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Der Mann, Der Den Regen Träumt (2013)

by Ali Shaw(Favorite Author)
3.64 of 5 Votes: 4
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3839001463 (ISBN13: 9783839001462)
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review 1: One star for finding a publisher. I got the audio version of this book and it was read well. But after 75 minutes all that had happened was: a woman left her fiance and moved to the town her dead father had a connection to. The people there are wired and kill stray dogs (removal of 1 star for that alone - I very much dislike animals being killed for no purpose in literature). The woman goes for a long walk and encounters a man who de-materializes into a cloud of rain and when she asks him to come back he re-materializes.I gave up right there.This book was so boring I would prefer to watch the grass grow. But since there are actually better book that have something happen, that give you something to hold on to, that do not kill animals for no reason, that grab you and suck ... moreyou into the story, why bother with this one?Didn't anyone tell the author you have got to draw the reader into your story fairly early on or they walk away? Well, that's just what I did. I put the book down and picked up another one.
review 2: Tricky one to rate for me,I loved her last book so very much, that this feels like a complete let down..and I feel I should mark it lower.Another story about magical stuff that doesn't happen...a man made of weather, bits from sunbeam....all good stuff..along with storm chasers, someone running from life, loss.....All woven together nicely, with some sudden violence (nothing graphic).I should have liked it more... less
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Tom
I really loved his previous book 'The Girl with Glass Feet' but was a bit disappointed in this one.
silver_bullet
A fascinating magical tale, but unfortunately it didn't draw me in as much as I'd hoped.
Nick
Really enjoyed this book. Can't wait for Ali Shaw's next one!
Piggy846
Lese die Deutsche Ausgabe "Der Mann, der den Regen träumt"
Kitty
Such a sweet fairytale of a story :)
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