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I'm a big fan of Crichton and think Patterson is OK. This is a very week entry in either writers cannon but as an easy listen it would have been OK were it not for the worst reading talent I've ever listened to from a "professionally" read book. Even machine read books are not this bad. There are pauses mid sentence and inflection changes. It's almost as if the reader read part of each sentence on a different day then they just stitched them all together. I almost stopped and returned the book for a refund but I did want to know how it ended! Be warned!

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The reality of it all

The narrator became irritating towards the end of the book - felt he missed the opportunity for creating tension and suspense. I actually couldn’t wait for the end of the book because of this. Story was good although the ending was a tad sudden and lame. Was it worth a credit? Hmmmmm

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Not bad James Patterson, not bad

A good thought-provoking thriller which fizzles away a bit towards the end. As some others have said, I would not be surprised if there is a film in the offing.

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Better than reviews

At first having bought the book on pre-order I was disappointed by the potential read from the reviews given so far. Nevertheless I listened to the book and enjoyed the content. However as the story was read so slowly I would add a caveat in that I had the reading speed at 2 times faster than origional to make the listening work for me.

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Good last book from Crichton

Good book. Think it will translate into a movie very well in the future. Thank you for reading.

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Eruption by Michael Crichton

The highly anticipated thriller from the two icons certainly delivers. Awesome book, and I hope it becomes a film. Good narrator.

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the narration was unbearable.

I got up to chapter 2, I couldn't get past the narration, I'm not sure if it's the narrator or the editing.

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Worst narration - reasonable story

The story itself was good - a little predictable but technically interesting and somewhat thought-provoking in terms of Earth’s future. However, as many have said, the narration almost ruined it. Crichton deserves a re-record of this, his posthumous book.

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Good story

I really wanted to give this a 5 start but the ending was a little of a let down. as for the performance it been slated alot but I have the read speed at 1.5 so I didn't have any problem with it. all in all a good book and a good listen

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Weirdly inept reading

There's nothing much wrong with the book itself, although the volcano facts and figures feel shoehorned into the action.

However, there's no escaping the fact that the reading is extraordinarily poor, stumbling over words and phrases with strange nonsensical pauses throughout. This makes for a really painful listen.

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