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Snowstorm City
“Snowstorm City” tells the sad story of an unnamed couple, let’s call them Nugget and Melody, who fall apart at the moment of their final date when Melody fails to show up to the coffee shop at which they’d scheduled to meet.
3 months after that failed meetup, Nugget finally comes to terms with Melody’s decision and truly begins to grapple with the fact that she’ll never come back to him. In an attempt to clear his mind, he keeps track of time’s passage in her absence by writing short diary entries in which he seeks to capture the monotony of his normal life without her.
This story, although framed as romance at its core, mainly focuses on Nugget’s emotional evolution as a character, describing his self-destructive habits, his interactions within his limited social circle, his stance on love and life, but most importantly his individual persona shifting from a self-centered snarky guy to that of a depressed lonely outcast.
3 months after that failed meetup, Nugget finally comes to terms with Melody’s decision and truly begins to grapple with the fact that she’ll never come back to him. In an attempt to clear his mind, he keeps track of time’s passage in her absence by writing short diary entries in which he seeks to capture the monotony of his normal life without her.
This story, although framed as romance at its core, mainly focuses on Nugget’s emotional evolution as a character, describing his self-destructive habits, his interactions within his limited social circle, his stance on love and life, but most importantly his individual persona shifting from a self-centered snarky guy to that of a depressed lonely outcast.
290 pages, Paperback
Published March 4, 2024
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January 19, 2024
BAWLING. MY. EYES. OUT. (in a good way ok)
This book is beautiful, and the ending -- I don't want to give anything away, so I'll simply say: THE ENDING!!!¡¡¡¡¡
The story is told through a series of journal entries and I just loved how they linked together and gave context into the inner workings of the character's mind and actions.
I am a firm believer that we are ALWAYS learning, and Nugget (MMC) moved through his life in the years during this book while thinking deeply, seeing things from different perspectives, and learning a whole lot. Is he perfect? No. Not in the slightest. No one is. That's what makes humans beautiful.
This book just made me feel like there are so many different walks of life, and any one of them can play out just as easily as the next. Life is a chain reaction and we're here for the ride. It's up to us whether we learn a few things on that journey or not.
This was an emotional tale that made me think, made me feel and, as previously mentioned, made me bawl my eyes out. If you're a fan of realistic fiction and hard reality, or if you're into feeling deeply and all the pain of falling in love - please, PLEASE read this.
I've just finished it a few minutes ago and.... My goodness, Dome. My goodness.
This book is beautiful, and the ending -- I don't want to give anything away, so I'll simply say: THE ENDING!!!¡¡¡¡¡
The story is told through a series of journal entries and I just loved how they linked together and gave context into the inner workings of the character's mind and actions.
I am a firm believer that we are ALWAYS learning, and Nugget (MMC) moved through his life in the years during this book while thinking deeply, seeing things from different perspectives, and learning a whole lot. Is he perfect? No. Not in the slightest. No one is. That's what makes humans beautiful.
This book just made me feel like there are so many different walks of life, and any one of them can play out just as easily as the next. Life is a chain reaction and we're here for the ride. It's up to us whether we learn a few things on that journey or not.
This was an emotional tale that made me think, made me feel and, as previously mentioned, made me bawl my eyes out. If you're a fan of realistic fiction and hard reality, or if you're into feeling deeply and all the pain of falling in love - please, PLEASE read this.
I've just finished it a few minutes ago and.... My goodness, Dome. My goodness.
May 30, 2024
To be honest with you, I don't exactly know how to write reviews. So, bear with me while I freestyle my way through this according to the book's chronology.
First impression:
I feel like I could recognise the author's writing style immediately, which is a good thing IMO. The author has a quick and snappy kind of writing style, if that makes sense? If it doesn't, it very well could be owed to me having had long text conversations with him haha. What's better though - as we get to learn more about Nugget, as well as with the way he speaks to the reader, the writing style quickly became Nugget's writing style in my mind. Which is to say, the writing was very immersive.
Immediately, Nugget is an interesting character in that he portrays a commonly found but usually not given enough time to be understood character in our society - the ones who had an unfortunate upbringing and have been down on their luck so much so that they cannot but hold the world against themselves. We then find comfort in rebelling against the customs of this world in whatever small way we can. However, because of this very tendency, we can often miss out on the good opportunities that life also brings up to us. Until we realise this fact, we slowly and subconsciously become more and more of what we believe to be wrong in the world.
The realisation can come in many ways, but a failed love interest is the catalyst found most often. In this way, Nugget's story closely follows the story of the acclaimed conceptual album American Idiot by Green Day, and I was shocked to not find it in any of the music recommendations listed at the end. All of this makes the fact that it represents this sort of character just as well as American Idiot very impressive.
Throughout the story:
Nugget is very upfront about his world view, his mental process and his actions. There is no sugarcoating of his words or his self destructive tendencies in his writing. This alongside the complete lack of self awareness in the beginning, is the reason why I feel like the author really did do the character justice. In fact, so much so that it genuinely felt painful to read sometimes - it felt like i was endlessly scrolling through incel posts on 4chan at times. However, I held the belief in the author's writing capabilities, that he'd make it pay off at the end, and boy, I can firmly say that it was worth it.
Now, while I'm describing this story as a comprehensive character study, I hope no one gets the impression that the story is a straight line from point A to point B. Frankly, I can only describe the story as a rollercoaster of progress and relapses, with often beautifully mundane, or often very dramatic story beats holding up the structure. Just as you would expect from a person trying to be better in real life. Even though Melody is the catalyst for the whole story, Nugget's growth was only made possible through the efforts of Nugget himself and the platonic relationships he has, and his writings reflect that beautifully.
It's the fact that this story shows the journey of a troubled individual so accurately all around is why I love it. Even though Nugget is an asshole at times, his lows genuinely reminded me of myself sometimes and I found myself crying my eyes out on a midnight train whilst reading his lowest point, because it just hit that right emotional spot for me where it coincided with my personal troubles in life and I just had to let it out. And his highs, they dont feel cheap. They feel deserved and earned, and after this long journey with Nugget, you cannot but smile at his highs.
That's why, the ending to this story is one of the best I've read. You managed to land the plane perfectly after such a tumultuous flight - one where I wasn't sure where exactly Nugget would land up until the very end.
Nugget's story is one that we can all learn a little something from.
First impression:
I feel like I could recognise the author's writing style immediately, which is a good thing IMO. The author has a quick and snappy kind of writing style, if that makes sense? If it doesn't, it very well could be owed to me having had long text conversations with him haha. What's better though - as we get to learn more about Nugget, as well as with the way he speaks to the reader, the writing style quickly became Nugget's writing style in my mind. Which is to say, the writing was very immersive.
Immediately, Nugget is an interesting character in that he portrays a commonly found but usually not given enough time to be understood character in our society - the ones who had an unfortunate upbringing and have been down on their luck so much so that they cannot but hold the world against themselves. We then find comfort in rebelling against the customs of this world in whatever small way we can. However, because of this very tendency, we can often miss out on the good opportunities that life also brings up to us. Until we realise this fact, we slowly and subconsciously become more and more of what we believe to be wrong in the world.
The realisation can come in many ways, but a failed love interest is the catalyst found most often. In this way, Nugget's story closely follows the story of the acclaimed conceptual album American Idiot by Green Day, and I was shocked to not find it in any of the music recommendations listed at the end. All of this makes the fact that it represents this sort of character just as well as American Idiot very impressive.
Throughout the story:
Nugget is very upfront about his world view, his mental process and his actions. There is no sugarcoating of his words or his self destructive tendencies in his writing. This alongside the complete lack of self awareness in the beginning, is the reason why I feel like the author really did do the character justice. In fact, so much so that it genuinely felt painful to read sometimes - it felt like i was endlessly scrolling through incel posts on 4chan at times. However, I held the belief in the author's writing capabilities, that he'd make it pay off at the end, and boy, I can firmly say that it was worth it.
Now, while I'm describing this story as a comprehensive character study, I hope no one gets the impression that the story is a straight line from point A to point B. Frankly, I can only describe the story as a rollercoaster of progress and relapses, with often beautifully mundane, or often very dramatic story beats holding up the structure. Just as you would expect from a person trying to be better in real life. Even though Melody is the catalyst for the whole story, Nugget's growth was only made possible through the efforts of Nugget himself and the platonic relationships he has, and his writings reflect that beautifully.
It's the fact that this story shows the journey of a troubled individual so accurately all around is why I love it. Even though Nugget is an asshole at times, his lows genuinely reminded me of myself sometimes and I found myself crying my eyes out on a midnight train whilst reading his lowest point, because it just hit that right emotional spot for me where it coincided with my personal troubles in life and I just had to let it out. And his highs, they dont feel cheap. They feel deserved and earned, and after this long journey with Nugget, you cannot but smile at his highs.
That's why, the ending to this story is one of the best I've read. You managed to land the plane perfectly after such a tumultuous flight - one where I wasn't sure where exactly Nugget would land up until the very end.
Nugget's story is one that we can all learn a little something from.
March 29, 2024
This book is not like any others that I have read before! However, I’m so glad I did! It was so good! Dome is a very talented author! I recommend it!
January 10, 2024
I really loved the perspective of this book and how the character development was written! I also enjoyed reading about the lives of the other characters as told by Nugget.
April 23, 2024
Snowstorm City is the 2nd book that I have read by Dome. His first book, Submerged was absolutely superb and one of the best books that I have ever read. This one didn't disappoint either. It tells the story of love lost and the pain that comes along with that. The hope that maybe one day they will come back and all will be well again. The main character goes through constant heartache and depression over losing his girlfriend while at the same time bad things keep happening in the world around him, eventually leading him to spiral downward while at the same time scrambling to find a way to make things better for himself and those that he cares about. I loved the narrator but also grew to love a lot of the side characters in this story. I highly recommend this book and also recommend his other book Submerged. Both are stand alone stories so you can read them in any order.
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