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By: Blake Crouch
Narrated by: Henry Levya
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Upgrade is the mind-bending thriller from Blake Crouch, author of the bestselling Dark Matter and Recursion.

‘You are the next step in human evolution...’

What if you were capable of more?

Your concentration was better, you could multitask quicker, read faster, memorize more, sleep deeper.

For Logan Ramsay, it’s happening. He’s beginning to see the world around him, even those he loves the most, in whole new ways.

He knows that it’s not natural, that his genes have been hacked. He has been targeted for an upgrade.

Logan’s family legacy is one he has been trying to escape for decades and it has left him vulnerable to attack. But with a terrifying plan in place to replicate his upgrade throughout the world’s population, he may be the only person capable of stopping what has already been set in motion.

To win this war against humanity Logan will now have to become something other than himself...

Intricately plotted and epic in scope, Upgrade asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity–and our boundless potential. Are you ready for the impossible?

©2022 Blake Crouch (P)2022 Penguin Random House LLC

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So much information lectures during this book that actively detracted from enjoying an interesting story. Well read.

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Another cracker from Blake Crouch

Scientific detail and thrills and action aplenty. Like all his books, it expands your thinking. Highly recommend this book.

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What a shame this didn't have a better narrator

An excellent exploration of a very interesting hypothesis. Sadly this is degraded by the"tough guy" tone of the narrator, and the story's overemphasis on guns and explosions. oh well....

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Tried way too hard

eh, just missed the mark on this one, felt like a teen writing about how cool and smart they wanted to be. Really liked a few of his other titles

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Loved it

Mr Crouch delivers again. 👍 I always have some “but how”? Questions in the thousands of sci-fi I listen to. My But How’s were kept to a minimum & didn’t bother me for to long in this book. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Decent

I enjoyed this book, but to be honest, after waiting for so long for its release, I was a little disappointed. I absolutely loved Dark Matter & Recursion and also enjoyed some of Blake’s earlier works. However, this story felt like it was lacking. I just wasn’t as engaged with the storyline and the ending didn’t have much impact. If this was a random book I’d picked up I would have been pleasantly surprised, but this isn’t a random book, it’s a Blake Crouch book and my expectations were incredibly high.

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Blake Crouch, always a great read!

Just like Dark Matter and Recursion, I could not stop listening to this book. Blake Crouch raises some interesting topics on how to deal with our ever growing knowledge.
Dark Matter is still my favourite novel from him, but I enjoyed Upgrade a lot!

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I’ll be reading his other books

Great new ideas well told.

A story told with compassion.

What more do you want from SciFi?

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Missed the mark for me.

I’m a huge fan of Blake Crouch, but this book didn’t do it for me. It started off okay, but as Logan becomes more upgraded, he seems to get more boring. He spoke almost robotically by the end, which I just found dull to listen to. (I listened to the audiobook.)

When they started talking about all the DNA’s they’ve upgraded… CB4, CDK2A, TER, KM11… I completely tuned out. That part went on for WAY too long. There were a lot of big, boring science words in this, which usually I don’t mind, but paired with a slow plot, just lost me.

It took me a while to finish this, and I didn’t feel excited to get back to it. The storyline was a little weak. The characters I didn’t really care for, and like I mentioned before, Logan just got boring. He became like an emotionless robot, which I suppose was the point, but without emotion a human is somewhat dull to follow.

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Downgrade [on Dark Matter and Recursion]

I had high hopes for this as I really enjoyed Dark Matter and Recursion, but this was very basic in comparison. I'll look at whatever is next more closely.

In comparison to Blake Crouch's other works, Upgrade has received mixed reviews from readers and listeners. While some have praised the book's fast-paced plot and gripping suspense, others have criticized it for lacking the depth and complexity of Crouch's other stories, such as Recursion and Dark Matter.

Recursion and Dark Matter are widely regarded as two of Blake Crouch's best works, with both books exploring mind-bending concepts and philosophical questions. Recursion explores the nature of memory and reality, while Dark Matter delves into the idea of multiverse theory and the consequences of our choices.

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