A review by juniperbranches
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was a really incredibly journey. Ren is an old woman who has left the modern world of a military coup and climate disaster behind by withdrawing to a hermitical life in the mountains. Her life is simple, until a unit of soldiers appear on her mountainside, asking questions about the mythical rain heron…

There is something so incredibly surreal about the writing. It has a hypnotic, twisting voice and I almost felt that time stopped existing outside of the pages of the novel. I absolutely adored it.