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The Disturbance
- The Disturbance, Book 1
- Narrated by: Greg Tremblay
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
Some secrets are meant to be kept.
No one has ever ventured deeper into space than the four astronauts of Shepherd-1. The aim of their mission is to witness the creation of the cosmos. Using the sun as a lens, they are to align a flock of probes in such a way that the moment of the Big Bang becomes visible.
For astronomer Christine, this is a dream come true. So she is bitterly disappointed when the first images are obscured by a kind of veil that prevents any insight. She works obsessively to find a solution, but when she finally succeeds in lifting the veil, she sees something that would have been better kept hidden...
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 12-06-23
Pretty good book but falls apart in the last third
This is a pretty good book, it's well told and the performance is excellent. The pacing is good, the atmosphere is good and some parts are genuinely creepy. I recommend reading it in a pitch black room for optimal effect.
However the last third of the book falls apart, things stop making sense and I feel like the author had a hard time resolving plotlines in a way that made sense whilst still driving to the intend conclusion.
There are the small errors made in a lot of popular sci-fi, like going on about how dark space is (it is not). Or characters being able to see stars out the window whilst in a brightly lit room (you would not). Or not really portraying orbital mechanics and things like inertia properly.
These are details and matter little for the story. However, when physics become a plot point and you have a expert talking about it, it needs to be right. It takes 5 minutes to look up how much matter a black hole with a diameter of a few meters has. The author not simply looking up this information is insulting to the reader. Either get it right or make it irrelevant.
I feel like this is a bit of a shame as it is a blemish on an otherwise good book. I would still recommend the book, but I feel a bit let down.
I appreciated the callback to a previous series by the author.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Tony
- 16-07-23
Didn’t get on with this book
Can’t say I enjoyed this book. Started to lose focus and interest and got a bit bored to be honest.
Oh and just call him Ben, the name aspect of the French astronaut started grating, not happy with my book choices lately….
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