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The Bone Clocks

By: David Mitchell
Narrated by: Nicky Diss, Luke Thompson, Chris Harper, Andrew Wincott, Jennifer Woodward, Sandra Duncan
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The dazzling new novel from the best-selling author of Cloud Atlas.

Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014

Run away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict.

Over six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagining. And as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survival....

2014, Man Booker Prize, Long-listed

2015, Folio Prize, Long-listed

©2014 David Mitchell (P)2020 Hodder & Stoughton Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Science Fiction Heartfelt
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I have read this book a few years ago but I could listen to it again and again. What a story: each section has you enthralled. The only downside was the narrator of Marius for me. Everyone else was brilliant.

What a journey!

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I absolutely love this book including its self-referencing and Crispin's breeches of the 4th wall. There is humour to help you through the dark bits and real, flawed characters without compromising on the concepts of good and evil. On the whole, the narration was excellent but I when it came to the part of the story where Mitchell was asking for the greatest degree of suspension of our disbelief, we encountered an unconvincing narrator who could not render the wide range of accents required well enough not to distract. All I can say is hang in there and focus on the tale. You will not regret it.

A fantastic tale

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Would have given it 5 stars if fourth narrator hadn't been quite so jarringly poor at accents.

One of the narrators was awful

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This is an extremely well written story. It’s just that the background story of the characters was so long and I often wondered what the novel was about. It required patience and perseverance to get to the end, which also seemed long winded.

A long read with a thin story

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I could nit-pick about one of the narrators in the latter half of the book, but the story is incredible and pulls you through each minute/page.
Honestly, no spoilers, the end section of the book is a novel in its own right.
Highly recommended.

Oh so good

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