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Narrated by:
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Anna Friel
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By:
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John Boyne
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn’t always like this. Hers is a life founded on darkness.
Did what happened to Freya as a child one fateful summer influence the adult she would become – or was she always destined to be that person? Was she born with cruelty in her heart or did something force it into being?
In Fire, John Boyne takes the listener on a chilling, uncomfortable but utterly compelling psychological journey to the epicentre of the human condition, asking the age-old question: nurture – or nature?
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-11-24
Brilliant
Another classic, Brilliant story by Boyne yet again. Cant get enough of his work. It is dark
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-11-24
Female predator
Female predator enter at your own risk. Boyne constructs the making and aftermath of becoming a monster. The dual timelines means that as she enacting her predatory nature, Boyne is also building her back story and I for one became less and less sympathetic to her loneliness and neglect as a child. Can we also just talk about that first sentence. JAW ON THE FLOOR!
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- N. J. Smith
- 09-11-24
Brilliant but dark
Love John Boyne and this series is great and Fire does not disappoint BUT be prepared it is dark.
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- Mark
- 11-11-24
Dark, Very Dark
Like a flame taking hold, this novel will engulf you in the nature - nurture nightmare world of gifted burns surgeon Freya. In four and a half short hours you will be shocked, horrified, mesmerised and hugely entertained. Anna Friel narrates with a cool, clinical precision that is pitch perfect. Horror has rarely been so beautifully delivered.
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- N P.
- 12-11-24
Gripped from the first chapter!
An amazing story, I listened to it all in one sitting as I was totally gripped. Fantastic as always, I love all of John Boyne’s work.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-11-24
An uncomfortable read. Excellent story telling.
A very uncomfortable listen. I don't think I relaxed from start to finish. Really thought provoking and miserable topic but excellent story telling.
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- amstan
- 10-11-24
Excellent narration
A brilliant book and so beautifully read by Anna Friel. It is a real pleasure to listen to and a fascinating plot
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-11-24
Boyne is never one to shy away from dark subject matter
I’m really enjoying this 4 part book series and how the stories are all now starting to cross over. Anna Friel’s narration gave me goosebumps. She was the perfect villain for this very dark story.
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- the fulham reader
- 23-11-24
Amazing
Please listen to this audiobook An absolute brilliant listen. So enjoyed it. The narrator is fantastic too. 5 gold stars
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- Sarah Rayner, author
- 11-12-24
A hard hitting story about female to male child abuse
I’m a fan of John Boyne, who is very prolific and talented. This story is gripping and raises important subject for debate, but at times could have been better edited, as I felt as a listener that I was being ‘shown’ and ‘told’ about events, perhaps a hangover of writing for children, but in adult literature it would have been more powerful if we had been left up to us to fill in the gaps. It reminded me of Roald Dahl’s ‘Tales of the Unexpected’ although at almost every turn I could see what was coming. I’m sure most listeners will love this, but for me it wasn’t Boyce’s best.
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