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Children of the Deterrent
- Halfhero, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sam Phillips, Jaimi Barbakoff
- Series: Halfhero, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- Miss Penelope Wright
- 08-06-18
Sadly predictable
To be fair, had this not been on offer I wouldn't have bought it. On the whole it is well written and I found the narration good. The basic idea of the story is different but sadly the characters are not. The baddies are governmental and bad, with all the wrong motives and ideals. The goodies are good and any bad they do is purely the result of the baddies misleading them and/or doing nasty things to them. Incidental characters are cardboard and disposable in an environmentally friendly way. It could lead to an interesting series but does not inspire me to find out by buying any sequel.
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- iBloke
- 15-06-18
Not worth a sequel
A great example where two excellent narrators can not rescue a poor, pedestrian story with little excitement, suspense or clever twists. Well written but otherwise a week plot with two dimensional characters. I simply lost interest and by the end was. It interested in knowing what happened next
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- Christian Lewis
- 19-03-18
Brilliant Book
loved it and was engrossed from start to finish. would recommend this to anyone with a love of action with a little sci-fi and superheroes thrown in.
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- Victoria Elizabeth
- 04-06-18
Twist on usual superhero story
This was a chance buy and listen, having not come across the author before. or seeing any reviews or publicity around the book. However it sounded like an interesting premise, so I went for it and very happily it paid off.
It is very different to usual superhero stories, with this feeling like quite a raw and harsh side of being "different". I found the concept of how the main "superhero" came into being, an unusual and interesting approach, being made and then brought up in isolation, remaining very young in his mind as a result.
The others that appear. again, are very different, both in how they come about but also in how they are treated by others. One of which we get to know from early on and it's because of his story that this book grabbed me immediately, as we get very close to him from the outset.
The pace of the story is good, although I did lose the thread of what was happening a couple of times. It feels like this is the first of a series and whilst I mostly enjoyed this one, I'm not sure I would go on to listen to any more. For me it, was an interesting concept that's now been explored.
It's hard to say any more than this, quite vague description, without ruining it for others! so I'll end by commenting on the narration, which was great!
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- Teri
- 26-04-18
Fantastic book!
Loved this book, I couldn’t stop listening which unfortunately meant I finished it too soon. I’m left wanting more...! Top narration too, really really fantastic!
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- Trishy
- 24-02-18
An Unforgettable Read
Bloody amazing. I enjoyed the narration of Cressida as she sounded more natural, as if she was telling the story rather than reading a book. Having said that, the content was brilliant, the storyline, although was pure fantasy, I could imagine it really happening, and the writing was as I expect from such a talented Author. It would make a brilliant film!
8 people found this helpful
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- paul allison
- 17-02-18
Not your average superhero story
This was the first book I’ve encountered by this author, it’s very well written and the narration is spot on.
The story moves along at a good pace and keeps the listener hooked throughout.
I’d recommend the book
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- Fishamatician
- 08-06-18
Great story but..
I liked the story and the narration was find but there are loads of obvious typos in it, like "I put the bit in the drills chunk" where it's obvious they meant chuck. I can't remember all of the but there must have been 10+ words that were close but not the correct word in that context.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-02-18
loved this so much !
This book is like Pringles once you start you can't stop!
Great characters and narrators all adds to a enjoyable listen.
keep up the good work Mr Sainsbury.
9 people found this helpful
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- Flo
- 13-03-18
A good read.
A good read, engaging story line which reaches a satisfying conclusion, not too open ended but leaving room for development.
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- Sailfish
- 30-06-20
Everything Backstory Until Last Few Chapters
The concept was interesting but the actual book played out like a retelling of past events rather than have any feel of currency to it. The MC A-Boss was spoken of in third-person narrative until very late in the final chapters which, while providing most of the details of the person, portrayed him as some comic book super person, leaving very little connection between him and the listener. This was instilled even more so since the author portrayed him as man-child like. Most disappointingly was that there was no attempt to provide any rational nor irrational understanding of how he acquired his fantastical abilities nor an origin explanation.
Similarly, the only female that had a personal connection to the MC was mostly portrayed through her accounting of events from her personal diary and even there she was essentially an unimportant person to the MC's outcome other than establishing some vague personal connection to him during his formulative years.
The secondary characters were progeny from A-Boss and due to his unique DNA were able to acquire similar and some very different meta-human characteristics. However, even there much was left unexplained such as how an extremely corpulent adolescent off-spring could transform into a ripped teenager soon after reaching puberty. other than because ... A-Boss genes.
In all, there was a lack of any real connection between any of the characters portrayed and the listener.
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- Drew Filchak
- 01-06-19
Exceptional On All Levels
Sainsbury brings together an utterly unique story premise in a genre that I was certain no longer had the ability to surprise, captivate or satisfy. I devoured this audio book and for someone who listens to A LOT of audiobooks, that's saying something. Again ... unique, captivating, brilliantly narrated and deeply satisfying. On to Book 2!
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- Mister Mxyzptlk
- 27-04-19
A pretty gripping take on the SuperHero genre
I grew up a comic book fan. But I've grown pretty tired of this genre in the last 18 or so years as we've become increasingly inundated with superheroes on television, the movies and everywhere else. But I decided to give this a go based on my enjoyment of Sainsbury's World Walker series. I was very pleasantly surprised. Once again Mr. Sainsbury has taken a premise that you feel like you seen before and explores it in a novel and often surprising manner, creating mostly likable characters along the way.
I started this story on my kindle and then switched back and forth between "print" and audiobook. Something about the narration felt a little "off", but I couldn't really put my finger on it. So it could just be the difference between the voice you create in your head while reading the book and the voice of the narrators for the audiobook. I thought both of them did a good job. I just thought Sam Phillips could have brought a bit more "passion" to Daniel's passages. But this is a very minor quibble. I highly recommend this audiobook.
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- Fatheranime
- 25-06-18
EXCEPTIONAL!!
I don't usually read anything outside of manga and nonfiction, but this book has given me a new lease on my audio book life!
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- Danny
- 06-06-18
Looking foward book 2
I became a fan of Sainsbury after reading the World Walker series. I enjoy his style of writing and am looking foward to book 2 in Children of the Deterrent. The narrators were excellent.
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- ryan
- 29-05-18
Awesome!
No sense in being lengthy here. This book is awesome. Period! absolutely fantastic sci-fi read!
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- Kindle Customer
- 19-05-18
Good story and good narration...
Wonderful story. Looking forward to listening to the next book in this series. Keep up the excellent work Mr. Sainsbury.
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- Kalin B
- 21-03-18
Good start of the series
The events are oddly arranged and that's the beauty of the book. The style is great and the narration is superb. Overall the author has written a great story, which develops a bit slow (sometimes you will hear information which is completely useless, like what kind of food is on the table), but the way the author describes stuff is very intoxicating. My only recommendation would be to speed up the story with about x1.5.
I'll definitely listen to the next books in the series. I've become keen on Sainsbury's style. It is truly different from most authors.
One comment on the narrators - while British narrators bring great feeling when listening, they also bring a bit odd pronunciation of some words and I was not able to catch some words now and there.
Overall - recommended!
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- ♡Louise♡
- 17-02-18
Really enjoyed
While it took me a few chapters to get into the book, and understand the rhythm of how it was written - once I did I couldn't stop listening:)
I liked the character (Chris, I think) who was reading us her diary of the events. She was a down to earth, funny character.
Definitely would recommend this book!
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