The Rain

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H2O” is an apocalyptic thriller centering around the premise of deadly rain, and I found it quite enjoyable. For maximum scare factor, be sure to read it during a rainstorm, as I accidentally did.

In short, if you love a good natural disaster novel and don’t mind having your heart broken, “H2O” is a wonderful choice for upper middle graders and up. In later adventures of Ruby, she finally decides to go out and open the houses of her neighbors and set their pets free. She does this so she can get them killed later or abandon them. She also releases the prisoners in the police station, something I assumed would have a point but didn't. She tries fake tan, takes all the make up and designer clothing she wants, and promptly loses most of it. She dyes her hair red and eats lots of chocolate. Basically she does what a five year old with no grasp of the situation would do, instead of a fifteen year old. I got half-way through it, and the MC, Ruby, didn't get any smarter, didn't even LOOK AT THE SKY WHEN SHE WENT OUTSIDE. Hotel accommodation is unavailable so they're required to seek lodgings with a local trader and his native wife. However, a 2nd class passenger, a lone woman, also acquires accommodation there and proceeds to ply her trade on the premises to the consternation of the missionaries who proceed to make her life intolerable and seek her expulsion, whilst attempting a religious conversion.Zuerst dachte ich: Das ist ungewöhnlich und interessant, aber vielleicht gewöhne ich mich ja daran. Dann wollte ich irgendwann nur noch, dass die Protagonistin endlich den Mund hält, weil ich es nicht mehr ausgehalten habe. Ihre verdrehten Gedankengänge plus dieser grausame, Leser unfreundliche Schreibstil.

Hypocrisy, self-conceit, mercilessness, and human weakness in the face of temptation are all expressed in this short story. The combination of those may lead to drama.Sailing to Samoa, after the trials of the WW1 battlefield, a Scots physician, Dr MacPhail and his wife, befriend a missionary couple returning after a period of leave to the outlying islands. They're prevented from leaving Pago-Pago in American Samoa because of a case of measles in the crew, and are required to disembark. Along with Ruby, there are many intriguing characters met along the way. As it is a disaster situation, most of them are not in the story for long, but I believe that is the way things would be in such a situation. Not every story will get a resolution.

We son't like to go outside when it's raining; we don't like drinking water (it's boring); we don't like eating fresh fruit and vegetables (because THEY are always going on about how we should)". <- explain this bs, please. Umm water is boring? Yeah okay sweetie, you're boring. Ruby, the main character, is pretty much a mean girl everyone knew in high school. Of course, she doesn’t actually realize that she is mean. I’ve read some complaints about her character and, while I agree that she is not always pleasant, she is realistic. She just turned fifteen and from her own story she was never overly mature for her age. The rain didn’t suddenly make her smarter, more likable, or super brave. I appreciate the author keeping it real in that way. She does have some admirable qualities, and she also realizes some mistakes she has made along the way. It’s definitely a love/hate situation with her. As if this darn book wasn’t bad enough, just when I was thinking I might be generous and give this book 2.5 stars, we got to the ending. So, did this end with a happily ever after? Did we get some idea that Ruby might be safe? Might go on to live a long and happy life?Allein die Idee gibt so viel Potenzial für Konflikte, dass ich dachte, das Buch könnte gar nicht nicht unterhaltsam sein. Allerdings traf mich die volle Wucht der Wahrheit spätestens nach den ersten paar Kapiteln. Der Schreibstil. I feel like it's some kind of ironic omen that it started raining pretty hard halfway through typing this up! The weather, and in particular the incessant rain, plays a significant symbolic role. It starts when the characters arrive, and only stops when the tension is broken with the story's conclusion. Although the denouement is signalled fairly early on, when Mrs. Davidson observes how Mr. Davidson had experienced great difficulty in getting his South Sea island constituents to recognise sin, the real pleasure lies in enjoying the masterful storytelling. W. Somerset Maugham is, as usual, on top form. It's no surprise that the story has been adapted on numerous occasions into plays and films.

There was something so familiar about the way the novel was written that instantly hooked me. Although not the easiest subject to read about, I wanted to read more and more and more. genre. Και επειδή μ' άρεσε και μ' έκανε να καταλάβω πως υπάρχουν κι άλλα πράματα να διαβάζεις και να αγαπήσεις,, ακόμα και στα φλούφλικα βιβλία, μου αποτυπώθηκε στην συνείδησή μου ώς άξιος ποιοτικός συγγραφέας.His parents died early and, after an unhappy boyhood, which he recorded poignantly in Of Human Bondage, Maugham became a qualified physician. But writing was his true vocation. For ten years before his first success, he almost literally starved while pouring out novels and plays. Source: I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review basis. Thanks to Pan Macmillan and Netgalley.)