I liked EUPHORIA by Lily King and decided to read Father of The Rain. It's a story about Daley who has a dysfunctional relationship with her father. I liked Daley when the story began but I have to admit that she annoyed me in Part 2 of the story when she decides to return to live with her father to help him battle his alcoholism. It was unrealistic for Daley to give up a professorship and a lover for a father that she had very little contact with for many years. I think the story might have been better if Daley's mother had been more developed. The reader is left wondering what her mother was really like. I found the story to be a little unbelievable but I have to say that it kept my interest and stirred some emotions. Lily King is simply an incredible author! When I finish her books I feel like I've spent an extended period of time in a particular pocket of the world, learning about the culture and coming to love the characters like they're people I know in my own life. At the end of Euphoria and now, again, at the end of Father of the Rain (both of which I read in mostly one day), I suddenly realize I'm back in the real world and I genuinely miss the world I've left. Ms. King's writing is so vivid the readjustment is actually jarring! Her character development, which has always been the most important part of a novel for me, is profound and I can't wait to read another story by this amazing author. I'm so thrilled to have found her books.
she draws you in from the first page. Enjoyed her writhing style very much.
—jerepowers
Lived this book, now I have to read this authors other books! Thanks Patti
—murmureduvent
Read in 2011, the only notes beside this one is that "I really liked it".
—ohfauxshow
Yup, I think I'll read this one twice.
—sisi
Wow
—Mark
