The Ferryman
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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Suzanne Elise Freeman
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By:
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Justin Cronin
About this listen
'Next to impossible to put down . . . exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying.'
STEPHEN KING
The islands of Prospera lie in a vast ocean: in splendid isolation from the rest of humanity, or whatever remains of it. . .
Surrounded by sun, and sea, and stars, their world is perfect. But every paradise comes at a price.
When the truth behind theirs is revealed, it will end a way of life, and start a revolution that will change the course of humanity itself.
And it will all begin with one person hearing these simple words:
"The world is not the world..."
PRAISE FOR THE FERRYMAN:
'A mind-bending novel full of big ideas and a rollercoaster's worth of twists and turns - so powerful and thrilling!'
ANDY WEIR, author of The Martian
'All of my sky-high expectations were smashed... Fiction doesn't get better than this.'
BLAKE CROUCH, author of Dark Matter
Critic reviews
"Next to impossible to put down...exciting, mysterious, and totally satisfying." (Stephen King)
"A mind-bending novel full of big ideas and a rollercoaster's worth of twists and turns - so powerful and thrilling!" (Andy Weir, author of The Martian)
I found it interesting and boring in almost equal measure.
The writing is poetic and beautiful, constructing richly detailed environments and delving deep into emotions. Cronin knows how to weave words.
The overall concept is cool although not particularly original, especially to anyone vaguely familiar with the generation defining ‘Matrix’. Think also ‘2001 Space Odyssey’, ‘Passengers’ (2016 film), The Truman Show. I suspected the ‘big reveal’ in such a way that I let out an audible groan when it was revealed, which was disappointing and embarrassing (no one wants to hear someone groaning on a bus).
I thought the characters were ill-defined and bland. Some tertiary characters pop up out of nowhere and then seemingly disappear. I kept hearing names mentioned and not being able to remember who they were, which turned out to be of no significance anyway because they didn’t matter to the narrative. Character motives didn’t appear sincere or believable, much like the characters themselves.
Whole sections of the story seemed pointless and could have been edited out. I found the story meandering and unnecessarily convoluted, frequently wondering what was going on, but instead of being intrigued I just didn’t really care.
The narration was weird. Neither narrator was individually bad but I didn’t like the constant changing between the two and the fact that they both performed the voices for the same characters, which was really annoying. The man was too uptight and dramatic compared to the woman’s laid-back, gentle style. It was jarring.
I had read a review where the author aligned himself with Kazuo Ishiguro in his intention for this story and so I was expecting a philosophical story about life and death, Charon and the River Styx…in space. Something delicate, subtle and gloriously meaningful. There were hints of that here but those moments were engulfed in a mess of kamikaze characterisation, inexplicable environmental changes, nightmarish leaps between storylines and Shakespeare quotes.
Zzzz Rounded with a sleep zzzz
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rather confusing story, but got more interesting and exciting along the way.
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Thought provoking thrilling
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Classic Cronin
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