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Recursion
- A Novel
- Narrateur(s): Jon Lindstrom, Abby Craden
- Durée: 10 h et 47 min
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- Catégories: Romans policiers et thrillers, Thrillers et romans à suspense
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Dark Matter
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
- Narrateur(s): Jon Lindstrom
- Durée: 10 h et 8 min
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"Are you happy with your life?" Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend."
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not for scifi fans
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-05-28
Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
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Upgrade
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
- Narrateur(s): Henry Levya
- Durée: 9 h et 47 min
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At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little...sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep. But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways. The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade.
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Another Hit
- Écrit par Nathan Geoffroy le 2022-08-08
Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
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Torment
- Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 9 h et 59 min
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An electromagnetic pulse blinds the U.S. Cars crash. Planes fall. Chaos reigns. Power is restored within minutes, but it’s already too late. Russian nukes are falling. U.S. allies around the world are already wiped out. The United States will cease to exist inside of five minutes. After giving the order to launch a full-scale retaliation–dooming the planet–the president, his staff, Secret Service and those lucky enough to be visiting the White House, are whisked below ground, where they board several Earth Escape Pods. As the EEPs launch into Earth orbit, missiles descend.
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Amazing start, moves to a big WTF
- Écrit par mike ertl le 2022-08-09
Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
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Project Hail Mary
- Auteur(s): Andy Weir
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 16 h et 10 min
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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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Riveting Story!
- Écrit par Maggie Irwin le 2021-05-10
Auteur(s): Andy Weir
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Summer Frost
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- Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
- Narrateur(s): Rosa Salazar
- Durée: 2 h et 19 min
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Maxine was made to do one thing: die. Except the minor non-player character in the world Riley is building makes her own impossible decision - veering wildly off course and exploring the boundaries of the map. When the curious Riley extracts her code for closer examination, an emotional relationship develops between them. Soon Riley has all new plans for her spontaneous AI, including bringing Max into the real world. But what if Max has real-world plans of her own?
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Wow
- Écrit par syp22119 le 2021-01-25
Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
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Forward
- Stories of Tomorrow
- Auteur(s): Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, Amor Towles, Autres
- Narrateur(s): Evan Rachel Wood, Rosa Salazar, Jason Isaacs, Autres
- Durée: 8 h et 24 min
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For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch. These stories range from darkly comic to deeply chilling, but they all look forward. Featuring stories by Andy Weir, Amor Towles, Veronica Roth, N. K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, and Blake Crouch; with narration by Evan Rachel Wood, David Harbour, Jason Isaacs, Rosa Salazar, Steven Strait, and Janina Gavankar.
Auteur(s): Veronica Roth, Autres
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Dark Matter
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
- Narrateur(s): Jon Lindstrom
- Durée: 10 h et 8 min
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"Are you happy with your life?" Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man Jason's never met smiles down at him and says, "Welcome back, my friend."
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not for scifi fans
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-05-28
Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
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Upgrade
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
- Narrateur(s): Henry Levya
- Durée: 9 h et 47 min
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At first, Logan Ramsay isn’t sure if anything’s different. He just feels a little...sharper. Better able to concentrate. Better at multitasking. Reading a bit faster, memorizing better, needing less sleep. But before long, he can’t deny it: Something’s happening to his brain. To his body. He’s starting to see the world, and those around him—even those he loves most—in whole new ways. The truth is, Logan’s genome has been hacked. And there’s a reason he’s been targeted for this upgrade.
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Another Hit
- Écrit par Nathan Geoffroy le 2022-08-08
Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
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Torment
- Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
- Narrateur(s): R.C. Bray
- Durée: 9 h et 59 min
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An electromagnetic pulse blinds the U.S. Cars crash. Planes fall. Chaos reigns. Power is restored within minutes, but it’s already too late. Russian nukes are falling. U.S. allies around the world are already wiped out. The United States will cease to exist inside of five minutes. After giving the order to launch a full-scale retaliation–dooming the planet–the president, his staff, Secret Service and those lucky enough to be visiting the White House, are whisked below ground, where they board several Earth Escape Pods. As the EEPs launch into Earth orbit, missiles descend.
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Amazing start, moves to a big WTF
- Écrit par mike ertl le 2022-08-09
Auteur(s): Jeremy Robinson
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Project Hail Mary
- Auteur(s): Andy Weir
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 16 h et 10 min
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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.
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Riveting Story!
- Écrit par Maggie Irwin le 2021-05-10
Auteur(s): Andy Weir
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Summer Frost
- Forward
- Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
- Narrateur(s): Rosa Salazar
- Durée: 2 h et 19 min
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Maxine was made to do one thing: die. Except the minor non-player character in the world Riley is building makes her own impossible decision - veering wildly off course and exploring the boundaries of the map. When the curious Riley extracts her code for closer examination, an emotional relationship develops between them. Soon Riley has all new plans for her spontaneous AI, including bringing Max into the real world. But what if Max has real-world plans of her own?
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Wow
- Écrit par syp22119 le 2021-01-25
Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
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Forward
- Stories of Tomorrow
- Auteur(s): Veronica Roth, Blake Crouch, Amor Towles, Autres
- Narrateur(s): Evan Rachel Wood, Rosa Salazar, Jason Isaacs, Autres
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For some, it’s the end of the world. For others, it’s just the beginning. With brilliant imagination, today’s most visionary writers point to the future in a collection curated by bestselling author Blake Crouch. These stories range from darkly comic to deeply chilling, but they all look forward. Featuring stories by Andy Weir, Amor Towles, Veronica Roth, N. K. Jemisin, Paul Tremblay, and Blake Crouch; with narration by Evan Rachel Wood, David Harbour, Jason Isaacs, Rosa Salazar, Steven Strait, and Janina Gavankar.
Auteur(s): Veronica Roth, Autres
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The Fold
- Auteur(s): Peter Clines
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 10 h et 52 min
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The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn't much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he's content with his quiet and peaceful existence. That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve.
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Couldnt. Stop. Listening.
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2018-02-11
Auteur(s): Peter Clines
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Purity
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Jonathan Franzen
- Narrateur(s): Jenna Lamia, Dylan Baker, Robert Petkoff
- Durée: 25 h
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Young Pip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she's saddled with $130,000 in student debt, that she's squatting with anarchists in Oakland, and that her relationship with her mother - her only family - is hazardous. But she doesn't have a clue who her father is, why her mother chose to live as a recluse with an invented name, or how she'll ever have a normal life.
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Fantastic
- Écrit par Ms. le 2019-06-16
Auteur(s): Jonathan Franzen
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Run
- A Thriller
- Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
- Narrateur(s): Phil Gigante
- Durée: 8 h et 21 min
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Five days ago a rash of bizarre murders swept the country. Senseless. Brutal. Seemingly unconnected. A cop walked into a nursing home and unloaded his weapons on elderly and staff alike. A mass of school shootings. Prison riots of unprecedented brutality. Mind-boggling acts of violence in every state. Four Days Ago the murders increased ten-fold. Three days ago the President addressed the nation and begged for calm and peace. Two days ago the killers began to mobilize. Yesterday all the power went out. Tonight....
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Meh.
- Écrit par knewms le 2020-10-04
Auteur(s): Blake Crouch
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- Auteur(s): Peter Clines
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 12 h et 34 min
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There are some odd things about Nate’s new apartment. Of course, he has other things on his mind. He hates his job. He has no money in the bank. No girlfriend. No plans for the future. So while his new home isn’t perfect, it’s livable. The rent is low, the property managers are friendly, and the odd little mysteries don’t nag at him too much. At least, not until he meets Mandy, his neighbor across the hall, and notices something unusual about her apartment. And Xela’s apartment. And Tim’s. And Veek’s.
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I enjoyed this audio book very much.
- Écrit par John le 2019-02-28
Auteur(s): Peter Clines
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Terminus
- Auteur(s): Peter Clines
- Narrateur(s): Ray Porter
- Durée: 11 h et 21 min
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Murdoch’s past has finally come crashing down on him. His former girlfriend. His Family. He’s been happily avoiding them for ages, trying to live something close to a normal life. But now he’s been drawn back into another one of their ludicrous attempts to bring about the end of all things. Anne is tired of living in the past. She’s finally looking to the future and embracing her destiny. She’s going to lead the Family forward on their greatest, final crusade to destroy the hated Machine of their long-time adversary.
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- Écrit par Tanner le 2020-02-13
Auteur(s): Peter Clines
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Artemis
- Auteur(s): Andy Weir
- Narrateur(s): Rosario Dawson
- Durée: 8 h et 57 min
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Jazz Bashara is a criminal. Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you're not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you've got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent. Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down.
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Not much to see here.
- Écrit par C. Scott le 2018-04-13
Auteur(s): Andy Weir
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The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
- Auteur(s): Stuart Turton
- Narrateur(s): James Cameron Stewart
- Durée: 17 h et 4 min
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The rules of Blackheath: Evelyn Hardcastle will be murdered at 11:00 p.m. There are eight days and eight witnesses for you to inhabit. We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the killer. Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others....
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Amazing
- Écrit par Chantal Clements le 2019-04-29
Auteur(s): Stuart Turton
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Baby Teeth
- A Novel
- Auteur(s): Zoje Stage
- Narrateur(s): Gabra Zackman
- Durée: 11 h et 6 min
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Suzette knows her clever and manipulative seven-year-old daughter doesn’t love her. She can see the hatred and jealousy in her eyes. And as Hanna’s subtle acts of cruelty threaten to tear her and her husband apart, Suzette fears her very life may be in grave danger....
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Had me hooked!
- Écrit par Becky McCutcheon le 2018-08-04
Auteur(s): Zoje Stage
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Nightfall and Other Stories
- Auteur(s): Isaac Asimov
- Narrateur(s): Jon Lindstrom
- Durée: 15 h et 56 min
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A collection of 20 classic short stories by Isaac Asimov, author of the Foundation series, featuring the definitive and only in-print version of “Nightfall”.
Auteur(s): Isaac Asimov
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Middle Falls Time Travel Omnibus 4
- Books 10-12
- Auteur(s): Shawn Inmon
- Narrateur(s): Therese Plummer, Nick Podehl, Jonathan Davis
- Durée: 19 h et 54 min
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Contains three complete, novel-length books in the Middle Falls Time Travel series: The Empathetic Life of Rebecca Wright, The Successful Life of Jack Rybicki, and The Many Short Lives of Charles Waters.
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Great Series
- Écrit par Gail Nameth le 2021-10-11
Auteur(s): Shawn Inmon
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Disappearing Earth
- A novel
- Auteur(s): Julia Phillips
- Narrateur(s): Ilyana Kadushin
- Durée: 11 h et 15 min
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One August afternoon, on the shoreline of the Kamchatka peninsula at the northeastern edge of Russia, two girls - sisters, eight and 11 - go missing. In the ensuing weeks, then months, the police investigation turns up nothing. Echoes of the disappearance reverberate across a tightly woven community, with the fear and loss felt most deeply among its women. Taking us through a year in Kamchatka, Disappearing Earth enters with astonishing emotional acuity the worlds of a cast of richly drawn characters, all connected by the crime: a witness, a neighbor, a detective, a mother.
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Very well written
- Écrit par Sally le 2020-02-29
Auteur(s): Julia Phillips
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Geek Love
- Auteur(s): Katherine Dunn
- Narrateur(s): Christina Moore
- Durée: 15 h et 26 min
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No one wants to be a victim, but most find the event too hypnotic to ignore. In order to save their traveling carnival from bankruptcy, the Binewskis are creating their own brood of sideshow freaks. Under Al's careful direction, the pregnant Lil ingests radioisotopes, insecticides, and arsenic to make her babies "special".
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Disturbing
- Écrit par James S. le 2022-03-03
Auteur(s): Katherine Dunn
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New York Times best seller
From the best-selling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memory - his most mind-boggling, irresistible work to date, and the inspiration for Shondaland’s upcoming Netflix film.
"Gloriously twisting...a heady campfire tale of a novel." (The New York Times Book Review)
Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Time • NPR • BookRiot
Reality is broken.
At first, it looks like a disease. An epidemic that spreads through no known means, driving its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived. But the force that’s sweeping the world is no pathogen. It’s just the first shock wave, unleashed by a stunning discovery - and what’s in jeopardy is not our minds but the very fabric of time itself.
In New York City, Detective Barry Sutton is closing in on the truth - and in a remote laboratory, neuroscientist Helena Smith is unaware that she alone holds the key to this mystery...and the tools for fighting back.
Together, Barry and Helena will have to confront their enemy - before they, and the world, are trapped in a loop of ever-growing chaos.
Praise for Recursion
"An action-packed, brilliantly unique ride that had me up late and shirking responsibilities until I had devoured the last page...a fantastic read." (Andy Weir, number one New York Times best-selling author of The Martian)
"Another profound science-fiction thriller. Crouch masterfully blends science and intrigue into the experience of what it means to be deeply human." (Newsweek)
"Definitely not one to forget when you’re packing for vacation...[Crouch] breathes fresh life into matters with a mix of heart, intelligence, and philosophical musings." (Entertainment Weekly)
"A trippy journey down memory lane...[Crouch’s] intelligence is an able match for the challenge he’s set of overcoming the structure of time itself." (Time)
"Wildly entertaining...another winning novel from an author at the top of his game." (AV Club)
Ce que les critiques en disent
"A mind-bending thriller." (USA Today)
"[Crouch] has sketched out the rules for a new reality.... [Recursion] has a thrumming pulse that moves beyond big ideas and into their effects on a larger, more complex world." (NPR)
"[Recursion] will keep you up all night - first because you can't stop reading it, and then because you can't stop thinking about it." (BuzzFeed)
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- Mateo Tamano
- 2019-12-05
Novel idea expanded to an enjoyable story
Very imaginative and engaging story told in a compelling manner. The voice actors chosen were excellent and truly brought the story to life. The morale of the story was simple and a great reminder to us all to make the best of the decisions with make. Story lost a bit of steam near the end and could have been shortened. The ending though was perfect. Highly recommended!
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- Mark
- 2022-06-03
Interesting idea difficult to follow
I enjoy Blake Crouch and this narrator is amazing. Both make the book interesting and engaging. The first book of this book was interesting and kept me engaged but as i moved passed it, I found it stretched to fill gaps in the story line. As there’s many years back and forth that this book attempts to explain, it’s rather difficult to keep track because the story is not linear. That’s the nature of the story.
I do look forward to more books from this author and narrator. I enjoyed Wayward Pines the most.
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- Phalucha
- 2019-12-06
Recursion is the summer blockbuster of audiobooks!
Awesome story, awesome narration. Wonderful from beginning to end. I honestly don’t know what more to say about this book - really inventive! Blake Crouch is made for audiobooks. Buy it.
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- Dean
- 2022-07-12
Epic mind bending time travel.
Hooked from start to finish. Love the format. If you like Dark Matter, you'll live this.
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- jason
- 2022-06-08
Experience this exceptional book.
this book had me.hooked from chapter one. although predictable at points it has left me smiling, with lots of corners and movements that had me thinking. I cannot recommend this title enough.
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- Adesola
- 2021-11-19
The author took us along an incredible journey.
If you enjoyed Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, you will certainly enjoy Recursion as well. The pace of the story may feel slow at frist but it ramps up quickly!
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-09-03
What a trip!
Great story, great performance, and such an original and thought-provoking idea to write about.
So glad that someone recommended this to me.
Love both narrators as well, they had me smiling, tearing up, and cheering at times during the novel.
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- Ian Postnikoff
- 2021-07-27
Mind-blowing
This is a thoroughly delightful novel, where fact and fantasy equally share the spotlight. While it is superficially a work of science fiction, its core underpinnings are profoundly philosophical. What is time? How do we understand our lives in terms of past, present, and future? If we could travel back in time, and stop various atrocities from occurring, would that benefit our world, or might it yield even greater calamities? This is not only a very entertaining book, but also a very thought provoking one that will continue to stimulate such questions long after the final page has been read.
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- Colin
- 2021-04-12
Great book
Lots of twists and turns that keeps you engaged. Great story and excellent story telling with the two different narrators
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2020-11-17
Just so good
So inventive, makes my brain smile everytime. Crouch always is inventive and makes me look forward to pressing play
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- Fabrice Atallah
- 2020-01-13
Time travel done well
nice evolution from memory reenactment to accidentally entering into time travel. Recursion redefines the rules several times in this book
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- Michael G Kurilla
- 2019-12-29
The power of positive thinking
Blake Crouch's Recursion begins with two separate plots: a detective investigating a suicide linked to an emerging medical condition known as false memory syndrome (FMS) and a young neuroscientist studying memory for Alzheimer's patients. Eventually, these two individuals cross paths and uncover a terrifying connection with a billionaire playing god with people's memories and influencing the rest of the world as well as history itself. As they try to intervene, the government gets involved and every attempt seems to only make the problem worse.
Crouch takes an intriguing twist on the notion that humans are merely the sum of their accumulated memories, both personal as well as tribal. When memories collide, confusion reigns. At the same time, the possibility of rewriting history is too much for people and nations to tolerate, leaving the notion that our current perceptions of time as a linear dimension that only flows in one direction may be an evolutionary result to ensure survival of our species.
The narration is well done given the dual narrators which was a wise choice given the dual perspectives of the story. Pacing is quick.
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- Vwbh
- 2019-09-04
Too many holes in this one…
The plot of this book attracted me, and the beginning of the book was fine. It grew more and more incredible as the book went on. Without spoilers, there were too many holes in the plot and became too unbelievable,violent and repetitive for me.
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- Jesse Rapaport
- 2019-09-08
If you’re looking for the best multiverse book you’ve ever listened to, this will be it
This book picks up at the quarter mark and never lets go. I’ve already listened to it twice. It’s that good. A world I don’t want to leave as each listen comes to an end.
No criticism here.
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- Breezybealle
- 2019-06-12
Mixed Feelings
I liked Dark Matter and other Blake Crouch novels so I came into this expecting another interesting read. Unfortunately, there was definitely something missing, though I'm not exactly sure what it was. I think a lot of it had to do with the narration. It wasn't bad, per se, just monotonous and really boring. Both narrators read with little inflection, and the female's performance outright annoyed me. Maybe it was just me, but it was if everything she said came across as either shaky or sultry, or a combination of both... and her attempt to deepen her voice for male parts was irritating.
As far as the story goes, although I wanted to know what was going on overall, I didn't like any of the characters. Helena, for an accomplished academic, was whiny and childish, Marcus Slade was a total douche who I wanted to punch and Barry, who is supposed to be good at solving puzzles can't even seem to find his own ass.
I found myself zoning out quite a bit. It was too much explanation and not enough natural dialogue. And to be honest, half of it didn't make any sense. It's like fake science was created solely for the benefit of moving the story forward. You have to be able to do way more than suspend your disbelief. So if you're looking for a light read that you don't have to think too much about, this probably isn't the book for you. If you're looking for unlikeable characters with an unrealistic and confusing, albeit intriguing, storyline, then give it a shot.
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- A. Powell
- 2021-04-21
Narration
The book is pretty good; not as good as Dark Matter. It's complex, and I didn't find it boring like some did. My biggest complaint is with Abby Craden's narration. Her voice is fine, but in my opinion her delivery was distractingly over-dramatic, mainly when reading the character's thoughts. The level of drama was more appropriate during dialog. I listen to audiobooks while commuting, and I have to turn up my sound system's volume to understand the very soft, whispery phrases, and then the louder parts are too loud. Her delivery unnecessarily resulted in many phrases which were too soft. Audible should encourage narrators to keep this in mind.
Jon Lindstrom's narration did not suffer from this nearly as much.
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- Kathleen
- 2019-06-25
I must be the only one.
I am going to return this book because frankly, I could not bring myself to care how it ended. The narrator was over the top dramatic. The story was beyond repetitive and I could not see the point. Maybe I was just having a bad couple of days. Moving on.
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- Lauren G. Brown
- 2019-06-24
Smart, but Really Dragged On...
Brilliant concept, just like Dark Matter, but this one just simply lost steam and got super boring. Was counting down the remaining time so I could start something else. Disappointed. :(
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- Boston Boy
- 2019-07-05
I am suffering ...
... trying to make it through this book. Half-way, and I'm ready to give up. It is dull beyond belief, and trying to make sense of how false memories work is just impossible for me. I really enjoyed the Wayward Pines series, so this is even more of a disappointment. Hate returning books to Audible, but tempted to return this one.
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- Michael Kramer
- 2021-06-02
A Good Story that Could have been better
The concept of this book is fascinating but seems to get bogged down in redundancy. The build of Barry discovering the hotel and the chair promises a “Quantum Leap” story. However, the recurring idea of repetition in chair usage, Slade’s cold attitude, and the government’s involvement brings down the plot to a preachy cautionary tale I have seen before but not done as well.
The two narrators were good and helped break the drudgery of the story.
As a whole, it’s a passable story but if this is your first exposure to the author it may be a disservice.
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- Kevin
- 2019-07-30
Solid, but not great
Blake Crouch has a certain style with a lot of twists, and this didn't disappoint, but I didn't connect with any of the characters like I did in his other novels. The narration was great and I didn't mind so much that there was two different narrators like I have in the past.
My biggest complaint is that the books structure made listening to the book a little rough. It was broken up into books and not chapters, so it was hard to find stopping points unless you listened to the whole 1-3 hour block.
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