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The Boy on the Bridge

By: M. R. Carey
Narrated by: Finty Williams
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Once upon a time, in a land blighted by terror, there was a very clever boy.

The people thought the boy could save them, so they opened their gates and sent him out into the world.

To where the monsters lived.

In The Boy on the Bridge, M. R. Carey returns to the world of his phenomenal word-of-mouth best seller, The Girl With All the Gifts, for the very first time.

©2017 M. R. Carey (P)2017 Hachette Audio Dystopian Horror Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Fiction Exciting Adventure
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A great prequel to The Girl With All The Gifts. Definitely worth a listen and the epilogue is worth the price of admission alone.

The prefect follow up

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The story is great, and ties in with the first beautifully. It answers questions you didn't know you had about the first story.

The voice performance is also top notch.

Even better than the first.

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Bit of a slow burn to begin with.

Whilst the story and concept is good its not quite as engaging at the Girl with all the gifts I think the author pulled out all the tricks in that book. I suppose the first book had more of a surprise factor too and you felt truly engaged with the characters and the out come.

Its nice that it joins up the stories a little bit but its didn't quite have the same "Wow" factor for me. But don't be put off its a good book, I just think the TGWATG was exceptional so this couldn't be compared in quite the same way.

Good but not quite as good as TGWATG's

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Brilliant story telling, great performance. Like Game of Thrones you never quite know if they will survive.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Boy on the Bridge?

Weirdly, the prologue which I cannot talk about or it ruins the whole book.

Have you listened to any of Finty Williams’s other performances? How does this one compare?

She's an excellent narrator - great characterisation and pace. You just get lost in the story which is how it should be.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I normally listen to my books on my drive home as it's a bit much in the morning but this one, I listened to both journey's.

Any additional comments?

Read the Girl with the gifts first.

Even better than the girl with all the gifts

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want more...! I want to know "what happened after..." how did the kindness shown come about? how was the self absorption of the previous set of humanity overcome?

loved it!

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