Calling Rain

by Karen Marie Christa Minns

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Genres: Fiction

219 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1991

Reviews

[Claire · Rating 2 out of 5]

inspiring reminder that anyone can write a book

[Christy · Rating 1 out of 5]

The premise is intriguing enough: woman scientist discovers a species of North American great apes living in caves in the mountains, thereby solving the mystery of the Bigfoot/Sasquatch mythology; a young female college student is intrigued and joins her there to study them; then there's a lesbian romance.

Okay.

But the book fails on multiple levels. It is neither well-written nor well-edited. It includes such winning lines as this one, describing the feeling of the protagonist after being startled awake, "My heart is a racing marmot." (I suspect the author was going for vividly poetic here, but I just think it's hilarious.) And the ending is raced through and makes very little sense. The supposedly intelligent and ethical primatologist starts acting like a jerk and making insane demands of her companions, including her lover. And then, though I consider myself a good reader, I am actually not sure about what's happening in the epilogue (plot is the most basic element of a novel! I should be able to figure this out!).

Also, I never did figure out what the title is supposed to mean.

[Cameo · Rating 2 out of 5]

When my cousin lent this book to me, she described it as Twilight with Sasquatch. After finishing it, I realized how stupidly accurate that was. A fast read, pretty unsatisfying.

[Cori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Objectively this was not a 4 star book. Especially with its ending it does not even really deserve to be a 3 star book. But it was so weird that I think it deserves to be a cult classic.

[Kitty]

crying mmy fucking eyes out over lesbian primatologist