The Beauty of Impossible Things is Rachel Donohue's second novel. It follows Natasha, talking through the events of a summer, 30 years previously, when she was 15 years old with her therapist. That summer strange lights appeared in the sky above her small coastal town and Natasha interpreted them as a warning of impending doom. Natasha's fears are realized when a local teenager goes missing and she is called on to help.
I loved Donohue's first novel, Temple House Vanishing and like that this novel has haunting writing and tone unlike other authors I've read from. The Beauty of Impossible things sits perfectly in the Venn diagram of speculative fiction and coming of age story, atmospheric and melancholic, slow in pace and beautifully written. Although at points I wasn't engaged as I anticipated I would be, not that that will stop me from picking up future novels from Donohue!
Thanks Corvus for providing my copy!
I loved Donohue's first novel, Temple House Vanishing and like that this novel has haunting writing and tone unlike other authors I've read from. The Beauty of Impossible things sits perfectly in the Venn diagram of speculative fiction and coming of age story, atmospheric and melancholic, slow in pace and beautifully written. Although at points I wasn't engaged as I anticipated I would be, not that that will stop me from picking up future novels from Donohue!
Thanks Corvus for providing my copy!