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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://friend.camp/users/jomc/statuses/112340317820650327">joanne mcneil (jomc@friend.camp)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 15:16:27 JST</a><a href="https://friend.camp/@jomc" title="jomc@friend.camp"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/42293-48-20221128210144.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="joanne mcneil" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">joanne mcneil</a><div><a href="https://friend.camp/@jomc/112340310899658350" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>grateful for this review on Audible <a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Wrong-Way-Audiobook/B0CJ459RL7?qid=1714176884" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.audible.com/pd/Wrong-Way-Audiobook/B0CJ459RL7?qid=1714176884</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3000705#notice-5960185">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-04-27T15:16:27+09:00" title="Saturday, 27-Apr-2024 15:16:27 JST">about 10 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://friend.camp/@jomc/112340317820650327" rel="external" title="Sent from friend.camp via ActivityPub">friend.camp</a></span></span><a href="https://friend.camp/@jomc/112340317820650327">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2554246">screenshot of the audible review" Slow Motion Dystopia --NO SPOILERS.NARRATORI listened to this at 90% just to savor it. Ms. Araya is perfect. The sound editing is flawless. No breaths and I think I can recall only one obvious edit in the entire read. Her male voice is not bad, either. I'd definitely choose her over most narrators of the dozens or more I've come across.REVIEWIt's hard not to compare this to Dave Eggers, "The Circle". But whereas that has a Hollywood feel, this feels sparse and raw. I also thought of White Noise, as far as tone. I was surprised to like that it was in third-person although it felt like first-present. Much of the book is spent in the mind of Theresa, the protagonist, who is an everywoman. The recounting of her life's jobs might be frighteningly accurate for those growing numbers who haven't secured the American Dream of a career, family, and financial security. It's the "quiet desperation" of someone who is not overly ambitious in her work but is caring and diligent, and perhaps a little worse off for being a bit of a people pleaser.McNeil perfectly walks a line, I'm not sure where or what that line is, something to do with criticism, commentary, maybe even satire, but most certainly something that is modern reality. I love some of the names, like Holistic Apex. And there's Falcon Gidry, a lying, ridiculously pretentious tech billionaire, that seems to live above the laws of man and nature. Fake tech and despicable people.."</a></label><br><a href="https://friend.camp/system/media_attachments/files/112/340/314/506/968/098/original/6884a5d2fda80e03.png" rel="external">https://friend.camp/system/media_attachments/files/112/340/314/506/968/098/original/6884a5d2fda80e03.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://www.audible.com/pd/Wrong-Way-Audiobook/B0CJ459RL7?qid=1714176884">Amazonオーディオブック : Audible (オーディブル)｜2か月無料体験キャンペーン中｜Audible.co.jp公式サイト</a></h5><div></div></header><div>会員なら12万以上の対象作品が聴き放題。ビジネス書や英語、落語や声優による名作文学の朗読をアプリで聴ける。</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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1. screenshot of the audible review " Slow Motion Dystopia -- NO SPOILERS. NARRATOR I listened to this at 90% just to savor it. Ms. Araya is perfect. The sound editing is flawless. No breaths and I think I can recall only one obvious edit in the entire read. Her male voice is not bad, either. I'd definitely choose her over most narrators of the dozens or more I've come across. REVIEW It's hard not to compare this to Dave Eggers, "The Circle". But whereas that has a Hollywood feel, this feels sparse and raw. I also thought of White Noise, as far as tone. I was surprised to like that it was in third-person although it felt like first-present. Much of the book is spent in the mind of Theresa, the protagonist, who is an everywoman. The recounting of her life's jobs might be frighteningly accurate for those growing numbers who haven't secured the American Dream of a career, family, and financial security. It's the "quiet desperation" of someone who is not overly ambitious in her work but is caring and diligent, and perhaps a little worse off for being a bit of a people pleaser. McNeil perfectly walks a line, I'm not sure where or what that line is, something to do with criticism, commentary, maybe even satire, but most certainly something that is modern reality. I love some of the names, like Holistic Apex. And there's Falcon Gidry, a lying, ridiculously pretentious tech billionaire, that seems to live above the laws of man and nature. Fake tech and despicable people.."
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  Amazonオーディオブック : Audible (オーディブル)｜2か月無料体験キャンペーン中｜Audible.co.jp公式サイト
  会員なら12万以上の対象作品が聴き放題。ビジネス書や英語、落語や声優による名作文学の朗読をアプリで聴ける。

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