{"id":13417,"date":"2020-09-12T20:38:11","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T00:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=13417"},"modified":"2024-01-29T20:09:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T01:09:45","slug":"waiting-for-the-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/13417","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for the Flood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waiting for the Flood<\/a><\/em> (2018) Alexis Hall (Spires)<\/p>\n

\"Waiting<\/a>The last book I finished wasn’t at all for me. <\/p>\n

This book was perfect for me.<\/p>\n

The waters are rising, and Edwin Tully worries more about his elderly neighbor than his own home–the home he bought with his ex. The home he thought was going to be their forever.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t really fall in love with a house. You fall in love with the life you could have in it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Each chapter opens with a description of one room of the house, and what the room meant to Edwin when he and Marius bought the house.<\/p>\n

First, his neighbor is wonderful.<\/p>\n

She sighed. \u201cAll right, all right, I take your point. But if I end up having to eat my own arm like a coyote, I\u2019m suing.\u201d
\n…
\nBut now I carefully focused on Mrs. P. My friend. I thought of tea and biscuits and Sunday afternoons\u2014 not a stranger whose ease and kindness was its own threat\u2014 and pulled out my words. Slowly, knowing that with Mrs, P. they would be safe. <\/p>\n

\u201cLast time I checked,\u201d I said, \u201cyou have enough Hobnobs in there to last a nuclear winter.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cA woman cannot live by Hobnobs alone.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNo, you need\u2014\u201d custard creams<\/em> \u201c\u2014 Jammie Dodgers too.\u201d <\/p>\n

She nodded. \u201cAnd protein.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The story itself is just lovely.<\/p>\n

This is the story of my life: standing on the edges of things and worrying, when I\u2019m supposed to just walk through them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We see Edwin through his actions and his thoughts–and the words he can’t get out.<\/p>\n

\u201cOh yes. I\u2019m a\u2014\u201d I wanted to say badass, but I didn\u2019t trust myself with a b and a d so close to each other, \u201c\u2014 maverick. Mixing it up. Is totally what I do.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a novella, so in some ways the story is spare, getting to the ending in just over 100 words. But it’s also perfect, focusing on the things you need, letting you fill in the gaps of Edwin and his life.<\/p>\n

It’s just lovely and sweet and there is no boinking.<\/p>\n

Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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