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Scattered Showers, by Rainbow Rowell

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krista_v's review against another edition

5.0

I just love everything that Rainbow Rowell writes. Truly, I think her books are made for me. Every single one of these stories I liked. Some more than others, but they were all good. Midnights, Kindred Spirits, The Snow Ball and If the Fates Allow weren't very special but I still liked them. Its just the way Rainbow writes. It's so raw. Idk.
And then there's the one's that I loved:
Winter Songs for Summer. I loved this one just because I'm a sucker for romance through music. I'm sorry but a guy who gives the girl he lives under CD's with the music he likes cuz he can always hear her music and he creates CD's with music he'll know she'll like too?? That's just.... It's the same vibe as Eleanor & Park. I love it.
The Prince and the Troll. This one was weird and confusing but that's why I liked it. It was so abstract and suggestive and you had to fill in a lot yourself. I like that it doesn't have a specific meaning. It's so unrealistic yet realistic that you can really lose yourself in the story.
Mixed Messages. Beth and Jennifer texting. Lincoln and Beth. That's all.
Snow for Christmas. Snowbaz!!!
In Waiting. My absolute favourite. The concept is just SO fucking COOL. The world where all characters go when they are created but not written into any story yet. And it being the one of Rainbow Rowell, with vampires and people with magic. And the ending. It killed me. SO GOOD.

daydreamer's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

holysmokesitsboo's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The best was revisiting Simon snow and baz and regean and the new stories of summer and benji. But Libby was the worst and I hated that storyline.

purple_crack's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

Lovely book, I absolutely adored the first and last stories as well as Winter Songs for Summer. It was all such a beautiful take on real, tangible relationships and love. Wonderful short story collection, written in a way where it felt like a warm hug.

I did skip Snow for Christmas as I have only ever read Fangirl but nothing beyond in the actual Simon Snow world.

angelofthetardis's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

I was just scrolling through my library's ebook selection randomly and came across this; I had no idea it was a new release until I found the physical version in Waterstones today! This is a collection of short stories by Rainbow Rowell, some of which have previously been published elsewhere. However, as I haven't read any of them before I was particularly intrigued by the fact that some feature characters from her published novels. You can read all of the shorts as standalones though, excepting 'Snow for Christmas', where it probably would help to have read her Simon Snow trilogy first. (Yay for more Simon and Baz - definitely now my favourite wizarding pair!)

Despite the book's title, which makes me think of grey, dull days, the stories are sweet, positive and happy-making. For the most part they are stories about relationships, but there is a nice mix of all sorts of different couples and relationship stages. From the first blushes of romance to well-established marriages, break ups, menopause and family ties are all included.

Best of all, there isn't a dud amongst them! Each story manages to pull you in, make you care for the characters, fall in love with them and see them off, sometimes into what you hope will be a happily ever after and other times leaving you feeling genuinely gutted it didn't work out how you hoped, all in a few short pages. All made me smile!

I love the author's writing as I feel like I can really relate to her as a person, and so her stories do speak to me. I mean, one of the stories is about a girl waiting in line for the first showing of a Star Wars movie! She's not afraid to let her geeky fangirl side show through in her writing... and I'm sorry but I stand by my assertion that she's a Doctor Who fan, as she's thrown in yet another Billie Piper reference in one of these stories. Basically, I aspire to be Rainbow Rowell!

I will definitely be buying this book - the only reason I didn't get it today is because the hardback version will mess with the available space on my bookshelf! But I'm there as soon as the paperback is released!