The Circle
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The Circle
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Narrated by:
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Dion Graham
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By:
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Dave Eggers
About this listen
When Mae is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Mae can't believe her great fortune to work for them - even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public...
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Critic reviews
But the narrator provinces their S sounds waaay too powerfully. So much so that it hurts to listen to 🙁
The S sounds ffs
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The first few chapters needed perseverance but this original novel then flowed with the growth of the principal characters and the acutely relevant Orwellian themes.
Absolutely worth a listen, while we still have the time ...😉 and the accounts of Mae’s frenzied media activity were hilarious and not to be missed.
A Prescient Tale
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it was amazing. the ending is way better than the film
loved this story
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Would you consider the audio edition of The Circle to be better than the print version?
I've not read the print version.Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I found it funny and amusing, albeit bit of a scary thought, modern day take on a Brave New World concept - though many things you see happening around you mentioned in the book. Enjoyable read.Quality read, though lengthy
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Okay, not great
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Thought provoking
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Clunky means the characters are made of cardboard and there is virtually no plot. People behave in unlikely ways and believe unlikely things (in my experience, people are much less easy to lead by the nose than Eggers thinks). Eggers also makes the classic errors of a man narrating as a woman: his heroine, May, enjoys, and is keen to repeat, perfunctory (but hugely satisfying) sex in a toilet with a strange man who has failed to give her his name (and turns out to be... oh, I shouldn't spoil things, should I? ). The only clothes described are when May is 'wearing a red silk blouse and black skirt'. Dave, either do some research into how women think or narrate as a man.
Narration. Professional, appropriately Californian.
A very clunky novel
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The narrator does a simply outstanding job, and if there was an international award, I would certainly nominate him for it! In Audible terms, I found the whole thing "un-put-downable"! Fabulous.
Brilliant story, outstanding narration.
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Would you consider the audio edition of The Circle to be better than the print version?
I haven't read the print versionWho was your favorite character and why?
Hard to sayWhat does Dion Graham bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
No idea, not read the bookIf you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
No idea, sorryAny additional comments?
Compelling story - felt prescient rather than fiction!Review
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Thought provoking.
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