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Aurora
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rupert Friend
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From the author of Cold Storage comes a riveting, eerily plausible thriller, told with the menace and flair of Under the Dome or Project Hail Mary, in which a worldwide cataclysm plays out in the lives of one complicated midwestern family.
In Aurora, Illinois, Aubrey Wheeler is just trying to get by after her semi-criminal ex-husband split, leaving behind his unruly teenage son.
Then the lights go out—not just in Aurora but across the globe. A solar storm has knocked out power almost everywhere. Suddenly, all problems are local, very local, and Aubrey must assume the mantle of fierce protector of her suburban neighborhood.
Across the country lives Aubrey’s estranged brother, Thom. A fantastically wealthy, neurotically over-prepared Silicon Valley CEO, he plans to ride out the crisis in a gilded desert bunker he built for maximum comfort and security.
But the complicated history between the siblings is far from over, and what feels like the end of the world is just the beginning of several long-overdue reckonings—which not everyone will survive....
Aurora is suspenseful storytelling—both large scale and small—at its finest.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 2022-08-18
Sneak peek into post-apocalypse life, easy read
This novel offers an easy to digest snapshot of what society looks like without power. I enjoyed some of the characters who were equipped with an array of personalities, especially the ex-husband. There is a bit of survival discussion, lots of focus on relationships, and some low level violence.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story1 out of 5 stars
- Karen
- 2023-10-24
Misrepresented
What a total bait & switch!!
Audible has this book tagged as:
Dystopian
Horror
Medical & Forensic
What!??
This was basically a screenplay for a night-time soap opera. I was excited by the “all the power is out after a solar storm”. We immediately meet a couple of scientists talking about the coming solar storm and how it will knock out power to everyone and make life extremely difficult. I was anticipating hearing more about the science and maybe some cool MacGyvering by characters in order to do things like cook or pump water etc. I dunno, stuff like that.
What I got was a woman, Aubrey, who had a terrible ex-husband, Rusty. Rusty’s teenage son, Scott, still lives with Aubrey. Aubrey has a super-rich prepper brother who had an underground bunker and wants her to go live there, but she won’t because of drama. Her neighbour/ friend is a scientist and after this solar storm, this guy is barely involved.
The purpose of the storm is actually to have a reason for:
- Rusty to bring a generator to Aubrey —> conflict
- Rusty to bring gas for the generator —> conflict
- Thom, Aubrey’s brother, to send her huge amounts of cash —> conflict (because she doesn’t want it
- Scott’s girlfriend to move in, so we get to hear all about his physical urges
- Thom’s temper tantrums due to no one wanting to live in his bunker
There were barely any consequences from the solar storm. Almost right away the main characters were talking on their satellite phones. Their freezers were kept cool by generators.
We heard a couple sentences about how Africa had power and some countries there were organizing relief missions. I got pretty excited but then that was the last we heard of that.
About 1 hour from the end of the 9 hour audiobook, people were growing food and dealing with the lack of electricity. Nothing interesting, though.
I don’t know what this book was supposed to be. I hate that it was heavily misrepresented. Horror? Medical & Forensic? How? For the first time, ever, I’m considering returning an audiobook.
The narration was great and for that, it gets 1 star.
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