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A review by ginggercakes
Where the Rain Cannot Reach by Adesina Brown
the evils Humanity committed were certainly more than mere mistakes.
I felt that we received a lot of convoluted information in the beginning but it was either ill-paced or haphazardly strung together. The story itself had merit and I was very interested in it, but the way it was presented just did not vibe well with me. There was a lot of repetition and some of the sentence structure felt bland. The way this story was told didn't allow me to feel apart of the tale - I felt very much kept at a distance from the characters and the plotline, not unlike our main character. It very much felt like I was being told about the story instead of being part of the story which made it difficult for me to really get into it.
”It is in the refusal to defend others that one loses their ability to defend themself”
Our MC is young but I found that with them constantly being kept in the dark, they weren’t able to have strong character growth, I was confused that even during important scenes, characters refused to “let them in on it”. As for the other characters, I liked them well enough but once again I wanted more; to me they felt bland, very one dimensional. In fantasy, especially in “whole new worlds” I really need the characters to feel real, to be able to fully understand their emotions in a world so different than reality.
Much of her life had been crowded by noise - noise meant to hide the silence beneath the surface.”
Author clearly has the ability to write poetic verse and give the story depth but there just isn’t enough to paint a full picture. And with a story such as this - a story that clearly has a strong premise, what we are given just isn’t enough. Every time I saw this ability I craved it in the rest of the story but it poked through at random parts like sunlight through clouds. It wasn’t consistent, which was disappointing.
I did enjoy the complexities of the different communities and realms, I also could appreciate the need and feelings of wanting to belong to something but feeling other. Once our MC started on their adventure you could see the story start to come together but at 70% of the way through the book, thats a little long to wait for things to start feeling more seemless. I really think that author has the ability to create a great story but the set up of this one made it fall short for me.
I felt that we received a lot of convoluted information in the beginning but it was either ill-paced or haphazardly strung together. The story itself had merit and I was very interested in it, but the way it was presented just did not vibe well with me. There was a lot of repetition and some of the sentence structure felt bland. The way this story was told didn't allow me to feel apart of the tale - I felt very much kept at a distance from the characters and the plotline, not unlike our main character. It very much felt like I was being told about the story instead of being part of the story which made it difficult for me to really get into it.
”It is in the refusal to defend others that one loses their ability to defend themself”
Our MC is young but I found that with them constantly being kept in the dark, they weren’t able to have strong character growth, I was confused that even during important scenes, characters refused to “let them in on it”. As for the other characters, I liked them well enough but once again I wanted more; to me they felt bland, very one dimensional. In fantasy, especially in “whole new worlds” I really need the characters to feel real, to be able to fully understand their emotions in a world so different than reality.
Much of her life had been crowded by noise - noise meant to hide the silence beneath the surface.”
Author clearly has the ability to write poetic verse and give the story depth but there just isn’t enough to paint a full picture. And with a story such as this - a story that clearly has a strong premise, what we are given just isn’t enough. Every time I saw this ability I craved it in the rest of the story but it poked through at random parts like sunlight through clouds. It wasn’t consistent, which was disappointing.
I did enjoy the complexities of the different communities and realms, I also could appreciate the need and feelings of wanting to belong to something but feeling other. Once our MC started on their adventure you could see the story start to come together but at 70% of the way through the book, thats a little long to wait for things to start feeling more seemless. I really think that author has the ability to create a great story but the set up of this one made it fall short for me.