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dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.0
Tom Duncan is the sole survivor of the Good Weather Cult mass suicide. After a Netflix docuseries is released pointing fingers at Tom, aka Ohio, he struggles to reintegrate into life outside of Good Weather following the deaths of his wife and friends. Tom receives an invitation to attend a reunion of former Good Weather members who had left the cult prior to the mass suicide.
When I saw the description of this book I was instantly intrigued, I am fascinated by stories of cults and how rational people can be lead astray when in a community lead by a charismatic and manipulative leader. Good Weather certainly paints the picture of the ways that someone can fall prey to a cult by illustrating the strong sense of community and family the remaining members of Good Weather had with each other. Like many cults in the real world, the members were lonely or looking for direction in their lives and unfortunately the leader, in this case a man who goes by the name of Rain, took advantage of those desires.
I loved the development of the characters and seeing them tackle their grief over the course of this book. I thought it was beautiful the ways that the characters could grieve in their own ways while also grieving together. The interspersed descriptions of the Netflix docuseries helped to paint the picture of public opinion and add drama to the plot.
I did wish there was more of Alle and Anna throughout the book. Both characters had such interesting stories and are so important to Tom it would have been interesting to see them more throughout the story.
Thank you to Atmosphere Press and NetGalley for this gifted copy in exchange for an honest review
When I saw the description of this book I was instantly intrigued, I am fascinated by stories of cults and how rational people can be lead astray when in a community lead by a charismatic and manipulative leader. Good Weather certainly paints the picture of the ways that someone can fall prey to a cult by illustrating the strong sense of community and family the remaining members of Good Weather had with each other. Like many cults in the real world, the members were lonely or looking for direction in their lives and unfortunately the leader, in this case a man who goes by the name of Rain, took advantage of those desires.
I loved the development of the characters and seeing them tackle their grief over the course of this book. I thought it was beautiful the ways that the characters could grieve in their own ways while also grieving together. The interspersed descriptions of the Netflix docuseries helped to paint the picture of public opinion and add drama to the plot.
I did wish there was more of Alle and Anna throughout the book. Both characters had such interesting stories and are so important to Tom it would have been interesting to see them more throughout the story.
Thank you to Atmosphere Press and NetGalley for this gifted copy in exchange for an honest review
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Murder
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