5.0 out of 5 stars A Quirky and Compelling Journey into Insanity or...Something More
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2021
I loved how this book drew me into the surreal world of a loving father who might be something much more
than human...or perhaps completely insane. Well written, fast based and kept me on my toes as I attempted
to uncover the real truth behind the Weatherman. Does he really have the powers he says?
Or is he just another crazy who is endangering his daughters life in a journey of madness?
Highly recommend.
Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC. Here is my honest review.
I'm not really sure what to say about this. The blurb was confusing and the story keeps you unbalanced too. It is a novela and therefore it's a 3.5 for me but you can't give half stars. I'm not normally a novela fan but I did like the way this went together.
Sonny is annoying as. His mannerisms and sayings are terrible and yet this really worked as it helped me to picture him. In these kinds of stories you have to cut to the chase, so in that sense it works. For nearly the whole book we are kept guessing as to what on earth is going on. Is sonny good or bad? What is he doing? We also kind of know that the mum story is going to be twisty and there is a certain inevitability to it. The ending was nice though. I was reading on kindle and I didn't expect it to end there.
The reason this doesn't get 4 for me is the sudden introduction of mum. Using the quick straight to the point style didn't work here. The immediate relationship between mum and daughter felt forced and after years of brainwashing I didn't believe Heart would just swap sides without question. Also, how is this the only time in 15 years she managed to access google?
I suppose you have to see this for what it is. It's isn't some dystopian trilogy and therefore I can't judge it as such. It's a novela and as such it works well. The characters, whilst a little annoying are easy to picture and although the plot is naive in places, it kept me reading and not wanting to out the book down. I'd definitely look this author up in the future. It would be interesting to see if they branch out into YA novels. I haven't heard of the author before so apologies if there are already full length books out there.
I judge books by how often I think about them when I'm not reading them. I 've done this for awhile and I stand by it. The more I think about a book I'm not holding in my hands, the more that book is in my mind and in my soul.
I've spent more time thinking about Weatherman more than I did actually reading, and that's a good sign.
A novella told in four parts, the strength of this story is in the beginning. A world opens to the reader of conspiracies, insanity, and a father's love for his daughter.
I liked how the story develops, following a young girl with her criminally insane yet sweetly loving father in jumps in time. We see her as a young girl until she's a rebellious teenager and can follow her love and doubts for her dad.
I like how her father commits himself to his child, even as his actual literally creepy-as-hell insanity is angering and abusive.
Overall, a good story that has zero time to explain, we're just in this world trying to find meaning.
The ending was a struggle that I think suffered from the format. A novel would have given characters time to get to their decisions believably, but a novella forced character to just jump to decisions because "the story said so".
**I received an advance copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.
