Summary
Review
Purely through my own error, I went into this expecting it to be a longer version of a different story I’d read from Tor and about rain. Within the first page, it was clear that wasn’t true, but I do admit that I went in expecting a lyrical, emotional story, and this is more middle of the road adventure.
There’s nothing wrong with that. At the same time, the story felt long to me – a good short story stretched out to unsatisfying novella length, and I thought it showed. The concept is interesting, but never really explored. The story focuses more on the daily mechanics of one woman’s reaction – a little bit of her analysis of how the rain causes memory loss, a little speculation as to why it’s happening, and how she writes reminder notes to herself. There are a few red herrings about her identity that are not explored, and the causes are not really explored either. As a short story, that might have worked well. As a novella, I expected much more from the resolution and didn’t get it.
I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
