The divine are getting old. They are slowly becoming one with the lands and worlds that they created out of chaos bringing their souls together once again. Leaving behind loved ones and their creations are hard but necessary. However, ‘nothing ever ends, it only changes shape’. This is the story of how three women deal with grief and loss.
Isra is a refugee from a world torn apart from losing their divine. She has to come to terms not only with the loss and unknown of her home but how she was separated from that world. The loss of home, family, and self all war within her and she has to deal with the unknown of what truly happened to her home while navigating a future she was forced into.
Belladonna captains a ferry through Chaos. And time within Chaos is hard to navigate. Knowing she will be gone but for not how long is a tough voyage she is familiar with. She is home now and must reconcile the world she knew when she left and the pieces she finds when she gets home. And she finds that the old and the present don't always align.
Rosemary's story is told from the perspective of a child forced to make adult decisions and the struggle of being found to the woman who was left behind and how she moved forward. She grieves for herself and the things she knew she should have had and wanted.
These three women all learn to carry their grief and how to heal and carry the new shape.
Such a heavy subject to be told in such a fantastic and fantastical way. The use of creation, divine, and creatures belonging to each realm make this a very dynamic and powerful story. Definitely a heavy story with small moments of lightness. Having dealt with grief and growing up around it, this resonated with me. Not gonna lie, the last page had me crying which is never a bad thing.
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A difficult book to read, but wonderfully worth the journey.
If you've read anything by Sarah Chorn, you know that emotion is the river running through her stories. Even still, The Necessity of Rain was drowning in it. When I say this book was difficult to read, I mean that the three main characters *feel* so deeply, that at times I felt exhausted keeping up with their intense emotions. I didn't binge this book—I couldn't. I consumed it a little at a time and let its sorrow be my companion.Like her other books, I doubt this will find mass appeal in the indie market—like I said, it's a difficult book, heavy and draining. And yet, it deserves to be read. Whether you've already experienced loss (either of those you love or of your own self) or whether it is on its way, this story will heal you.If nothing else, I feel like a more empathetic person after finishing this book, and I can't think of a more beautiful outcome.
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Like her other books, I doubt this will find mass appeal in the indie market—like I said, it's a difficult book, heavy and draining. And yet, it deserves to be read. Whether you've already experienced loss (either of those you love or of your own self) or whether it is on its way, this story will heal you.
If nothing else, I feel like a more empathetic person after finishing this book, and I can't think of a more beautiful outcome.
A difficult book to read, but wonderfully worth the journey.
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If you've read anything by Sarah Chorn, you know that emotion is the river running through her stories. Even still, The Necessity of Rain was drowning in it. When I say this book was difficult to read, I mean that the three main characters *feel* so deeply, that at times I felt exhausted keeping up with their intense emotions. I didn't binge this book—I couldn't. I consumed it a little at a time and let its sorrow be my companion.Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2023
Like her other books, I doubt this will find mass appeal in the indie market—like I said, it's a difficult book, heavy and draining. And yet, it deserves to be read. Whether you've already experienced loss (either of those you love or of your own self) or whether it is on its way, this story will heal you.
If nothing else, I feel like a more empathetic person after finishing this book, and I can't think of a more beautiful outcome.
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