A review by theshiftyshadow
The Rain Heron by Robbie Arnott

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Bit of a strange one. Really easy to read, well written and I liked all the individual characters, but once I finished it, it left me with nothing. It felt almost like a series of short stories about these individual people, that were then very loosely tied together with this overarching heron plot. Each time it moved to a different character POV I was disappointed to leave the last one behind, but then I'd get really into the new section, only for it to end and jump to another. The heron plot does flow though all of them, but other than being, I assume, a metaphor for the environment or climate change or whatever it was, it didn't feel that important.