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When You Finish Saving the World

By: Jesse Eisenberg
Narrated by: Kaitlyn Dever, Jesse Eisenberg, Finn Wolfhard
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From playwright, author, and Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg, When You Finish Saving the World tells the moving and evocative story of three individuals working to understand each other and themselves: Nathan, a father learning to connect with his newborn son; Rachel, a young college student seeking to find her place in a relationship and in life, before marriage to Nathan; and Ziggy, their son, a teenager hoping to figure out where he came from, and where he’s headed. The shifts between time frames in these characters’ lives span more than a decade and eloquently capture the complexities of growing up, having children, and fitting in.

Eisenberg - the star of The Social Network, The Squid and the Whale, and Zombieland - stars as Nathan; Kaitlin Dever, star of Booksmart and Unbelieveable, is the voice of Rachel; and Finn Wolfhard, star of Stranger Things, plays Ziggy, their son.

©2019 Jesse Eisenberg (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC. Family Life Genre Fiction Indigenous Creators Mental Health Awareness
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rly good, cant wait for the movie AND it comes out jan 20th, whats jan 20th?? MY BIRTHDAY!? Thanks god

THIS SLAPS HARD

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I love this book so much, it has great voice actors and such great character progression!!! I loved watching each character grow in there own way and TOI SHOULD REALLY READ IT TOO!!

Amazing 🤩

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I finished this a few days ago and haven't stopped thinking about it. The performances are all great and there were moments where it genuinely brought me to tears. Personally, I love a story that slowly unravels and/or connects and I bet with more listens this will reveal to be even more intersting - more connections, more moments. I thought the way the story was told, in three different timelines, was unique and it was interesting to see the different perspectives on these three characters during those separate points. Highly recommend this if you're interested in cycles or families or the passage of time and how it effects people.

Highly recommend

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THIS SHIT IS BUSSING MAN I LOVE THIS SM
slightly too relatable
I cried 👴

Lol

Omg

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I didn’t really like any of the characters to be quite honest and I found Ziggy to be just plain annoying with no redeeming qualities. This format would have been great if the characters were even remotely likeable.

Not terrible but not great.

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Would recommend very good I love Ziggy sm <33 and all of their stories intertwine together so well.

Literally bawling my eyes out

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