My beautiful book work has done not only me and Ali Shaw proud but her Auntie Ann too. Thank you so much Kellyann!!
I dedicate this blog to someone I lost a year ago who was one of the most important people to me. She made me laugh, she cared for me like a mother, the most selfless person I knew and I miss her every single day...... Auntie Ann xx
The first book I read this year, was pre-ordered some months ago! When I heard this author had wrote another book, I had to have it!!! The book I am talking about is The Man who rained by Ali Shaw. Weird title but makes sense once you read it!
"When Elsa's father is killed in a tornado, all she wants is to escape - from New York, her job, her boyfriend - to somewhere new, anonymous, set apart. For some years she has been haunted by a sight once seen from an aeroplane: a tiny, isolated settlement called Thunderstown. Thunderstown has received many a pilgrim, and young Elsa becomes its latest - drawn to this weather-ravaged backwater, this place rendered otherworldly by the superstitions of its denizens. In Thunderstown, they say, the weather can come to life and when Elsa meets Finn Munro, an outcast living in the mountains above the town, she wonders whether she has witnessed just that. For Finn has an incredible secret: he has a thunderstorm inside of him. Not everyone in town wants happiness for Elsa and Finn. As events turn against them, can they weather the tempest - can they survive at all? The Man Who Rained is a work of lyrical, mercurial magic and imagination, a modern-day fable about the elements of love."
I pre-ordered this book as I love the writing style of the author, so easy to slip into reading, the same as slipping into nice clean sheets after a bath! I also picked this as I loved the genre which is supernatural / fairy tales, but he makes the most magical of things, seem like normal life!
Haven't we all just had enough some days and imagine what it would be like setting up fresh in a small village, no pressures, no stresses, just figuring out life and how we fit in! This is what happens to Elsa, the final straw is her boyfriend proposing to her! She flees to the village of Thunderstown, where she accidently meets Finn. This is where the supernatural part kicks in.....he looks human, but inside he is made of clouds. He has no heartbeat, but instead a thunder storm. Even though they are physically different, they connect on many levels and she starts to feel like she isn't alone in the world. They become friends, then they fall in love. This is all new to Finn as his mother deserted him when he was smaller, and he has been brought up by a man who resents him.
I wont give away the ending, but the villages believe in curses and bad spirits, and they believe Finn is a curse. 3/4 into the book, you feel Elsa's sense of loss. If you have ever lost anyone special to you then you will sympathise with this character. It is heart wrenching, and painful to read, and it brought me to tears as im dealing with similar feelings in my personal life.....except the book does have a fantastic ending.
I think I most connected with Elsa, as I said, who doesn't dream about running away sometimes, starting a new and doing anything you wanted with no ties to your old life.
I did feel exhausted by the end as it is an emotional book, but the ending gives you hope that good can come out of a bad situation. I would recommend this it is a fantastic story and also feels fable like. I'm sure there was multiple life lessons and hidden meanings, but I loved the story. Plain and simple. Beautifully written, and what an imagination the author has. Ive heard the author is working on another novel, and I wait with baited breath!!!!!!!!
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