Book Review 2 - Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan

∞Apple And Rain by Sarah Crossan∞

❄When Apple's mother returns after eleven years away, Apple feels whole again. She will have an answer to her burning question - Why did you go? But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left, her mother's homecoming is bitter sweet. It's only when Apple meets someone more lost than she is, that she begins to see things as they really are. Apple discovers something which can help her to feel whole from the inside out, not just the outside in.❄

~A memory or just a made up subconscious mind? Apple wondered if it was real but deep in her heart, she knows the answer.

Throughout the story, Apple is forever pining for her mother, creating delusions at the same time. As a reader, I couldn't help but think that Apple is being foolish in believing that her mother would ever return. She is making false hope over something uncertain and I thought that she is wasting her life. But then again she is only a child who just wishes to be with her mother.

The story is full of many feelings - hopes, despair, disappointment, sadness and more. It is so amazing that it can bring readers to smile, cry and even be angry. In my entire life, this book was the second book that brought me to tears. I must have been so engrossed at the story that I could not stop reading and began thinking and feeling like Apple. I wonder if I was becoming like Apple or Apple was in me.

The story also taught one to not be scared to open up to others when you are in trouble or in need of help. I believed that courage is an important key but also the support of others is essential to boost your confidence. 

                                                                                                                       ~17 January 2016