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mindthebook's review against another edition
3.0
Vi är i Vancouver. I den här romanen är regnet en fiende och en påträngande kuliss till ett relationsdrama. I min marginalia blev det en mängd utropstecken när en av karaktärerna plötsligt säger "- Two to Nanaimo." i färjeterminalen, precis när jag själv smidde liknande resplaner.
badjica's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
2.75
artemiscat's review against another edition
5.0
Read in one (dry) evening- I was struck by how much emotion and story hung behind the veil of constant, poetic, and real rainstorms.
Spoilers bellow after all the rain rain rain
A cursory glance at other reviews paints the main character as abusive when I read the entire point as being the main character is escaping an abusive relationship where her ex uses the cops and lawyers and threats of child protective services as a way of begging attention, continuing harm and threatening worse...but I guess that’s up to interpretation? (Kinda? Not really) and also the prickly sadness of still missing this difficult hurtful person, of mourning, of rebuilding and continuing...
Hard rec for those who value prose and nuance and emotional introspection over over explained plot or reductive blanket statements like the ones I’ve made above while trying to summarize this text
Spoilers bellow after all the rain rain rain
A cursory glance at other reviews paints the main character as abusive when I read the entire point as being the main character is escaping an abusive relationship where her ex uses the cops and lawyers and threats of child protective services as a way of begging attention, continuing harm and threatening worse...but I guess that’s up to interpretation? (Kinda? Not really) and also the prickly sadness of still missing this difficult hurtful person, of mourning, of rebuilding and continuing...
Hard rec for those who value prose and nuance and emotional introspection over over explained plot or reductive blanket statements like the ones I’ve made above while trying to summarize this text
meghan_is_reading's review against another edition
rain, rain, rain, rain. *crazy face*
sefi's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
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