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Hive Minds Give Good Hugs

By: Natalie "Thundamoo" Maher
Narrated by: Jessica Almasy
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About this listen

Dorky, socially awkward entomology student Evelyn wakes up one morning to find herself as some sort of alien-human hybrid trapped on an unknown planet.

Once the initial panic winds down, she quickly learns she's capable of producing more of herself: additional bodies all sharing one mind. Being well-versed in sci-fi tropes, she quickly resolves to not devour the planet and turn into an unflinching biological armada, and instead uses her new powers to try and help as many people as possible.

Unfortunately, it turns out that helping people is often very, very difficult. With dreams of Earth filtering into her mind as she sleeps, the mystery of what she is and how she got here slowly comes to light while her power and responsibility grows ever larger.

For an anxious young woman who was already struggling to get by in a normal life, it all feels like a bit too much.

Hive Minds Give Good Hugs is a story about mistakes, difficult choices, neurodivergency, and cool alien ecology. It's a very human story, even though Evelyn might never be one again.

©2022 Natalie "Thundamoo" Maher (P)2022 Podium Audio Adventure First Contact Science Fiction Fiction Solar System

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if I'm being completely honest I wasn't expecting such an in-depth story or characters, this book, aside from being an incredible story, is something I feel would be great reading for many schools, the science, moral dilemmas, and hints at the economic state of our world are thought provoking as well as being a joy to listen to. also as a fellow Zerg lover I was only slightly 'completely' biased towards a book about hiveminds 😁

incredible

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One of the best sci fi audiobooks I read in a while. Almost brought me to tears several times , I haven't wanted to meet a character more since reading Anne McCarthy. I hope there is a epilogue or continuation in future. The performance intertwines with the writing to evaluate the tale and while I disagree with some of the ideas it's portrayal of anxiety and personal thought was deeply impactful.

Beautiful Sci-fi

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Took a chance on this one, not really knowing what to expect. I am very glad that I did. It explores some fascinating alien concepts and touches on some weighty subjects, all while staying at its core deeply human! Well worth a credit!

What a Book!

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The narrator does a great job and the story is amazing, I really hope the author will make a sequel.

Single-handedly one of the best audiobooks I have ever listened to

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The book is overall good with a better than average narration and interesting progression alternative to the often times overused LitRPG. The concept was interesting, and the main carecters squirrel like atenchon span and naivety whas oftentimes highly amusing.

However, I feel like the author did not really plan the ending and/or might have written themselves into a corner, resulting in some clichés and stilted storytelling in the last 1/3 of the book.

I would say a solid 3.5 due to its interesting takes and often time's humerus dialogue. Defenetly worth a listen, but there is some room for improvement.

A breth of fresh air with a werd aftertaste

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