Weather Girl book review

So I used to dread going to work when it was raining or cloudy or pretty much going to work at all because I didn't want to be out in the elements. Find out what's important about weather girls and why you need to know a little bit about their backstory. 

Today, I’m sharing a book that really surprised me. I wanted to just learn about the weather; the book had a really cute cover, and I was shocked when the plot got really heavy. So let's get into the book called Weather Girl. So this book was written by Rachel Lynn Solomon, and I really liked the book. I didn't quite know what to expect because when it started, there was a really long disclaimer about mental health issues and depression, and I was like, I don't understand. This book had a cute cover, it was a couple, you imagine they were kissing behind the umbrella, The book is cute and started off heavy. Two thighs can be true at the same time. 

So what the author said in the prologue was that, hey, I started to write this book about a weather girl. We took a left and started talking about all these heavy issues. And I wasn't expecting it, but I kept it in because it's real. Enjoy the book. And I'm like, I'm intrigued. Let's go. Let's get into it. So, the genre of the book is fiction. The theme of the book is romance and situational comedy, and it was just all around cute. So, I do want to shout out the characters in the book. There was a person named Elodie. Great. The cutest character ever. I wanted to go hang out with Elodie. I wanted to know what happened after the book. I wanted to know what happened to Elodie in 10 years. 

I also thought Elodie was the star of the book. Not so fast. We also have Russell and Ari (the true protagonist of the book). There were a few other people, but I was really drawn to Ari’s character. That was my favorite. So the story is there's a weather girl, she meets someone, and they start to date. She was really frustrated that she had been depressed in life and no one seemed to really understand her. Her brother understood a little, but as we progress through the story, we realize that Elodie grew up with a mother who had depressive episodes and made REALLY bad decisions. And the daughter kind of felt alone. She felt like it was she and her brother, and it was the two of them against the world. 

A major plot twist is when the mother comes back into their life, has reformed, and kind of dealt with a lot of the issues. And the main character Ari has this conversation where she's like mom why couldn't you get it together for us and that was a crucial twist in the story because I feel like that's a sentence that almost every kid that's felt abandoned or that's felt lonely or alone in growing up or felt like they had to raise themselves has wanted to have with their parents like why Couldn't you make the change for us? Why are you making the change now that we're grown? 

And so the reason that this plot twist was really important to me is that you hear people say, 

• I'm depressed, or 

• I was depressed at that time or, 

• Oh, it’s just a little depression. 

Sadly, we used these phrased casually without considering what it means to be clinically depressed where you need medication to literally survive the day. Ari was on medication. She had a therapist. She had a doctor who had said she was depressed. She was in treatment. So that was a lot different than just having a rough day or not wanting to get out of bed or not wanting to get wet when you go into the office. Right. It was a lot more to it. So I really appreciate what the author did in introducing these situations and telling the truth about what you don't see on TV. There are news anchors, weather people, and sports people. You have no idea what they're going through in their lives. 

And in this case, you have a bubbly, sunny weather girl who is clinically depressed and dealing with these issues whenever they're not on TV. Sometimes, when they're on TV, but with the assistance of medication, sometimes just powering through because it's their job. So the book was really good. And even though it had a cutesy cover, and I was like, oh, this will be fun. It actually turned out to be a lot deeper than I anticipated. But it was really good. Lastly, here, would I reread the book? It was really cute, but it wasn't. I'm trying to think of a reason, but I truly don't need one. I would not reread it, but I did enjoy reading it. 

Let me know if you've read the book or anything by Rachel Lynn Solomon. Or let me know if you're reading any fiction right now. I'd love to hear about it. So leave me a comment. 

Until the next blog, 

Kyla