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Flight
- Narrated by: Adam Beach
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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The journey begins as he's about to commit a massive act of violence. At the moment of decision, he finds himself shot back through time to awaken in the body of an FBI agent during the civil-rights era. It's only the first stop. He continues through time to inhabit the body of an Indian child during the battle at Little Bighorn and then rides with an 1800s Indian tracker before materializing as an airline pilot jetting through the skies today.
During these furious travels, his refrain is: "Who's to judge?" and "I don't understand humans." When he returns to his own life, he is transformed by all he's seen.
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- Tash
- 16-12-21
Well read
The reading was great. Really enjoyed the nerrators contributions to make the story come alive. As a teen I used to read Sherman Alexies books all the time. Still enjoyed this book even as an adult. Poetic depiction of life with all its beautiful and ugly colours.
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- jonathan newton
- 27-08-22
Simply magical
I absolutely loved the book. Slowly developing main character, sad and devastating but hopeful story, with an outstanding performance. Brilliant!
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- Anonymous User
- 17-08-23
Beautiful!
Beautifully written. Beautifully read by Adam Beach. What a voice that man has. Gutted to read about the author's treatment of other people but didn't hear about that until I was engrossed.
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- Lana
- 12-11-22
Heart-rending and funny
Another Audible Plus gem, I started listening to without high expectations. How wrong was I!
Short, moving and funny novel indeed.
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- JanettheGannet
- 15-06-22
interesting listen
I enjoyed this book overall and it was well narrated. There was just one thing which drove me crazy: the word "cavalry" appears many times in one section and either the author couldn't spell it or the narrator couldn't say it because every single time it came out as Calvary (the town where Jesus Christ was crucified). Other than that it was rather good, if shorter than i usually like.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-11-23
A new slant on Time Travel
A different take on time travel. It seemed to be unproked and the destination unknown. Because of this, every time was a surprise.
Enjoyable and short enough to easily cover any stale bits, however, not too many of those.
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- David
- 17-07-22
Excellent
Superbly narrated, thought provoking and hard hitting. The humour is spot on and I look forward to more offerings from the talented Mr Alexie.
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- Cliff
- 24-07-22
The jury is out on this one...
If I was American, and more pertinently Native American, I might have appreciated the story more. Having said that, if the history was accurate, I learned some stuff. 🙂
There were a couple of chapters, one in particular, that seemed completely irrelevant to the story and could have been left out.
It was a short book which was probably just as well as I might otherwise have given up but I stuck with it as the plot took shape and I was pleased with the ending.
I love time travel novels, particularly if there is some logic or explanation to them, but in this book there is none, there is no continuity, it just happens.
The narration was good apart from the continual use of the wrong word for cavalry. (Calvary). Small but annoying 🙄
If you want a quick book, consider this but don't expect a literary masterpiece.
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- Funkgroover
- 10-11-22
Red with a real passion
A very enjoyable short story Plenty of material to think about and very well narrated
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