Review: Well, what do you know?  It is NOT a story about teenagers against evil adults!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2014
The Rain owes a lot of Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road, particularly in the relationship between the teenage girl, Tanner, and her protector, Russell.  Unlike in The Road where the child was dependent, Tanner is a resourceful character. And instead of walking along roads in a post-apocalyptic American landscape, Tanner and Russell are traveling by canoe in the flooded Rocky Mountains, continually drenched by rain.In The Road, the father's goal was to reach the ocean.  In The Rain, the goal is to reach Leadville, Colorado, the highest town in the U.S.  Along the way they encounter hostile people and extremely adverse weather, and Tanner as well as Russell struggle to survive, each caring for the other as circumstances require.  They also encounter people who appear to be helpful, but appearances can be deceiving, as they both learn.I'm not going to write a spoiler, except to state that The Rain is not the end of the series.  What comes next is The Snow, which I probably won't read.