A Quiet Kind of Thunder

 Book 67 of my 2026 Reading Challenge

read from July 5 - 9

A Quiet Kind of Thunder

by Sara Barnard

published 2018

4 stars

I picked this book while browsing at the library and I'm glad I did.  It was perfect for me at this time of my mental capacity - it was engaging but also light.  There was conflict but with an undercurrent of safety that the conflict wouldn't go too far.

I love young love and the author did a good job of letting the characters have big feelings without being melodramatic.  It was cheesy but in a good, realistic way.  I'm also glad there was medication and therapy involved in progress and not a magical 'I met the right person and it's all fixed now'.

As a note not related to the book, what a big difference technology has made to communicating with a deaf person.  They use texting/apps in the book and in real life on a vacation, I saw someone holding their phone to catch the tour guide's words and then it was transcribed into something they could read on their screen.  Subtle ways to stay engaged without feeling like a spectacle.  "Back in my day" (as I sound 100 and not 47 years old)...I dated a deaf person in college pre-cell phones.  We didn't live in the same town and when we wanted to talk on the phone, I would call a special number and talk to a person who would then transcribe what I was saying to him through his TTY machine.  Then he would type back and the person would read what he said to me.  It would be someone different every time and it was a little awkward at times getting used to it (such as when an older woman with an Asian accent told me "I had a fun time on our date last night").  I thought it would be a fun job but it's probably obsolete now.

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Ways This Book Met my 2026 Reading Goals:

- 67th book read in 2026 (my goal is 100)

- Title starting with 'Q' (I'm doing an A-Z title challenge)