A review by thewanderingpaperbacks
Ash Mountain by Helen Fitzgerald

3.0

Ash Mountain had a writing style that I hadn’t really come across before. It appeared to be scattery but captivating and it was told mostly from one point of view but across 2 different time periods; every now again a chapter was dedicated to another character to gain insight on different topics. When I finished this book, it didn’t really leave my mind. As the natural disaster the book is based on actually happened only in the last 12-18 months in Australia, it really made me think and it lingered for days later. The ending didn’t really give me any closure which sucked, I had plenty of questions and would have loved ever a chapter “10 days after the fire” but it did tidy everything up and turned the scattered bits in to something that made sense and clicked in my mind. I definitely would recommend this read, its not a light fluffy read by all means, its more emotional and rawer and touches on topics, even though it only hits the surface, that might be triggering for some people.  Thank you to the team at Affirm Press for my gifted review copy. It was a beauty of a read.