Comments on: REVIEW: Rainwater by Sandra Brown http://avidbookreader.com/2009/11/18/review-rainwater-by-sandra-brown/ A reader review blog { of genre fiction } Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:19:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Avid Reader http://avidbookreader.com/2009/11/18/review-rainwater-by-sandra-brown/#comment-55719 Avid Reader Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:16:00 +0000 http://avidbookreader.com/?p=7328#comment-55719 Yeah, you'd have to be in the mood to read something like this. At least she didn't throw in any surprises as we knew from the start that this was a story of ill-fated lovers. I didn't find the story slow going because, I guess, the subject matter was interesting to me. It's not one of her best efforts on that we can both agree. Yeah, you’d have to be in the mood to read something like this. At least she didn’t throw in any surprises as we knew from the start that this was a story of ill-fated lovers. I didn’t find the story slow going because, I guess, the subject matter was interesting to me. It’s not one of her best efforts on that we can both agree.

]]> By: Tee http://avidbookreader.com/2009/11/18/review-rainwater-by-sandra-brown/#comment-55718 Tee Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:09:31 +0000 http://avidbookreader.com/?p=7328#comment-55718 ---Keishon wrote: I liked this story but it wasn’t com­pelling or cap­ti­vat­ing read for me. In fact, I found noth­ing remark­able about it.--- I agree with your assessment of this story, at least up until the point I decided to abandon it and skim thru to the ending. I know---shame on me. I felt it was very slow going and the characters just didn't grab for me. I held on up to about 2/3 of the book before I just said "the hell with it." I think it could have been an excellent story, except for the depressing mood of it all. So that's a point where we have some disagreement. The subject matter and ending, as you say, were depressing; but I felt the entire saga was that way. I did learn some new things about how issues were handled during that period in time, so that's always a good thing. I realize because of the challenges presented in the book, it would have been difficult for this story not to be serious and heavy. Perhaps I wasn't in the mood for something like this right now. Whatever the reasons, it wasn't a book that worked for me very well. Sandra Brown appears capable of writing something different from her normal fare. Writing on serious issues doesn't necessarily mean that there cannot be light periods dotting the story. I would only read a couple of chapters and then put the book down; I found I needed that break. —Keishon wrote: I liked this story but it wasn’t com­pelling or cap­ti­vat­ing read for me. In fact, I found noth­ing remark­able about it.—

I agree with your assessment of this story, at least up until the point I decided to abandon it and skim thru to the ending. I know—shame on me. I felt it was very slow going and the characters just didn’t grab for me. I held on up to about 2/3 of the book before I just said “the hell with it.” I think it could have been an excellent story, except for the depressing mood of it all. So that’s a point where we have some disagreement. The subject matter and ending, as you say, were depressing; but I felt the entire saga was that way.

I did learn some new things about how issues were handled during that period in time, so that’s always a good thing. I realize because of the challenges presented in the book, it would have been difficult for this story not to be serious and heavy. Perhaps I wasn’t in the mood for something like this right now. Whatever the reasons, it wasn’t a book that worked for me very well.

Sandra Brown appears capable of writing something different from her normal fare. Writing on serious issues doesn’t necessarily mean that there cannot be light periods dotting the story. I would only read a couple of chapters and then put the book down; I found I needed that break.

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