A review by kriskrisboom
Bangkok Wakes to Rain by Pitchaya Sudbanthad

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was incredibly, achingly beautiful. I was worried I would be left without resolution for some of the main characters but I am very satisfied with how this concluded. Its classified as short stories here but it felt like a very cohesive novel where the main character is actually the city. Reading this book was like embracing all the iterations of water. The ebb and flow of floods and rivers. The crash of falls or the ocean. The danger beneath the surface of an urban river. This is a book about waters and ghosts. About life and love and time. The imprints we leave and the way that we all fade. I lived how this was set up so playfully treating time and story. I am left with that sort of hollowed out feeling after reading something incredible. I am sure I will hear rain in my dreams for a good while after this.
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