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This Fragile Earth
- Narrated by: Susannah Wise
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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This Fragile Earth
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Publisher's Summary
What would you do to protect your family if the world stopped working?
Not long from now, in a recognisable yet changed London, Signy and Matthew lead a dull, difficult life. They've only really stayed together for the sake of their six-year-old son, Jed. But they're surviving, just about. Until the day the technology that runs their world stops working. Unable to use their phones, pay for anything, even open the smart door to their flat, Matthew assumes that this is just a momentary glitch in the computers that now run the world.
But then the electricity and gas are cut off. Even the water stops running. And the pollination drones—vital to the world, ever since the bees all died—are behaving oddly. People are going missing. Soldiers are on the streets. London is no longer safe.
A shocking incident sends Signy and Jed on the run, desperate to flee London and escape to the small village where Signy grew up. Determined to protect her son, Signy will do almost anything to survive as the world falls apart around them. But she has no idea what is waiting for them outside the city....
Critic Reviews
"I absolutely devoured this book. It has everything I love - great characters, intrigue, action, heart, drama and hope. Cannot recommend it enough." (Aisling Bea)
"Poignant and perfect." (Christina Dalcher, author of Vox)
"[An] amazing futuristic novel.... Do yourself a favour and a pick up a copy now. It's fantastic." (Paul Bettany)
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- SK
- 22-01-2023
Errrr
I liked this book - it was a bit slow for my travelling company so we speed it up a bit and that was a little better, I had liked the slow pace….. I found most characters a bit annoying and didn’t mind much if they lived or died….. is that deliberate I’m not sure. Not sure if it was worth the time though - it is a slow quiet mysterious journey of apocalypse?
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- joanna whitney
- 18-04-2022
A very relatable story of the future.
Great to listen to a book read by the author. She was able to add depth and insight to the characters she had created. Great story that is relatable and scary . It reveals the full shock slowly and by then has you totally invested.
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- shawn
- 20-02-2023
Meandering
Characters never quite clicked for me. The child in particular.
Good concept for a story, not particularly good overall.
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- Cressida
- 14-09-2021
A call to arms for the residents of Earth
Not sure why, in a pandemic, that I've been drawn to the "end of the world" genre more than ever - maybe I'm looking for a reality worse than our current existence! This Fragile Earth delivers the fear, uncertainty and foreboding that comes with a societal breakdown novel. Set around a decade in the future, we learn about the technological advances and environmental changes that humans have been forced to endure, along with some cool gadgetry for the Futurists to ponder. The author captures Sig's urgency to protect her loved ones, while dropping subtle hints all the way through about what's happening to the earth. An enjoyable read with a message that is a call to arms for the residents of Earth.
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- David Maher
- 15-02-2022
Potentially good, but inconsistent.
This story has the makings of greatness, but lets itself down with inconsistencies in the characters. An example of this is the protaganist's soon Ged, who is sometimes a very little boy, but at other times displays knowledge and an ability to explain things, far beyond his years. I'm not sure whether the many unanswered questions in the story are part of the main character's psyche, or an omission on the authors part.
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