Waiting For The Flood
A Spires Story
A Spires Story
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- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release Date:05-23-16
- Publisher: Riptide Publishing
- Get this Audiobook for the reduced price of $1.99, when you buy the Kindle edition first.
Twelve years ago, Edwin Tully came to Oxford and fell in love with a boy named Marius. He was brilliant. An artist. It was going to be forever.
Two years ago, it ended.
Now Edwin lives alone in the house they used to share. He tends to damaged books and faded memories, trying to build a future from the fragments of the past.
Then the weather turns, and the river spills into Edwin's quiet world, bringing with it Adam Dacre from the Environment Agency. An unlikely knight, this stranger with roughened hands and worn wellingtons, but he offers Edwin the hope of something he thought he would never have again.
As the two men grow closer in their struggle against the rising waters, Edwin learns he can't protect himself from everything - and sometimes he doesn't need to try.
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"A sweet story"
What did you like best about Waiting for the Flood? What did you like least?
I liked the Alexander Doddy's British accent and the double meaning of the title and story. I liked least how poetically it was written. I felt it took away from the story with all the short one word lines. I like those type of sentences, but in this story, it was too many and lent a poetic feel.
Would you recommend Waiting for the Flood to your friends? Why or why not?
Yes. If you like a short story dealing with emotion and angst and a beautiful English setting I think you would like this.
What about Alexander Doddy’s performance did you like?
I loved his accent. I think his narration made the story.
Any additional comments?
Waiting for the flood is a beautiful story. It is very poetic and I did like how the flood wasn't just an environmental issue but also Edwin dealing with his emotions. I enjoyed the narration.
To me though it was just a good story for a nice afternoon listen. A little to poetic for me.
If you like angsty stories, floods, sweet little old ladies, artistic types, book conservators, a short sweet read or listen, and a sweet story this is for you.
To me though it was just a good story for a nice afternoon listen. A little to poetic for me.
If you like angsty stories, floods, sweet little old ladies, artistic types, book conservators, a short sweet read or listen, and a sweet story this is for you.
Alexis Hall was born in the early 1980s and still thinks the 21st century is the future. To this day, he feels cheated that he lived through a fin de siècle but inexplicably failed to drink a single glass of absinthe, dance with a single courtesan, or stay in a single garret.
He did the Oxbridge thing sometime in the 2000s and failed to learn anything of substance. He has had many jobs, including ice cream maker, fortune teller, lab technician, and professional gambler. He was fired from most of them.
He can neither cook nor sing, but he can handle a 17th century smallsword, punts from the proper end, and knows how to hotwire a car.
He lives in southeast England, with no cats and no children, and fully intends to keep it that way.
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Thanks for the review of the audiobook. I read this story a while and remember really enjoying it. It is pretty poetic, but I get in the mood for something like that at times. Will have to check out the audiobook.
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Thank you for the review! It sounds like it'll be a nice listen.
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Thanks for the review. I have many of Alexis Hall's books in my wishlist.
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Thanks for the good review and the book sounds interesting. I like the idea of the English setting. - Purple Reader
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