A review by lynnenad
History of the Rain by Niall Williams

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I largely enjoyed this book but not as much as This Is Happiness by the same author. This book was written before This Is Happiness but is also set in the fictional Irish village of Faha. In this book, the story is narrated by Ruth. She is a convincing character with a good story to tell (essentially her family history) but her voice is quite irritating, with many asides and sentences that are often a paragraph long. 
Overall though a good story with a lot to say about storytelling and the drive of creation 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer and Child death