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Only Human

Themis Files, Book 3

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Only Human

By: Sylvain Neuvel
Narrated by: Sylvain Neuvel, William Hope, Charlie Anson, Laurence Bouvard, Adna Sablylich, Laura Kirman
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Only Human by Sylvain Neuvel, read by a returning cast.

We always thought the biggest threat to humanity would come from the outside. We were wrong.

As the human race picks up the pieces of destruction left behind, a new world order emerges. New alliances are formed. Old divisions are strengthened. And with a power struggle fuelled by the threat of mutually assured destruction, nothing is certain.

At a time when the world's nations should have been coming together, they have never been more divided. With the human race teetering on the brink of total war, Rose, Vincent and Eva must choose sides. But doing the right thing might mean making the ultimate sacrifice.

©2018 Sylvain Neuvel (P)2018 Penguin Audio Adventure Fantasy Fiction First Contact Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Space Exploration Superhero Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Time Travel Interstellar Paranormal
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Didn't need the third. Generally good voice acting except the change with Eva really made it hard to listen past the start.

Great first two books.

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good but not great the other two books are better. still worth a look though

not the best

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Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten. In multiple languages. This series is creative, exciting and thoughtful. A great read and/or listen. Thank you Sylvain xx

I love the Themis Files 💙

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worth the listen. I thoroughly enjoyed this series! performed by a full cast, great story!

incredible series, incredible performance

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I’ve enjoyed this series. Unusual storyline, some great characters and some quality voice performances.

But this third book was bizarre.

- One of the protagonists had a Puerto Rican accent in Book 2 then a false Jersey accent in Book 3 for no apparent reason. Plus she used made-up ‘alien’ curse words that were tedious and felt forced.
- An antagonist female (supposedly a high ranking Russian military enforcer) used the most grating nauseously facetious, singsong, mocking voice constantly that made me want to punch the my device.
- An entire chapter was read in a computerised alien voice (imagine a 5 year old doing robot arms and saying “su-ren-der hu-mans”) so hit the skip button repeatedly.

Unless this book gets re-recorded, I’d suggest you find another read.

Some performances were irritating beyond belief

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I quite enjoyed this last of a unique trilogy. It was almost like listening to a podcast with the interview format. Excellent characters with some very unusual accents. Warning lots of swearing if listening with children.

Great. Kind of like a podcast with some swearing

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great idea concept, with a few twists and turns clever plot and reasonably friendly aliens

A different take on a,clever story.

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Multiple voice actors lends itself well to the storyline. This whole trilogy is worth the credit or buy in cost

Great three book production.

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The story is kinda cool but has it’s logical fallacies imo. Voice acting is really bad on some important characters. Too bad.

Cool story, bad voice acting

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I'm glad I powered through. It was a bit rocky to begin with, I could not stand Eva's new accent. It was still a good story in the end. But it was a slog in the beginning. all the recasting was very jarring.

Twas okay!

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