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Incurable

The Ellie Chronicles

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Incurable

By: John Marsden
Narrated by: Mikaela Martin
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 "I held my line. I knew from the war, if not from shooting rabbits, that we were safe enough for the first moments. It is too impossible to hit a target like us from a helicopter that's rocking and rolling and trying to find its target. But maybe this guy had new equipment or maybe he was a brilliant shot or maybe he was just plain lucky. Bullet holes tore through the ute like a huge metal punch was suddenly and roughly slamming a simultaneous line of them from our rear to our front."

Ellie has struggled to put the war behind her and lead a normal life. Although what's normal about your parents having been murdered; trying to run a farm and go to school; and bringing up a young boy who's hiding terrible secrets about his past?

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Critic Reviews

"Marsden has the rare skill of making his audience feel that they are part of the story and vicariously another character. Ellie speaks directly to them and in their language". (The Age)
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The changed narrator is disappointing, the new one speaks almost 1 tone making it challenging to know who’s talking between characters. No variation in her voice.

Changed narrator

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can't wait for the next instalment in this series. Ellie is a legend and her adventures are thrilling

another great story by the master

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although the new narrator was good, i was really disappointed that they changed mid series

changed narrator

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I thought the actual story was good but the change of narrators was VERY annoying in my opinion Susie daurary was a lot better than the new one. other than the narrator I thought the tomorrow when the war began series was great.

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Great Story , Enjoying the follow up to the Tomorrow series now that I have discovered it!

The narrator change is very frustrating though , after 7 books in the Tomorrow series and the first book in the Ellie Chronicles all being narrated by Suzi Doherty it is hard to listed to someone else voice Ellie.

Why the change?

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I don’t know why they changed the narrator, I thought I got the wrong book for a minute. It doesn’t sound like Ellie but I like the voice acting better, the other narrator was swapping her accents/voices around a lot in the last book. This is the voice I would have wanted from the beginning because I hated the other one at first, but got used to it. Anyway, so far this book is great! I wouldn’t mind reading what would have happened when she was older and an adult, too.

Different narrator but still good

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Would you listen to Incurable again? Why?

I love the tomorrow series so had to get the ellie chronicles to find out the ending. The story was excellent but the change of narrater was very annoying and spoils it a bit, but would still recommend if you want to know the rest of the book.

What other book might you compare Incurable to, and why?

Tomorrow when the war began

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

Yes but i preferred the original Susie Doherty

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

A young girls struggle against a war torn country

Any additional comments?

Great ending!

excellent writer!

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I can’t believe the reader has been changed. She was perfect. I read this series as a young teenager over ten years ago, and 6 times since then.
All of the other books were read by someone who sounded like a strong woman. It made the audio experience amazing. This reader is weak. She sounds weak and nothing like Ellie ever would. She sounds like Fi. I won’t even finish this book. She’s horrible. Bad bad bad choice in reader!!!

Why switch reader?!

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The new narrator was only a little hard to get used to, didn't take long to get used to her. Still worth listening to, despite the other reviews!!
Still a great Author and story - not worth missing the last 2 books, because of the change of narrator!!
100% worth listening to :)

Hard to have a change of narrator, but was still great!!

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Why change the narrator?? I loved her. I still love her. You destroyed the whole thing. I may as well go back to reading the hard copy myself. Aggghhh!!

You changed the narrator! I am furious!!

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