A review by whatsbethanyreading
The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh

2.0

I really wanted to like this book, but I guessed what would happen from the very beginning. I found the characters quite unlikable and they made very poor choices. The premise of the book was a family trapped in a house during a hurricane. However, they were told multiple times to evacuate before the situation got bad. Then of course, they ignore the warnings and assumed that they knew better. The main character, Jia, talks about making the right decisions for her son, but does the exact opposite at any given moment. I wanted to yell at her so many times and tell her to get it together! Especially with the whole ordeal with her brother in law, Vipul. That whole situation was entirely avoidable and she made some really bad decisions that directly affected her son. Overall, I was too frustrated with the characters to even begin to enjoy the story.