The Sudden Appearance of Hope Audiobook, by Claire North Play Audiobook Sample

The Sudden Appearance of Hope Audiobook

The Sudden Appearance of Hope Audiobook, by Claire North Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Gillian Burke Publisher: Orbit Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 11.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 8.25 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: May 2016 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781478960928

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

106

Longest Chapter Length:

39:32 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

23 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

09:21 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

14

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Publisher Description

The World Fantasy Award-winning thriller about a girl no one can remember, from the acclaimed author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K.

My name is Hope Arden, and you won't know who I am. But we've met before -- a thousand times.

It started when I was sixteen years old. A father forgetting to drive me to school. A mother setting the table for three, not four. A friend who looks at me and sees a stranger.

No matter what I do, the words I say, the crimes I commit, you will never remember who I am.

That makes my life difficult. It also makes me dangerous.

The Sudden Appearance of Hope is a riveting and heartbreaking exploration of identity and existence, about a forgotten girl whose story will stay with you forever.

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“Gillian Burke’s performance is unforgettable. It’s smooth, polished, and oh so graceful. Her voice shifts with the action and adjusts to Hope’s emotions, which range from stoic to frustrated, amazed to angry…Burke’s fluid narration draws the listener into the chilling world of Perfection and Hope’s drive to destroy its ever-growing power. Burke’s performance is as addictive as the story itself. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

— AudioFile 

Quotes

  • Beautifully written, with a protagonist who is both tragic and heroic, the novel is remarkably powerful and deeply memorable, the latest in a string of terrific books from this newly emerged star in the genre-blending universe.

    — Booklist (starred review)
  • The experience of sitting with it, sinking into it, aching along with Hope as her loneliness shapes and breaks her, was wonderful, painful and moving.

    — NPR
  • North has established a reputation for tense, dense, science fiction/fantasy-inflected thrillers that defy facile explanations... Simultaneously a tense conspiracy caper, a haunting meditation on loneliness and a brutally cynical examination of modern media... Well-paced, brilliant and balanced.

    — New York Times
  • [T]his is an inquiry into modern human existence. Philosophical questions are threaded through the electrifying plot. Even the protagonist's darkness alias is "why." Reminiscent of William Gibson's best work, North leads us into a brilliant world of elite but mindless humans, and shines a sharp light on what a rare gift it is to be able to think for oneself and what the consequences of it are.

    — RT Book Reviews
  • Startlingly original

    — Independent (UK)
  • North isn't here to lecture you or rehash tired debates. Instead, she's produced something that feels at the same time absent and necessary: Smart, compelling fiction about this future that asks us to outsource ever-larger chunks of our selves to the cloud.

    — Tech Insider
  • This is a book which is incredibly compelling, and incredibly heartbreaking at times. I could not put it down.

    — The Forest of Books

Awards

  • Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
  • Finalist for the 2017 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017
  • Winner of World Fantasy Award, 2017

The Sudden Appearance of Hope Listener Reviews

Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5 (3.00)
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Narration: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 (4.00)
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Story: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 (2.00)
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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5 Narration Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Story Rating: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " First off The First Fifteen Lives is one of my favorite books of the last few years and Touch was quite fun. This book however was a real letdown, the overall plot was poorly setup, motivations were vague or simplistic and the payoff at the end was very disappointing. Maybe I just expected too much or just didn't get what Claire North was aiming for but the concept really had me excited and I just felt let down once I'd finished it. Read her first book Fifteen Lives and then decide if you want to try this book out. "

    — Peter, 7/1/2016

About Claire North

Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and was included in the Washington Post's Best Books of the Year list. Her novel, The Sudden Appearance of Hope, won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.

About Gillian Burke

Gillian Burke is a voice talent and an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator.