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  • The Girl with All the Gifts

  • By: M. R. Carey
  • Narrated by: Finty Williams
  • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (605 ratings)

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The Girl with All the Gifts

By: M. R. Carey
Narrated by: Finty Williams
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Editorial reviews

‘Not every gift is a blessing.’ In M. R. Carey’s thrilling audiobook, Melanie is a special child – The Girl with All the Gifts. She has an unusually high IQ, and yet she does not understand why she is subject to such high security – cared for at gunpoint, locked in a cell, strapped to a wheelchair. She loves school and tells her teacher, Helen Justineau, what she plans to do when she grows up, but Miss Justineau just looks sad. Narrated by the wonderful Finty Williams, The Girl with All the Gifts is available for download from Audible.

Publisher's Summary

Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2014

Not every gift is a blessing.

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her 'our little genius'.

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.

Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favourite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up.

Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.

Emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end, The Girl with all the Gifts is the most powerful and affecting thriller you will listen to this year.

The phenomenal word-of-mouth best seller The Girl with all the Gifts is now a major film on widespread distribution starring Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine.

©2014 M. R. Carey (P)2014 Hachette Audio

Critic Reviews

"A great read that takes hold of you and doesn´t let go." (John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of Let The Right One In)
"Brilliant... Gripping right to the end." ( Sunday Times best-selling author Carole Matthews)

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loved it. it's a must. the story had the best performance and was perfect. Simply: Yes.

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Engaging all the way from the first few pages.

The narrator was great. An awesome use of voice changes for the different characters.
The story has a very common apocalypse style but still kept me interested all the way through. I'm just about to start the next one in the series.

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was great to listen to

interesting story. great performance as well. wonder how the movie translates it. really enjoyed it

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loved it

a well thought out zombie story with good direction and a beautiful finish. very realistic (as far as zombie apocolypses go) very reminiscant of the video game "last of us" but i think it has a nicer touch to the ending.

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Fantastic, scary thriller

I really enjoyed this book. The story was quite gripping and edge of your seat scary at times. The narration was fantastic, each character seemed quite well separated in voice.

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Great listen

A fresh take on a beloved genre. Slow in parts, but overall a great read.

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Great Story and Beautifully read

I had planned on steaming the movie but couldn't get it free in Australia. So glad I chose to get the audio book instead.
A nice take on the zombie apocalypse without too much gore.

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Nothing like the movie. Thankfully...

Allways worried having seen the film first id grow tired of this quickly.
I was wrong. This book is brilliant and i was hooked very quickly. The conversational writing style and original take on the Z topic had me hooked and not wanting to turn it off within the first 10mins.
Give it a listen. You will not be disappointed.

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Fantastic Writting

I love the way this author uses words and their way of describing things! It's almost like poetry sometimes! Wonderful narration as well.

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Loved this book

Grips you from start to finish and questions what exactly it means to be human.

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