The Rain A PostApocalyptic Story The Rain Trilogy Book 1 eBook Joseph Turkot
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There are a lot of stories about how the rain started.
The thing that always comes to mind first isn’t the how though, it’s the how much. Russell still does the math too 15, 5,400, and 8,550. 15 inches a day, 5,400 a year, and 8,550 feet since the start.
We have no idea if it’s accurate. But it’s important to think about it, he says, because it reminds us to keep moving. I’m Tanner. Russell plucked me from the rain when I was two.
Fourteen years ago we left Philadelphia. As the water rose, we moved west, hoping the elevation would keep us warm and dry. Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Sioux Falls, Rapid City. Now we’re stranded on the islands in Wyoming. Russell thinks they used to be the Bighorn mountains. But we can’t go back now. There’s no warm and there’s no dry anymore. Just a rumor about a place where it isn't raining. So we’re going to try to make it—520 miles south to Leadville. But we can’t drift east, the Great Plains have become waterspout alley, a raging tomb of moving water.
Together we push on, surviving, heading to Leadville. But something is wrong with him now. He says it’s nothing. But his breathing doesn’t sound that way.
Exposure, pruned hands, and infection. But since, Rapid City, it’s the face eaters too. And the crack in the canoe that’s growing. And the ice I think I see on the water. Russell thinks it’s my imagination.
We cling to the last strips of the veneer. And each other.
The Rain A PostApocalyptic Story The Rain Trilogy Book 1 eBook Joseph Turkot
First presented as a series, this is the omnibus edition. Priced under $3 and well worth the price. There are a few typos here and there that would only annoy an editor such as myself; they do not detract from the story itself. Turkot gets a bit long winded now and again, and I found myself skimming, but the storyline is a good one. No zombies - thank you! Plenty enough action and conflict in this post-apocalyptic world of never ending rain. The story continues in Snow. The first two episodes are out and the third is on the way this week (2/21/14). I am eagerly awaiting the next episode, so that should tell you something! Every bit as good as Hugh HoweyProduct details
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The Rain A PostApocalyptic Story The Rain Trilogy Book 1 eBook Joseph Turkot Reviews
I'm a big fan of post-apocalyptic stories, and this one sounded like like it was based on a unusual and interesting premise. Unfortunately, this series is marred by several serious flaws, not the least of which is the author's inability to write dialog, both on a technical and literary level.
The dialog is not put into quote marks or indicated in any way, stopping the smooth flow of the story as you try to figure out when someone is talking, who is talking, and to whom. The dialog also doesn't ring true, it does not sound like anything that any person would naturally say under the circumstances. A good test for dialog is to read it out loud. If it sounds ridiculous and/or embarrassing, you've done it wrong.
The concept of endless rain and a world with almost no dry land is intriguing, but you have to set it up and explain how this could happen, or it stretches the suspension of belief to the breaking point. There isn't enough water on our planet to cover almost all the planet. This story gives no explanation of where all this extra water that is raining onto the earth is coming from; this inconsistency hangs in the back of the mind in a very distracting way.
The most fleshed out character in the story is the main character, Tanner. She is a teenager who has survived the apocalypse, but she doesn't seem to have, really, the maturity or the scars that one would expect. Her actions and motivations don't seem consistent from scene to scene. Russell, her companion, is written as a too good to be true cardboard cutout of the male protector. In the course of this series, this sort of character crops up too often, the selfless male whose only function is to save the heroine and die. In a field of writing that now boasts many fantastic, strong, heroic women, this is an eye-rolling annoyance.
The writing overall is good, the only reason I gave this three stars. Turkot is capable of writing powerful descriptive prose that puts you right in the landscape and weather of the series. He does tend to use descriptive writing to a flaw; at times I felt like he was tediously describing things over and over and drawing out actions to pad the word count. I often found myself doing something I almost never do, skimming to find the point where something new starts happening.
This series honestly could be edited down to one long novel or two short ones, and be much better reading. Not everything has to be a trilogy. An editor also would have be useful in catching the language errors in the manuscript.
In summary, I believe this writer has great raw talent that would greatly benefit from a good editor. If you have the patience for going through page after page of description and long scenes of slow action, you will get a reasonable amount of enjoyment out of these books.
Finally a story I can read with gusto. I started with a sample, based off the reviews, and admit that I read very quickly. Since reading the whole Wool series and Dust etc. I have been searching for another book/series that left me wanting for more. This series by Joseph Turkot has sunk it's teeth in, like the face eaters would!
The writing style is good, not a huge fan of the way the conversations are done, bunched in with the paragraphs, but I have figured it out enough to be able to see past it and continue to enjoy the story as it unfolds.
The characters are well fleshed out, I get glimpses of their past and what motivates them and the author does a good job of making me care about them.
The surroundings are detailed enough for me to visualize and surround me with the mood. It is reminiscent of the movie Waterworld a bit, but the face eaters add a nice twist.
Overall, I think it is a worthy read and appears to be a good story so far. I am not hung up on typos or things like that, so any detractors that say things like editing and missspelled words do not, to me, affect the storytelling. It is, after all a story, that someone has imagined and is giving us an opportunity to enjoy and ride along.
Would recommend for anyone who likes series and not knowing what is coming next style books.
This was a difficult story for me to read--not because of the writing style or typos. I thought it was very well-written. I just couldn't imagine the nightmare scenario of being rained on constantly. The two main characters--Tanner and Russell--do their best to survive these circumstances, but, at times, I had to wonder, "Why? What is the point?" They keep trying to find land, pretty much mountains are all that are left, but if the rain keeps falling, how long until ALL land is under water? Is the struggle they are going through worth it?
This is a story about survival and holding out for that last bit of hope. To complicate things, Tanner is a teenage girl going through all the things teenage girls usually go through, but during the apocalypse. Talk about having to grow up quickly. Russell is supposedly the caretaker, but it is usually Tanner who keeps him going. Going towards what is the question?
I'm not sure I believe the premise that a solar flare caused the ocean to rise up and start the rain, but the characters also don't really know why this happened.
I do recommend the book if the thought of constant rain doesn't drive you crazy. The characters are compelling, especially Tanner, and I do want to know what they're going to find at the end of the rainbow, figuratively speaking.
First presented as a series, this is the omnibus edition. Priced under $3 and well worth the price. There are a few typos here and there that would only annoy an editor such as myself; they do not detract from the story itself. Turkot gets a bit long winded now and again, and I found myself skimming, but the storyline is a good one. No zombies - thank you! Plenty enough action and conflict in this post-apocalyptic world of never ending rain. The story continues in Snow. The first two episodes are out and the third is on the way this week (2/21/14). I am eagerly awaiting the next episode, so that should tell you something! Every bit as good as Hugh Howey
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