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Leviathan Wakes
- The Expanse, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Series: The Expanse, Book 1
- Length: 19 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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Caliban's War
- The Expanse, Book 2
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 21 hrs
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For someone who didn't intend to wreck the solar system's fragile balance of power, Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it.While Earth and Mars have stopped shooting each other, the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets and the Belt are uncertain in their new - possibly temporary - autonomy. Then, on one of Jupiter's moons, a single super-soldier attacks, slaughtering soldiers of Earth and Mars indiscriminately and reigniting the war.
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Just wow!
- By Nat Venosi on 01-04-2019
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Abaddon's Gate
- Expanse, Book 3
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
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For generations the solar system--Mars, the moon, the asteroid belt--was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core.
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Great narration
- By glenn urquhart on 04-01-2016
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Cibola Burn
- Book 4 of the Expanse
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
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The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds, and the rush to colonise has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Illus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home.
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Jefferson Mays nails another amazing Expanse Novel
- By Tias on 16-05-2017
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Nemesis Games
- Book 5 of the Expanse
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. The sins of the past are returning to exact a terrible price.
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Another amazing ride...
- By Nat Venosi on 04-06-2019
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Babylon's Ashes
- Book Six of the Expanse
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
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A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the 1,000 new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone.
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Another good read
- By Rick on 13-04-2017
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Persepolis Rising
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
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In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife-edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship, Rocinante, have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace. In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets and the Belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance still haunted by a history of wars and prejudices.
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sick listen
- By Anonymous User on 30-09-2018
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Caliban's War
- The Expanse, Book 2
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 21 hrs
- Unabridged
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For someone who didn't intend to wreck the solar system's fragile balance of power, Jim Holden did a pretty good job of it.While Earth and Mars have stopped shooting each other, the core alliance is shattered. The outer planets and the Belt are uncertain in their new - possibly temporary - autonomy. Then, on one of Jupiter's moons, a single super-soldier attacks, slaughtering soldiers of Earth and Mars indiscriminately and reigniting the war.
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Just wow!
- By Nat Venosi on 01-04-2019
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Abaddon's Gate
- Expanse, Book 3
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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For generations the solar system--Mars, the moon, the asteroid belt--was humanity's great frontier. Until now. The alien artefact working through its program under the clouds of Venus has emerged to build a massive structure outside the orbit of Uranus: a gate that leads into a starless dark. Jim Holden and the crew of the Rocinante are part of a vast flotilla of scientific and military ships going out to examine the artefact. But behind the scenes, a complex plot is unfolding, with the destruction of Holden at its core.
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Great narration
- By glenn urquhart on 04-01-2016
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Cibola Burn
- Book 4 of the Expanse
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 20 hrs and 7 mins
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The gates have opened the way to a thousand new worlds, and the rush to colonise has begun. Settlers looking for a new life stream out from humanity's home planets. Illus, the first human colony on this vast new frontier, is being born in blood and fire. Independent settlers stand against the overwhelming power of a corporate colony ship with only their determination, courage, and the skills learned in the long wars of home.
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Jefferson Mays nails another amazing Expanse Novel
- By Tias on 16-05-2017
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Nemesis Games
- Book 5 of the Expanse
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
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A thousand worlds have opened, and the greatest land rush in human history has begun. As wave after wave of colonists leave, the power structures of the old solar system begin to buckle. Ships are disappearing without a trace. Private armies are being secretly formed. The sole remaining protomolecule sample is stolen. Terrorist attacks previously considered impossible bring the inner planets to their knees. The sins of the past are returning to exact a terrible price.
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Another amazing ride...
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Babylon's Ashes
- Book Six of the Expanse
- By: James S. A. Corey
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
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A revolution brewing for generations has begun in fire. It will end in blood. The Free Navy - a violent group of Belters in black-market military ships - has crippled the Earth and begun a campaign of piracy and violence among the outer planets. The colony ships heading for the 1,000 new worlds on the far side of the alien ring gates are easy prey, and no single navy remains strong enough to protect them. James Holden and his crew know the strengths and weaknesses of this new force better than anyone.
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Another good read
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In the thousand-sun network of humanity's expansion, new colony worlds are struggling to find their way. Every new planet lives on a knife-edge between collapse and wonder, and the crew of the aging gunship, Rocinante, have their hands more than full keeping the fragile peace. In the vast space between Earth and Jupiter, the inner planets and the Belt have formed a tentative and uncertain alliance still haunted by a history of wars and prejudices.
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sick listen
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Thirteen hundred gates have opened to solar systems around the galaxy. But as humanity builds its interstellar empire in the alien ruins, the mysteries and threats grow deeper. In the dead systems where gates lead to stranger things than alien planets, Elvi Okoye begins a desperate search to discover the nature of a genocide that happened before the first human beings existed and to find weapons to fight a war against forces at the edge of the imaginable. But the price of that knowledge may be higher than she can pay.
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was good but left unsatisfied
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One day, Colonel Fred Johnson will be hailed as a hero to the system. One day, he will meet a desperate man in possession of a stolen spaceship and a deadly secret and extend a hand of friendship. But long before he became the leader of the Outer Planets Alliance, Fred Johnson had a very different name. The Butcher of Anderson Station.
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Memory's Legion
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Loved it!
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easy read
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Editorial Reviews
A colossal and staggering take on the future of mankind, James S. A. Corey brings his latest and arguably his best, Leviathan Wakes: The Expanse, Book 1 as a full and unabridged audiobook, narrated by the brilliant Jefferson Mays. This series depicts a populated solar system and the demise of Earth’s resources. Planetary unrest is brimming between the colonies, human and alien alike. With the fateful discovery of a deeply-rooted secret, a full-fledged war could be the ultimate ending of it all. This is utterly spellbinding. Available now from Audible.
Publisher's Summary
Humanity has colonized the planets - interstellar travel is still beyond our reach, but the solar system has become a dense network of colonies. But there are tensions - the mineral-rich outer planets resent their dependence on Earth and Mars and the political and military clout they wield over the Belt and beyond.
Now, when Captain Jim Holden's ice miner stumbles across a derelict, abandoned ship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire system into war. Attacked by a stealth ship belonging to the Mars fleet, Holden must find a way to uncover the motives behind the attack, stop a war and find the truth behind a vast conspiracy that threatens the entire human race.
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- Kai
- 28-09-2017
Excellent beginnings
One of the better sci-fi books I've gone through in a long while. Even though it is the first of a series, it also manages to be self contained enough for satisfaction from this book alone. You should get this if you like sci-fi.
Mays is a fantastic narrator, too. His Belter accents are especially well done. The only criticism I have for him is occasionally it is difficult to tell between some voices.
7 people found this helpful
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- Dean
- 09-06-2016
Perfect blend of darkness and light in space
The space opera genre for me has never appealed, laden with excessive descriptions of physics and characters beginning and ending with the letter Q and precisely 7 apostrophes. This book changes that for me, it has colour and depth beyond the usual space trope, and a nice splash of humour throughout. Though there's still more than enough technology for the hardcore SF reader. Excellently read too. Highly recommended.
3 people found this helpful
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- Chocky
- 26-05-2016
Brilliant Read
This is a great book. So much more than I thought watching the TV series. Loved the TV series but a lot more in depth to the story. Now for book 2.
3 people found this helpful
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- mr
- 05-01-2016
An excellent audio book
A great story better than the TV show. Well recommended. One of the best SciFi books I have had in a while
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- Sylvia
- 12-06-2017
It was incredible.
Had i been reading it i think I would have got bogged down in the gap between the third and forth act but i am so glad i pushed through. Tme for the next one.
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- glenn urquhart
- 23-01-2016
Really good stuff
I'm really picky on my sci-fi and there are few authors I'll go back for more on.
Whilst this is more in the hard-sci fi / fantasy meets noir crime thriller in parts, it was the characters that won me over.
Narrator was great. Really really great. Probably a large part of why I liked it so much.
6 people found this helpful
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- Brenton
- 23-06-2017
great book
a great book once you get into it. it starts slow and is a bit of a mind boggle as to the different factions are yat first untill you get about half way through. other than that it's a great listen
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- N. Archer
- 26-03-2015
Starts fresh, becomes a boring character study
Lots of action and interesting ideas near the start. Compelling characters. But I couldn't listen past 3/4 of the way.
A good story is founded on good characters, but you cant make the entire second half of the book a dull character study with no compelling reason for the story to keep going. The mystery is solved but the characters grind on.
3 people found this helpful
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- Sam
- 08-02-2015
Science fiction tech plus character development
I was pleasantly surprised: plausable and entertaining; attention to detail on the science combined with characters with depth.
I occasionally had difficulty with the narrator not distinguishing characters but it was an enjoyable reading overall.
Recommended to anyone who likes sci-fi grounded in science with some imagination thrown in, along with politics and time spent on character development and introspection.
3 people found this helpful
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- Leigh
- 22-01-2015
complex and intricate
It is in depth and solid, the characters come to life in a totally natural way. Mr Corey has another fan.
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- Thomas
- 01-02-2016
First book on audible.
Loved it. Different than The Expanse series in TV, but I liked the crew dynamic in the book more.
11 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-06-2018
Wow of a story and production.
Second time for this book and will follow all books of the Expanse. I'm so hooked. Thanks guys.
6 people found this helpful
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- Ben Luck
- 31-08-2019
Good read
Really enjoyed the world building. Miller was MVP, looking forward to seeing where the story goes after that final scene
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- Anonymous User
- 13-08-2019
One day I'll be nostalgic about this story
A little slow to start with, a lot of action and not enough character chemistry for my taste. However, once it picked up it reminded me of Firefly, and the rest was smooth sailing.
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- Neng
- 03-07-2019
Glims to the future of space
i love a science fiction that pay so many attention to details.
i have never imagined politics in space like. now i have seen it. well, listened it.
i really like how the news are presented in the book. different people/faction will report different point of view of the news and thus it feels very real life.
i have never seen clash of ideas between characters. it is quite thought provoking when the two main characters come together and discuss an action. Both have solid, but drastically different point of views. it was hard for me to decide who is right or wrong.
the book feels like a detective story. keep digging through layers of facts to expose the real truth.
one of the character, Miller, has a really good character arch. don't want to say too much here, but i did not know it is so interesting to see a character spiraling down.
Highly recommend this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-03-2020
Even Better
Huge fan of the TV show, but the book and narration just blew me away. I do like the book more, but it was fun imagining characters from the show. Can't wait to listen to the other books!
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- Tim
- 10-02-2020
No idea how good the book is ...
... but I could not get myself to listen to the monoton narrator... fudbdiehcbsixbsjzbcjdnxbdj
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- Marcus Elia
- 24-10-2018
Hard meta-science-fiction
Recommended for readers of detective, suspense, and science fiction alike. The discomfort from the ragged edges of the deeply flawed main characters— almost caricatures borrowed from noir— is lifted by the relatability of the Everyman secondary characters who love them.
The plot, like the Leviathan antagonist, is simply too complex to sum up in a short review. Fans of Star Trek, the Matrix, and late-20th-c hard sci-fi will all have reference points to navigate from, though, as Corey paints his impression of one possible collision of an extra-solar force with the inward-looking politics of humanity.
The actor’s performance was excellent by virtue of his character voice, and the direction recreated the warm feel of a well-thumbed paperback. Highly recommended.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-04-2018
Sci-fi that doesn't forget the "Sci" in Sci-fi.
I moved the show on TV. But as usual, the book is more deep story wise, and I really like how the characters are in the books. It is worth a read even if you have seen the show.
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- Kimmo
- 23-01-2016
Hard scifi with a human heart
One of the most impressive scifi novels I've read in a long while. The fates of a deconstructed action hero figure and an ideal leader hero in a world too complex for his simple ideals intertwine in a story of an alien first encounter viewed through the lens of horror. Surrounding this all is a plausible, complex scifi setting and characters written with an exceptional grasp at the psychology of what drives people and why.
Very highly recommended!
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- Stuart
- 01-10-2017
Even better than the TV show
I am a fan of the TV show and was curious as to how the book would be different..As usual there is a real serperation between the two mediums but were as the tv has to deal with multiple characters to make to more of an opera, the book centres on Holden and Miller as the driving force of the story. Absolutely absorb me for the duration. Definitely recommend. Looking forward to the next in the series.
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-11-2017
brilliant
Absolutely amazing, gripping, extremely entertaining, gritty, funny in parts and believable !!! can't wait to read the next one! if u feel the same, give the tv show the expance a try x
18 people found this helpful
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- RG
- 24-01-2015
Great Work
Loved this book. Realistic characters, realist setting, excellent story and great performance from the narrator. If you want a real sci-fi story with real people in it then this one is for you. Looking forward to the follow on books.
22 people found this helpful
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- Charalampos Koundourakis
- 16-02-2017
Loved it
Excellent sci-fi with a great narrator, what more can one ask?
Must have listened to it almost non stop.
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- Carrie donoghue
- 26-10-2017
excellent
excellent story, good characters, can't wait to read more. also comparing it to the tv show.
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- Robbert
- 13-09-2017
Fantastic.
One of the best space operas ever to be conceived. A definite must listen if you like space, mystery and a great thought out world.
8 people found this helpful
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- Leonpaul42
- 20-01-2017
Terrible Narration
Would you consider the audio edition of Leviathan Wakes to be better than the print version?
Absolutely not,I am just through reading Leviathan Wakes, and after re-joining Audible thought I would try it as an audio book, terrible mistake!. The reader is totally flat, no characterisation, no variation in voices for individual characters, a complete waste especially for such an excellent novel.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Leviathan Wakes?
The book
What didn’t you like about Jefferson Mays’s performance?
Everything
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Epic
Any additional comments?
I hope Audible have another stab at this with a reader who can be arsed.
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- BSC
- 13-03-2019
meh
Big fan of the TV series so thought I would enjoy the books, unfortunately not so much. The narration has left much wanting. Imo, when you buy an audio book, you are expecting a performance, not a lecturer reading off his slides.
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- Scott
- 26-02-2015
Detailed, rich and excellently paced
If you could sum up Leviathan Wakes in three words, what would they be?
Excellent Space Opera
What was one of the most memorable moments of Leviathan Wakes?
Who needs inertia anyway?
Have you listened to any of Jefferson Mays’s other performances? How does this one compare?
All three in this series, all were well restrained and avoided any over the top stupidity. Characters were subtly different and the story was easy to follow and engaging. Still listening at 3AM on a wednesday morning? Oops...didn't want to be up for work on time anyway.....
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I felt pride for the main characters achievements a few times, sad at others.
Any additional comments?
The story was excellent with multiple sub-plots all adding to an overarching story which leads through the series. Bought and listened to all three that are currently available, back-to-back without a break. As well written as any Iain M Banks novel which i love. More please, money waiting!
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- L N Seviour
- 23-02-2017
Fantastically monotonous.
I was introduced to this, like many other people, by the TV series 'The Expanse' and as fantastic as the TV series is, the book is better.
The narration, however, was... adequate. Maybe because previous audio books I've recently listened were so transformative, this one seemed so comparably average. The pausing at the end of dialogue and the relative lack of intonation did not do the story justice, however it is still worth the experience.
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