As We Know It

De: Raimo Strangis

Narrado por: Amanda Roethle

The Opus Starship has launched into space holding humanities finest onboard. Earth has been deemed uninhabitable and the search for a new home planet has begun. Lady Vega and the Elite have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo while Peryl (Pearl) Starlight and the Unmarked fight for change. Will humanity fall into the same patterns of self-destruction or create a new way of life, as we know it

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Softer sci-fi hits hard with human condition topic

This slow burn of a story reaches epic temperatures in its emotional strife and turmoil. Not all space-based sci-fi needs laser beams and out-of-control AI robots to create drama and tension. Sometimes it's enough to have a handful of humans with the motivation of greed and power to put the future of the entire race at stake. Amanda Roethle brings a variety of characters spanning ages and genders to life with poignant narration and voices. I especially liked the rendition of grampa. The dialogue is clearly key in the storytelling, but we also get generous helpings of environmental and minute details sprinkled throughout. [Disclosure: I received this title for free and listened at 1.85x.]

Good idea

I liked the idea/world being built by the author. And it also added interesting points. But some times there would be jumps between timelines or characters that i did not identify easily. I could have easily missed the end of the chapter and beginning of another one but it happened several times. Overall i liked the book.

A good, short sci-fi

I usually listen to longer books (20 hr avg) so the shorter form threw me off a little. The story was good, in fact I wish it was a little longer so I could have seen a little more of the world building and character development. That said, the story was fun and well written, and given a good message. If you’re looking for a quick, single book sci-fi pick, this is a good choice.

It was fine.

(Received for free)
This book had a lot of ideas, but rushed through them and didn’t really give any of them enough time to develop.

The voice actor was not great, and the accents she tried to do made this book hard to listen to.

Good story

Good story with an engaging narration. Thought provoking ending is reminiscent of some sci fi classics.