STARS 1*
Cover = Love + Blurb = Love....Book = NOT love
This really disappointed me for a variety of reasons. However first before I have a bit of a rant, the good parts?! Are there any..Well yes. Its hard to talk about the good without the bad, but I like the concept of the book. I know its another Apocalyptic book, but who cares they are good ideas and can be really entertaining. So I personally really liked the idea of the rain killing you. I thought it was different because water is needed by everyone and I can imagine when you don't have it, a major panic would have be caused. And thats about all I like about this book, however the concept never really shined.
The reason I found this whole thing disappointing started with the way this book was written. Maybe I am to old to like it but whatever, the way it felt was as if I was inside the girls brain. Which sounds cool but it was super annoying! I felt like my brain was going non stop trying to keep up with what was going on. It was as if all the things that were being thought were written down, which made it hard to read and understand what Ruby was feeling or what I was meant to feel.
Ruby is the main character and I really disliked her! And thats not a good start. You want to connect with them not hate them, to this was tiring! She was frankly quite self centre and stupid, which I don't therefore understand how she would have survived because all she cared about was clothes. And if the world was ending and I was about to die, I would not care what I looked like I would just wanna be with people who I loved! Ruby's mission was to make it to her dad, as he was the only family member left...It took I would say half of the book to get to London...After so much drama that at some points such as when they met the boy, hope that the book would get good soon disappeared! I felt like so much drama was being crammed into one book, this made everything less exciting for me. And then what I don't get is when she finally made it to London, how she got back home in one evening! Without any drama, that makes no sense to me what so ever!
So I, as you can properly tell was underwhelmed and kind of annoyed by this book, however maybe if you where slightly younger you may have a different view..who knows...
The Rain Book Cover
I think the graphics for this cover really make it stand out, this is why I decided the book looked good and therefore I read the blurb! I love the grey background with the red writing. It gives the meaning of blood and death, which reflects what the rain brings which is very clever and I really like it. The image of the girl is also quite eye catching and powerful as she is walking though a storm which is what here journey is going to be like. So I think the cover does reflect what the book is about but its much more impressive haha
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