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The Girl with All the Gifts

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

2015, Arthur C Clarke Awards, Short-listed

2015, James Herbert Award for Horror Writing, Short-listed

2015, US Audie Awards, Winner

©2014 M. R. Carey (P)2014 Hachette Audio Adventure Dystopian Horror Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Funny

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.
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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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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.

Engaging all the way from the first few pages.

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

was great to listen to

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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.

loved it

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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.

Fantastic, scary thriller

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

Great listen

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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.

Great Story and Beautifully read

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Exquisitely written! I couldn’t put it down! It’s definitely well worth the praise and it has become a firm favourite. Perfect choice of voice actor too.

Brilliant

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This book had me hooked within the first five minutes. Finty Williams is a great voice actor and nails the level of performance required. The book was well written and translates well into an audio format. I particularly liked how M R Carey relays science into the plot to explain certain events.

Wonderful performance with an unexpected end

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This was an incredibly well-written novel, performed wonderfully by Finty Williams. Well recommended for lovers of horror/scifi/literary fiction and well, just damn good writing. Might be good to read the story of Pandora in Greek myths first, as it's quite significant in the story.

Emotional Philosophical Horror

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