What would happen to you if you couldn't sleep?

Would you consider the audio edition of NOD to be better than the print version?

I preferred the audio edition of this story. I did find the print version a little hard to read, but the audio version was better.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I found myself sympathising with peoples decent into madness. When my first child was born I didn't get more that two hours sleep together for over a year. How the people react to insomnia reminded me of this time in my life.

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I would recommend this story, even if I found the ending a little weak.

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Melancholic

A strange little read, neither good nor bad just strange. Of note, the characters. For a more humorous post apocalypse story try Jam by Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw.

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4 people found this helpful

Unusual take on the Apocalypse

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Well written, absorbing and completely bonkers! I thoroughly enjoyed the story, the writing and the narration through a very strange journey that Is never explained and has no tidy conclusion. That's fine by me to some degree, it leaves the reader more to ponder over. Although I did listen to the final two chapters three times to make sure I hadn't missed something.
A novel take on the apocalyptic tale and I thought a good listen although if honest it petered out a bit quickly for me and I would have liked a bit more story to round it off more satisfactorily.

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Less than the sum of its parts

A great premise for an engaging series, or a great concept for a crisp clever novel. Sadly the story unfolds as though it is creating a setting for a far longer story, then stops because it has exhausted its premise.
I got to the end of this and wished that Philip K Dick had written it as a short story instead. There is also a preconception with etymology and obsolete expressions, which annoyed me, as though the author was on some kind of pedagogical mission. I nodded off.
Towards the end of the book the narrator is clearly reading the text a word at a time.

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Intriguing and chilling end of days scenario

Where does NOD rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

A departure from my normal listen, I found this tale of human degeneration oddly compelling. Somehow I hoped that the inevitable decay and fracturing of society would be halted in some way but the author steered away from happy endings to provide a stark tale bringing home just how frail we all are.

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Well worth a listen.

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Just about okay, but ultimately boring

This book is just about okay. The concept is pretty good, but the narration is boring and the characters flat and unlikeable.

Just wanted it to end, but it didn't improve.

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Good concept but the main character is annoying

No problems with audible production, but the book itself isn't great. Rambles on and comes across as pretentious.

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Very Stephen King's The Stand/Cell

An excellent story if you are sick of zombie stories, but still love the end of society fiction. This should be titled, Insomnia. And is complete with Protagonist who "happens to be an author", and hobo-who becomes evil ruler characters.

Lots of sleepless fun, until Steve's next novel.

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Solid story well narrated

Had no expectations going into this one, great story, well rounded main characters, intriguing concept. Would revisit this tale again int the future.

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Falls short

Struggled with the narration, not the best, read a lot of it. A good idea where the detail could have been really explored but the opportunity was missed. The potential for a great denouement was there but this too was missed. Not a struggle to get through, fortunately it's short, but at the end I couldn't see the point in having started given it missed so many opportunities.

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