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Performance
Overall
Excellent, Unforgettable, Best of the nest
Very good, thoroughly enjoyed,
Good, Solid, Enjoyed many aspects
STAR RATINGS GUIDE
Humour-Scifi Per-fiction
THE BIRDICT
🧡 This had me smiling from start to end. The premise alone tickled me - think TV show Once Upon a Time, but instead of fairy tales, you have main characters from unfinished fan fiction - and Haywood really pulls it off.
💚 The biggest strength of this story is in its characters and their dynamic as a group. There’s that camaraderie and banter you might get in a Peter Clines novel or on Buffy. It also reminded me of Nick Hornby’s A Long Way Down, one of my all-time faves, both in its humour and in that it unifies disparate characters into an unlikely yet tight knit gang.
💜 And - AND - it seems like this is the first of a series.
Big thanks to NetGalley and W.F. Howes Ltd for providing me with an ALC in return for an honest review.
SQUAWKING THE TALK
🎧 This is a genuinely fun listen. Gethin Anthony seems to morph seamlessly into every character he narrates - myriad accents included - and still manages to hit the comic beats.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER: SIMILAR AUDIOBOOKS
Nothing for this one. Maybe next time!
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Fiction Land
THE BLURB
A delivery driver finds himself inside a world occupied by characters from unfinished novels and must accept he is not real. But the world around him doesn’t feel right, and when he starts asking questions, the authorities soon take extreme measures to stop him finding the truth about Fiction Land.
Not many men get to start over.
John Croker did and left his old life behind – until crooks stole his delivery van, but no van means no pay, which means his niece doesn’t get the life-saving operation she needs, and so in desperation, John uses the skills of his former life one last time. While everything he thought he knew starts to unravel.
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