• Minutes to Burn

  • By: Gregg Hurwitz
  • Narrated by: Scott Brick
  • Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (858 ratings)

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Minutes to Burn

By: Gregg Hurwitz
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Publisher's summary

In the future, two scientists are accompanied by a team of Navy SEALs to position critical tectonic equipment on a deserted island in the Galapagos and find themselves immersed in a brutal war for survival that could determine the fate of the world.

©2001 Gregg Andrew Hurwitz (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

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Fast-paced but a bit too melodramatic and fantastical

Love the Orphan X books, but not this book. Too fantastical, predictable, and even predictable.

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  • AK
  • 04-11-23

Good listen

Whenever you have a great Narrator even a repeated storyline is worth it. Great characters.

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Not his best but not bad.

Good: a few interesting characters
Bad: they died early
Good: good story if you can suspend disbelief
Bad: you’ll have to suspend a lot of disbelief
Good: It’s was pretty evident who would survive
Bad: Made sense for that character to survive but didn’t really care… character was boring.
To be fair, I expected Orphan X and it wasn’t that. This more sci-fi than thriller.

Overall, I’m giving it 4 stars. Worth a credit but not in my top 50.

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  • CT
  • 06-15-19

Good Book

This is not something I would typically read, but I enjoyed the story. The crux was like "Alien", but set here on earth.
The book was a little slow in places, but the overall enjoyment made up for it. The narrator was fantastic! He was easy to follow as the characters changed. I will read/listen to more books by this author and narrator..

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Exciting thriller

This book caught us by surprise as we were not thinking it would be a sci-fi in the beginning. It turned out to be a captivating thriller that we hope never comes true!

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I give it a 3.5 overall.

Hard to get started but pretty good after that. It the normal genre that I prefer.

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Great audio book

always enjoy Scott Brick narrating. The story was exciting and had great twists and turns.

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Great Performance by Scott Brick

I have gotten to select books not just by the author but by the reader. Scott Brick has made every book I have listened to a wonderful experience. As far as this book I thought it was good and would recommend.

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Not the best

The storyline seem to wander. No strong character really emerged until the very end. Overall, it seem to be fairly predictable and dragged on.

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Good book slow in beginning

I almost returned this one which I have never done. It takes awhile to get going and is unlike any Hurwitz book I have listened to.

After a few hours in I was interested enough to continue and I’m glad that I did.

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