Every Anxious Wave

By: Mo Daviau

Narrated by: Zach Villa

Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Why would we need music if our lives were exactly as we wanted them to be?

Karl Bender is a quiet guy who lives in three places: his bar, his apartment, and the cheap Mediterranean place on the corner that keeps him well fed with his daily portion of hummus and chicken shwarma. But that's all about to change. When he stumbles upon a time-traveling wormhole, Karl develops a business selling access to people who want to go back in time to hear their favorite bands. It's a pretty ingenious plan, and Karl's indie rock ethics ensure that he keeps things small and special.

Until, that is, he mistakenly transports best friend Wayne to 980 Mannahattan instead of 1980 Manhattan. Karl is distraught. He needs an ally. And he finds one in brilliant, prickly, overweight astrophysicist Lena Geduldig. The connection is immediate. While they work on getting Wayne back, Karl and Lena fall in love - with time travel and each other. Unable to resist meddling with the past, they bounce around time. That's when they alter the course of their lives. That's when they threaten their future together.

A wild romp of a love story across time, Every Anxious Wave plays ball with the big questions: Who would we become if we could rewrite our pasts? How do we hold on to love across time?

©2016 Mo Daviau (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Surprisingly Thoughtful

Would you try another book from Mo Daviau and/or Zach Villa?

I was skeptical given the subject matter but enjoyed the characters and could relate to their insecurities, regrets, and final maturity.

Did Every Anxious Wave inspire you to do anything?

I appreciate the way the story--fable-like, really urges the listener to make the most of everyday without worry.

Great Story & Great Reader.

Could not put it down! Way to go Mo! Can you make some more boiks please. I loved it and plan on listening again.

Heartwarming, yet exciting.

If you could sum up Every Anxious Wave in three words, what would they be?

I thought the book, over all was well written and exciting, yet heartwarming. Would like to have hear more about timetravel, but the romance intermixed with the timetravel was well done.

I would suggest this book to people who like "The Timetravlers Wife".

It's my own fault...

I live in Seattle. I get enough of whiny, emo hipsters in my everyday life. What made me think I was going to enjoy a novel about them?

There are some interesting ideas here: If you could go back and change your past--make it so you never went through through the terrible, painful experiences you've had--would you still be you? If not, who *would* you be? To take away the bad parts of your life, what else would you have to give up?

But those ideas got stretched so thin, they just couldn't sustain my interest anymore. I usually choose longer audio books--if I'm enjoying one, I want it to really last. This book was considerably shorter than most of the ones I've been listening to. And still I looked at the countdown a dozen times, and wondered, dear god, how much longer can they drag this out??

I can't fault the narrator--his flat, drawling, too-cool-for-school performance fit voice of the main character perfectly. But that doesn't mean his reading was at all pleasant to listen to. I'm curious what he'd sound like narrating another book with an entirely different tone...but not enough to go and buy another of his books to find out.

I'm sure there's an audience for this book--I'm just not a part of it.

I love a good love story!

Hi Mo,
it's your uber driver, stephanie! just finished the book and I adored it and your characters. can't wait for the next one!
your actor did a wonderful job :)
all my best!
s
ps
you are a badass!

Music, time travel, uncertain relationships

Rich with sub plots. I wanted it to go on longer.
I can easily see this as a movie in the future. The narration is spot on, though I get a little uncertain about the idea of an ethnic accent being done (think Apu from The Simpsons), I realize it's a means to distinguish characters.
I'm a recent Audible convert. So far this is my favorite. I've already visited other works, this is the one that's sticking with me.
Just my thing.

fun time travel story

I enjoyed this book and found it quirky. the idea of traveling back in time to see old rock shows really intrigued me but the subplot of love that travels throughout the years is the most interesting of all

Interesting Idea Poorly Conceived

What did you like best about Every Anxious Wave? What did you like least?

A clever idea...but derivative and ultimately the author was unable to sustain the elements of the premise and the characters along with the story unraveled.

Has Every Anxious Wave turned you off from other books in this genre?

No

Which scene was your favorite?

When the current girlfriend of the protagonist interacted with his former girlfriend.

Did Every Anxious Wave inspire you to do anything?

Wish that he had ended it 3 to 4 hours earlier when it had come to a natural ending.

Any additional comments?

The structure of this story needs more work...it unraveled about 3 hours in and never found itself again making for an unsatisfactory ending.

One of my favorites ever

Any additional comments?

I actually read this book a few months ago (LOVED it) and just purchased the audible and LOVE it also. This is not my "typical" type of book, but was such a brilliant story, great writing, fun, quirky, everything. Love the book, love also the audiobook. Highly recommended.

Loved it!

I wasn't expecting as much as I got, this is a really excellent listen, the awesome narration brought it home! Time travelers unite!