A review by fiendfull
Right After the Weather, by Carol Anshaw
3.0
Right After the Weather is a novel about trauma, decisions, and connections, set around Chicago in 2016 and 2017. Cate is a fortysomething stage designer who is hoping her relatively new girlfriend will allow her to achieve her Plan C in life and who feels like someone who hasn't quite grown up. When her best friend is attacked, Cate finds herself part of the violence, and suddenly her world doesn't feel the same, even with work opportunities and romantic complications.
This is a novel that is enjoyable in some ways and feels slightly lacking in others, particularly how the narrative ends. Cate is an interesting character, frustrating in some of her choices and in need of getting out of her rut. The way the narrative is centred around the attack yet it only makes up a very small part of the novel is also notable, though it doesn't quite feel like this comes together at the end. Overall, the prose style is decent and you do want to know about the characters, but then it doesn't quite deliver.
This is a novel that is enjoyable in some ways and feels slightly lacking in others, particularly how the narrative ends. Cate is an interesting character, frustrating in some of her choices and in need of getting out of her rut. The way the narrative is centred around the attack yet it only makes up a very small part of the novel is also notable, though it doesn't quite feel like this comes together at the end. Overall, the prose style is decent and you do want to know about the characters, but then it doesn't quite deliver.