A review by jreason
Something Like Rain by Jay Bell

3.0

Eh, this book whilst it was written just as well was boring as hell. I could not get into William as a character, he just seemed dull and a total snoozefest. I didn't go too much on him back in Spring, but as he was not the main character it wasn't too bad.

William is set up to be a good guy, in a series with people complete with flaws I believe William was meant to be considered the best of them. Sadly this wasn't the case. He was just as bad as young (and oldish) Tim. I did not think there would be a character that I found worse then Tim. But apparently I could. That stated I have to say, outside of his relationships with his friends and family William was an excellent character, I could have read about his time in the Coast Guard for hours.

In his mind, William was all about being honest, and faithful and a good partner. But he rarely actually succeeded at this. I found that he was actually the complete opposite of everything he believed in. Unlike all the other characters I found that he didn't evolve throughout the course of the book, he was basically the same guy throughout its entirety.

Spoiler Also his thing for Ben and Tim was a bit creepy. But geeze, that scene with Steve was probably the best one in this entire series so far


Don't get me wrong, it was still an excellent book. But I would probably skip half of it when it came to my next read through the series.