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Nothing but the Rain

By: Naomi Salman
Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
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A sleepy little town discovers its memories have become part of the water cycle in Naomi Salman's debut novella, Nothing but the Rain.

The rain in Aloisville is never-ending, and no one can remember when it started. There's not much they can remember. With every drop that hits their skin, a bit of memory is washed away. Stay too long in the wet, and you'll lose everything you used to be.

By the time Laverne begins keeping a journal, the small town she calls home has been irreparably changed. Every drop of water is dangerous, from leaky faucets to the near-constant rainfall, and a careless trip outside can mean a life down the drain. With mysterious forces preventing escape, calls for rebellion seem to be on every resident's lips. But Laverne has no interest in fighting. She has no interest in rebellion. She just wants to survive.

©2023 Naomi Salman (P)2023 Tantor Epistolary Fiction Genre Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction
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Wow you didn’t expect that at the end. If you were Zoe what would you do?

Omg that ending

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Probably not worth a credit considering the length. Though my view may be colored by the fact that this was the day that the idiots putting in internet cable hit a water pipe and we had no water for 7 hours and it was in the 90s...

Short and sort of interesting

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Initially I liked this a lot.

It has an interesting setting and it being a diary works really well here.

However the characters are all unlikable, and I can live with that, but the worst is that there's no logic behind people's actions. There's no reason for so many people to have done what they did. In real life people would have planned something like that. They would have had one person get to the necessary spot. The only reason why they did what they did is so that it can deliver the ending. I'm trying to be as vague as possible so that I don't give any spoilers.

Unfortunately it all falls apart for me because of the people's actions. Even the thing that one lady did. Makes no sense whatsoever.

I really wanted to like this and it had such a promising start but I can only recommend it if you can listen to it on Plus.

Interesting premise but doesn't deliver

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