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Echo Boy

By: Matt Haig
Narrated by: Jane Collingwood, Thomas Judd, Various
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In order to stay human, Audrey has built a moat around herself; a moat of books, music, and dreams. It makes her different from the echoes: the sophisticated, emotionless machines, built to resemble and work for the humans.

Daniel is an echo - but he's not like the others. He has feelings he was never designed to have, and cannot explain. And when Audrey is placed in danger, he's determined to save her.

©2014 Matt Haig (P)2014 W F Howes Ltd Contemporary Fiction Genre Fiction

Critic Reviews

"Matt Haig uses words like a tin-opener. We are the tin" (Jeanette Winterson)
"Poignant and thought-provoking" ( The Bookseller)
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Did Matt Haig write this as a high school student? Or for a high school student? I’ve enjoyed many of his other books, but this one is a hot mess. Awkward dialogue, strange reactions to situations, clunky scene transitions, patronising explanations to the audience. Two characters fall in love after about 3 minutes of interaction. And the voice artist maintains the same time and pace throughout for the protagonist. Very formal precise diction, ironically robotic. I’ll be requesting a refund on this book. The only reason I’m continuing to listen is a morbid curiosity about why it’s so bad compared to Haig’s other work.

UPDATE - finished it. It got worse.

I’m so confused - Matt Haig books are usually great

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