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A review by jess_mango
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott
4.0
The Rain Heron is a modern eco-fable set in a country post-coup and after climate change. Though nothing is outright said about climate change there are several references to changes in weather and temperature that have caused people to move.
Ren lives by herself in a cave on a mountain in order to escape the modern world. Her solitary existence is disturbed when a young lieutenant and her troops show up in search of a mythical rain heron. The story is broken into several parts, each of which tells the story from the perspective of a different character. Their lives become intertwined and each is saddled with the weight of doing what they're told vs what is right. This is all in the context of a story which at its heart is about humans trying to control nature.
Highly recommend this one to fans of magical realism and modern fables.
This book counts towards the PopSugar 2021 Challenge Task #28: A magical realism book
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!
Ren lives by herself in a cave on a mountain in order to escape the modern world. Her solitary existence is disturbed when a young lieutenant and her troops show up in search of a mythical rain heron. The story is broken into several parts, each of which tells the story from the perspective of a different character. Their lives become intertwined and each is saddled with the weight of doing what they're told vs what is right. This is all in the context of a story which at its heart is about humans trying to control nature.
Highly recommend this one to fans of magical realism and modern fables.
This book counts towards the PopSugar 2021 Challenge Task #28: A magical realism book
Thank you to the publisher for the review copy!