Reviews - Song of the Forever Rains

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Song of the Forever Rains

E.J. Mellow

3.81 AVERAGE

megpilcher's review against another edition

1.5

I was so bored. I wouldn't say this is cozy but it walks the line. It was really hard to me to stay tuned into this one.

_wednesday_'s review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Made it to chapter 20 and it just hasn't kept my attention or caught my interest yet. The premise sounds good, but...

seeseedrake's review against another edition

4.0

dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Cute fantasy story!
I purposely used the word 'cute' because I just picture a teenager picking this up and adoring it. It's not for a huge sci-fi fan. The world building, lack of magical rules (as other reviewers have said) leave it lacking there ... but overall, a really cute story that I think a lot of young adults who aren't too critical will really love. It was fast paced enough that it could hold their attention.

I dropped it a star due to the issues with world building and the fact that this isn't the type of book that sits in your soul for very long ... but I wouldn't let that stop you from picking it up if you needed an easy read!

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lisaliest's review against another edition

1.5

adventurous lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The book started out kind of promising. Not the most fast-paced plot, but it was entertaining enough at first. The farther I got, though, the more boring and scattered everything became. A lot of the worldbuilding didn’t make much sense, the plot moved at a snail’s pace and felt all over the place, and the characters seemed to lose their original traits and started behaving inconsistently.

A lot of the girl’s family kind of toxic – both in the way they treated her (the father) and in how the magical learning process were portrayed. But none of it ever really gets addressed. So why is it there? Just so she fits better with the tragic backstory of her love interest? I tell you, it doesn’t work that way. Their conversations felt stilted, and the intimate scene near the end was completely out of place – it didn’t fit their dynamic at all and was honestly just cringe.

I thought about DNFing the book several times, but I’d already made it to 70% and wanted to see it through. The ending turned out to be anticlimactic, so… the joke’s on me, I guess.