear, humor, disgust, heart beating romance ,or some action-adventure, but this book and Holly Krauss bored me. Her long winded descriptive details of her miserable life bored me. I skimmed pages and would stop and read the same pathetic boring drivel. The only characters that I found even remotely interesting were her husband Charlie and her best friend Meg... Not what I expected.