Rain

by Kate le Vann

Rain's father has to go on a research trip, so Rain goes to her grandmother's in London for the summer. She finds an old diary and discovers her mother was pregnant with her when she was her age, sixteen - she discovers how scared and confused and happy her mum was at the time. Rain retraces the places that her mother went with a boy who is helping her grandmother re-decorate - Harry. And having started out being very spiky with each other, they fall in love. This is an intergenerational story of exploring how women feel many of the same things - from mad, joyful love to not having a clue what they're doing, And also the moment in every girl's life when she leaves behind the safety of her parents.

Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Coming Of Age, Contemporary, Chick Lit

176 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 2008

Reviews

[Alanahlovesbooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is good for a summer read and if you just want a small book to read over the summer or any other time.

[Poojarags · Rating 3 out of 5]

I expected the book to reveal a dark secret and how a teenage girl is emotionally affected by it and how she pull throughs the emotional turmoil along with dealing with all the troubles of being a teenager, only to find a surprisingly different climax.

This often happens in life too you know. Things tend to look a lot more complicated than what they actually are. Sometimes you also want to think that there are more complicated reasons to why something is the way it is because you don’t seem to understand it yet.

[Kasandra Setrakova · Rating 1 out of 5]

Rain - Kate Le Vann

היי אנשים,
אז סיימתי לי את הנובלה.
הסיפור מספר על בחורה שבאה לחופשות קיץ לבקר את סבתא שלה בלונדון.
מגלה שלסבתא שלה יש עוזר צעיר וחתיך 😉
אך הסיפור פה מספר על העבר של האמא של הדמות הראשית, שמתה כשהילדה הייתה בת 10.
הדמות הראשית מוצאת יומנים של אמה, ויחד עם העוזר של הסבתא היא מחפשת תשובות על חייה של האמא.

הסיפורים הקודמים שלה מצאו יותר חן בעיניי.

[Faith · Rating 3 out of 5]

In brief: I actually enjoyed this book, more than I expected...until the ending. I found it to be rather anti-climatic and I felt like I'd been intrigued and engrossed in this book for little reason. But either way, Rain and Harry were cute and I enjoyed watching them grow together.

[Soll · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really nice book! Not my genre, but I was on a vacation, and found it in the hotel's library. Actually enjoyed it - ended it in 3 days.
Would recommend if you need something easy and cute to read while having a reading block or a busy day.

[Emma Reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did enjoy this book and it was a fairly quick and easy read. Unfortinetly not much happens. It wasn't gripping or overly interesting . Just an average lazy afternoon read..😀

[Jenny Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice enough little book, when I started it I wasn’t really sure if it was meant for teenagers or adults. Very light reading.

[Cheryl Briggs · Rating 1 out of 5]

Literally no point to this book. Just a lot of waffle and nothing happened. Really glad it wasn't any longer!

[Josie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A short and quick read, very light on detail or emotion, but surprisingly funny? This was in the ~mature teens~ section of my library but tbh it reads more like middle-grade.

[Edi · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this book, Kate writes in a way that leaves an impact on readers as you become attached to the characters and their individual stories. The love story within the book is organic and sweet but I thought the “mystery factor” was full of plot holes. However it was lovely to experience Rain learning about her mother :)

[Nena · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, it was a quite nice reading for me. Easy. Light. And somehow kind of disappointing, because when I purchased it I expected a sort of complicated conflict in it. And when I finished the book, yeah, I must admit it's good enough though, but still I felt it has less complicated plot than I thought it would have. But overall, it's still a good teenage novel because you get some moral messages when you closed the final chapter :)

[Ella · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was just meh…don’t get me wrong, it’s a good story. The problem is it feels very fast. It’s too fast to comprehend why the characters are feeling the way they are, what changes their mind etc. It’s just: first this happened, then that happened and so on. And in the end, the book was really about nothing?

[Tierney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finished it in a day, quick easy read, loved it and reccommend to someone who wants a quick read! Loved the way it ended, it flowed well and I got to know and like the characters. Can't wait to read more of kates books!

[Mikaela · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read, I read it within two and a half hours! It's lighthearted and entertaining. I am 16 so I am probably not the target audience it seems aimed at around 13 or 14 so I am sure if I were that age I would have loved it but I just like it. Yeah good read

[Imogen · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved it wish to own it and and read all the other books by kate

[Iffath · Rating 5 out of 5]

reread 26/09/12

[arwaii · Rating 1 out of 5]

Errrr... not so..
boring

[Amelia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although a nice idea the plot was uninspiring and the character's were not very well developed.

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE.

[Eleanor · Rating 1 out of 5]

The protagonist was really annoying and there was a lot of unnecessary drama.

[Nadin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a nice reading, it's a perfect summer read and the plot is very interesting. I was expecting something different and it went the opposite way from what i expected it to be, i'm not quite sure if it's good or bad... but i really enjoyed the good writing!