At first I wasn’t sure-but then I fell in love!

This book - if you have any inclination to set it down, don’t! This story builds and comes to an incredible intertwined series of events. Fulsome character development and intelligent,respectful view of plot.

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Wonderful Will Ferguson

I read this novel a few years ago and it captivated me. Bought the audio version and have found it to be
thoroughly engrossing and wonderfully narrated by Pete Bradbury. He captures all of the characters voices with ease. Have listened to it more than once. A complex story.

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Decent Story, Liked the Last Half

Just finished 419. The story was good and liked the ending. There was one thing that drove me nuts however; the author kept using the word 'she' a lot. There's more then 1 main character who is a female so sometimes you wonder.."who is he referring to?"
After hearing the story I came to the conclusion that 9/10 times 'she' refers to Laura (main character most developed). Wish I was told that in advance. That should be a big help to whomever reads/hears this next. :)

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419

I liked this book it gave a really good account of how easily a person could be scammed by a foreign country. It made a lot of sense I enjoyed the story.

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Quite the eye popping ride.

So well written and performed. Not my usual read but glad to have listened to it.

Interesting journey through a different world

I've never understood the world of Nigerian scammers. A fascinating take 👏 that provides a possible way to explain what circumstances motivate people to do what they do. The author has humanized the villains

Riveting

loved the way the plot wove the vivid characters together. Learned a lot about Nigerian life and white privilege

My 2nd Time 'Reading' It; Just as Good

I really enjoyed listening to this, after reading it the first time. the Narration was great with accents, just okay with the few female voices needed. I really enjoy the ending, it's unexpected and true to life. The story has me enchanted with Nigeria and wanting to learn more about the culture.

Story fine, narration a trial

The plot and character structure of this novel are good and I appreciated the glimpse into the culture, politics and peoples of Nigeria. Increasing the speed of the narration to 1.4x made listening to the flat, enervated tone of this reader bearable, though it did not make the experience the enjoyable. I’ll be avoiding books read by Pete Bradbury in the future.

Absolutely fabulous!

The performances were great and the story was incredible! I appreciated the authors turn of a phrase as well as the research and detail that went into the story. His spot on descriptions of Calgary lead me to believe what he said about Nigeria. The book is an eye-opening look into lives we know nothing about.