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V for Vendetta
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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V for Vendetta
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Summary
Remember, Remember the Fifth of November
Imagine a Britain stripped of democracy, a world of the not-too-distant future in which freedom has been surrendered willingly to a totalitarian regime which rose to power by exploiting the people's worst fears and most damning weaknesses.
This is the setting for the parable of Evey, a young woman saved from death by a masked man calling himself V. Beguiling and dangerous, V ignites the fuse of revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to shed the blanket of tyranny and oppression that they have permitted themselves to be cloaked in. While those in power take steps to neutralize the threat, police pursue the mystery of V, unaware of the terrible truth that awaits them. But it is Evey who, with V as her enigmatic guide, sets out on the painful path of deception and self-discovery, deconstruction and re-creation, vindication and vengeance.
Novelization by Steve Moore, based on the graphic novel illustrated by David Lloyd and published by Vertigo/DC Comics. Based on the screenplay written by the Wachowski Sisters.
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- Phill Renton
- 14-01-21
Great read, interesting timing
Interesting story line in these current difficulties
Hopefully, not a future 🔮 Prediction of COVID-19 and the World at large
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- Mette
- 06-12-20
Almost telling us what is going to happen next
This book is playing out almost the same scenario as in today's real world events..
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- kwaggle@ntlworld.com
- 08-08-21
A very good adaptation
I'm thoroughly enjoying this adaptation, the narrator is doing a great job and the story is very entertaining.
"V" is one of my favourite heroes, eloquent and intelligent, the story is both thought provoking and spellbinding.
My only complaint is that, whilst I truly enjoy the story, I wish that we as a nation were a little less keen to enact it...
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- Chris I
- 25-08-15
Brilliantly narrated beautifully written story
I had previously watched the film so knew the plot, but this made no difference to my enjoyment of this audio book because Simon Vance's narration was so brilliantly done and the ideas been the story so inspiring that I found it very moving. I am amazed at Steve Moore's almost poetic writing that so deepens the original screenplay. I couldn't want for a better audiobook experience. Gripping and exciting in the scale of its ambition.
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- MFW
- 30-01-15
I keep coming back to this book
The fictional story about a fascist government in the UK, the fictional world disasters keeps drawing me back.
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- ally
- 26-02-24
If you've watched the movie you've heard the audio book
I left a good review because I do love the story but it is word for word the movie as it is based on the screen play. So if this is the first time you've discovered V for Vendetta then I would say either listen to the audio book or watch the movie but you don't need to do both.
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- Gunslinger
- 02-11-24
Beautifully written perfection
I love everything second of this book! V is almost perfect just dislike his ending which I felt shouldn’t have happened.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-07-09
V Good
As a previous reviewer has said Simon Vance is an excellent reader. This is a novelisation of the film and is quite different from the original brilliant graphic novel by Alan Moore. None the less it is a wonderfully gripping version and one of the best stories I have had the pleasure of listening to. I highly recommend
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- Karen
- 03-12-06
Excellent audiobook
Simon Vance's narration really brings this book to life - suiting the main character of V down to the ground. The pacing is excellent, and the book itself is gripping from start to finish. I found that I was sucked in to the storyline far more than is usual, and some of the sadder portions of the book had me in tears.
The best audiobook that I've had the pleasure of listening to!
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- Mark Sanford-Wood
- 24-08-15
Strangely engaging
Take an adult comic strip and convert it into a novel. One would expect a bit of a train-wreck, but would then be very happily surprised with this audiobook.
It manages to retain the dark edge I imagine was present in the original DC Comics strip, and the delivery is sufficiently dramatic to carry it off. It should fail on so many levels, and yet triumphs at each turn. It should stick out like a sore thumb as a cliched dystopian comic book born of the paranoia of the early 1980s, converted into a novel for no apparent reason. It doesn't. It unbalances you, and asks awkward questions. It makes you think.
Simon Vance puts in an excellent performance that maintains the tension without being intrusive.
It had me contemplating the philosophy of totalitarianism, and the ease with which commonly held liberties can slip through our fingers. It is not a classic, so gets 4 stars from me. But it is very good indeed, and well worth a listen.
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