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The Boy on the Bridge

By: M. R. Carey
Narrated by: Finty Williams
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Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy.

The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world.

To where the monsters lived.

In The Boy on the Bridge, M. R. Carey returns to the world of his phenomenal word-of-mouth best seller, The Girl With All the Gifts, for the very first time.

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I am speechless! what an amazing story and a fantastic ending i can’t believe it is just as good as the first book

M R Carey did it again

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Wow! The Girl With All The Gifts is right up there in my list of favourite books, and this sequel/prequel is equally as good.
Set 10 years before the first book, this one answers some questions and ties in beautifully...I had chills at the end. And if you enjoyed The Girl With All The Gifts, you will definitely enjoy The Boy on the Bridge!

Fabulous..As good as the first!

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Well worth a listen ... make sure you do it in order tho, or you will miss the lovely subtle links.

As enjoyable as the first book.

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I was expecting any sequel to “The Girl with All the Gifts” to be a disappointment. Fortunately, I was very wrong. Another successful book with again a brilliant ending. Wonderful narration.

Another success

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It’s rare that a sequel is better than the first. But this one is. Although I think the book would be better without the epilogue

Rare

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Another great book! A familiar world now, but still managed to keep the story surprising and engaging. Got me hooked!

Fantastic prequel of a fantastic book

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Diverse and high-quality character development.

Ties in neatly with 'the girl with all the gifts'.

Delightfully unpredictable.

My favourite audible narrator so far.

A lovely listen.

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A little bit slow at first but comes together well. makes the series of 2 books a really good read. many series seem to run out of steam and finish lamely, this does not.

a bit slow at times but worth persisting.

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After devouring the first book I jumped right into this one. It is just as fabulous as the first and they tie together beautifully. Such a perfect finish and another firm favourite! Again the voice actor is perfect!

Brilliant

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Of course, my second ever review is of the second of these astonishing books set in the world of serious fungal infections and seriously fucked up interpretations of medical ethics and general morality. Like it's precursor, The Girl With All The Gifts, The Boy etc is a strong commentary on the basic question of what it means to be "human". And, like The Girl, The Boy is profoundly poignant in its delivery of the pertinent particulars of what it really means to not only be "human", but to be a bloody good "human". Zombie lit, like all lit, is rife with commentary on this and that. I mean, the amount of times TWD made me cry not because someone got brutally dead but because of the overall message and sentiment... But The Girl and The Boy, in my opinion, really hit the nail bang on. There's a lot to be learned from these books. So much so that I am now about to order the hard copies so that I can read them as closely as possible. As was the case with The Girl, the narration and delivery of The Boy is wonderful, perfect, gives the text so much more life. That wonderful duality one feels in the gentle, lulling tones of her voice presenting some truly horrific scenes and ideas is absolutely friggin great. Truly just amazing. But, I also want to be able to hear the character's voices and see them on my own terms and these books are so good that they definitely deserve that extra bit of attention. Also, I was very grateful and very moved by the epilogue of this book. I didn't think it would, but it did go there. And that just made it so much more special. It made me feel really great that two amazing people would come together under such fraught and perilous circumstances. It gives you everything you need from any kind of story and rounds out some incredible character arcs in a beautiful way. An honestly astonishingly original and beautiful take on zombie lore, I cannot recommend these books enough to anyone who enjoys a tear jerker, enjoys delving into the utter existential horror of a zombie apocalypse, or just enjoys a truly captivating, well written and we'll narrated piece of literature. Many thanks to all involved in the creation of these books. Namaste.

Another absolute corker!!!

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