I listen to a lot of EOTWAWKI books and I happy to get an opportunity to listen to another narrated by Kevin Pierce.
Turbulent had some promise and if all of the other reviews are to be believed, I’m of a minority, but overall the story fell flat for me. Maybe some of this had to do with how compact the book is – a lot was squeezed into a 6 hour listen and this left no room for decent story/character development. It’s hard to give examples without spoilers but there were major items completely glossed over. Also many decisions and/or directions that didn’t make a whole lot of sense, or were confusing; one minute we’re in a city, next thing I know we’re on a farm, stuff like that. Things that could have easily been flushed out with a little effort making a more enjoyable listen.
I will still likely pick up book 2 because I do like the genre and maybe Mr Payne is more skilled at the “living in the post-era” stuff vs the “post event escape” stuff, who knows? And it’s at least read by Kevin Pierce who has become one of a small handful who can claim the title of “narration-extraorinaire of the post-apocolyptic genre” IMO!
This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review