• What Doesn't Kill You

  • A Novel (Catherine Ling, Book 2)
  • By: Iris Johansen
  • Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
  • Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (433 ratings)

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What Doesn't Kill You

By: Iris Johansen
Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
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Publisher's summary

Catherine Ling was abandoned on the streets of Hong Kong at age four. Schooled in the art of survival, she traded in the only commodity she had: information. As a teenager, she came under the tutelage of a mysterious man known only as Hu Chang - a skilled assassin and master poisoner. As a young woman, she was recruited by the CIA and now she is known as one of their most effective operatives. Having lived life in the shadows, Catherine is aware of the wobbly moral compass of her existence and even more aware of just how expendable she is to those she deals with. When her old friend Hu Chang creates a formula that’s not only deadly but completely untraceable, the race begins to be the first to get it. With rogue operative John Gallo also on the hunt, Catherine finds herself up against a group so villainous and a man so evil that she may not survive in her quest to protect those she cares about: Hu Chang and Luke - the son who was stolen from Catherine and only recently brought home safe. Using all of her for- midable skills, Catherine Ling proves the age-old belief that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

Iris Johansen is at her page-turning best in this novel that takes you from the corridors of Langley to the alleyways of Hong Kong and the darkest places of the human soul.

©2012 Johansen Publishing LLLP (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved

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How many times can you say "Hu Chang"?

I did not enjoy this book. The voice of the narrator is wrong for the book and characters. The story line does not flow smoothly. The name Hu Chang is used in an annoying accent just about every other sentence. Not a favorite of mine, and not recommended.

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Skip it!

What disappointed you about What Doesn't Kill You?

I never enjoy overly dramatic narrators and this one was over the top.

Would you ever listen to anything by Iris Johansen again?

Doubtful.

How could the performance have been better?

Most of the time I felt the narrator was trying too hard. Just read the author's words with interest, don't try to make it into a movie.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Sorry, I couldn't finish it.

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Wow! I should have listened to the reviews!

Would you ever listen to anything by Iris Johansen again?

Honestly, I'm not sure. About a decade or more ago I fell in love with her earlier works but I've tried 2 others than this and been terribly disappointed! So probably not. Something would have to really sway me to try again.

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Choose A Different Book

I had a very difficult time listening to this book. I did so only because I had to be in the car for an extended period of time. This was my first (and last) book by Iris Johansen. The storyline and characters are not believable and the dialogue is most often juvenile. The narrator did a good job with what she was given to work with and I would be interested in hearing her work with a different author.

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one of the all-time worst

a fifth grader may enjoy this..... one of the worst plots ever, ridiculous character development.... should be titled "what doesn't kill you can still make you pretty nauseous"...

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