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As We Know It

By: Raimo Strangis
Narrated by: Amanda Roethle
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The Opus Starship has launched into space holding humanities finest onboard. Earth has been deemed uninhabitable and the search for a new home planet has begun. Lady Vega and the Elite have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo while Peryl (Pearl) Starlight and the Unmarked fight for change. Will humanity fall into the same patterns of self-destruction or create a new way of life, as we know it

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This story to me read like a legend or parabel in that the characters were somewhat one dimensional in their being 'good' or 'bad', as well as the clear lessons we are meant to learn from it. I enjoyed this story, and would have liked more on the research into the - well, spoiler - new 'character' we meet towards the end.

The narrator did a good job with the different voices and used the right pacing.

(I received a free review copy of this book.)

Almost a parabel

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I could believe that this story could become reality one day.

I could believe that no matter where, the corruptable will corrupt, and they'll kill off anyone that against them.

Good story, with a good pace. Recommend for fantasy users.

Good Pace, plenty of intrigue

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I was given a free copy to review. I thought the story was interesting but some characters mind changing at times felt a bit rushed. I also had to write out the family tree to help me remember who all the characters were. The narrator was a little hard to follow at first, until I got used to it, with an accent unfamiliar to me. There were some original sci fi elements though and the story wrapped up nicely. An enjoyable listen.

Shortish story covering family and class rivalries on an ark ship headed for a new home

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I was given a free copy of this audiobook from a giveaway on Reddit.
I found the premise interesting enough, despite it not being an original idea, but from the outset I felt like the author had got the concept of "show, don't tell" totally backwards. There was little room for me to form my own interpretations and opinions of the characters and their motivations and personalities.
Throughout the book there are themes of humanity's relationship with nature, as well as the different levels of privilege afforded to different social classes, but neither theme was given much more than a one-dimensional portrayal.
Perhaps most egregious of all were the occasional diversions from science and reason. I can happily suspend my disbelief to accept sci-fi elements like faster-than-light starships and what have you, but when you say the water is made up of two oxygen and one hydrogen instead of the other way around... I'm by no means a scientist but immediately that felt wrong and a very quick Google search told me YOU SHOULD NOT DRINK THAT. It's just a totally unnecessary detail to the story, only included as a way to emphasise being different to Earth, but it utterly snapped me out of the story.
The narrator did an okay job, giving characters different voices so it was always clear who was speaking (which I consider a minimum requirement really). Her accent came through occasionally in words sometimes sounding slightly slurred, if that's the right way to describe it, but I got used to it pretty quickly and it wasn't a problem anyway.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book at full price or for a full credit, especially as it's quite short at only just over 5 hours (much longer and I'm not sure if have got to the end). If you think the summary and preview sounds interesting, and if you can get it at a discount such as in a 2-for-1 sale, then by all means give it a go. I can imagine other people enjoying this much more than I did.

A promising idea for a story unfortunately let down by the writing

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