Point B

A Teleportation Love Story

By: Drew Magary

Narrated by: Rebecca Soler

Length: 15 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

When the corporate monolith PortSys brought porting to the masses, CEO Emilia Kirsch and her son, Jason, accomplished what every other start-up company had failed to deliver.

They really did change the world. They reversed climate change. They created a multitrillion-dollar industry out of thin air, curing economic woes across the globe. They made it so that anyone could be anywhere simply by touching a screen...including the man who murdered Sarah Huff. 

Now, Sarah’s 17-year-old sister, Anna, is determined to hunt the bastard down. But there are a few problems. She doesn’t know who the killer is or where in the world he may be at any given moment. Also, she’s stuck at prestigious Druskin Academy, where PortPhones are banned and any student who attempts to port off campus is immediately expelled. 

It gets stickier. Anna’s also fallen in love with her dazzling new roommate, who just so happens to be Emilia Kirsch’s daughter, Lara. The dean of students wants Anna dead, perhaps literally. And she has only two friends to confide in; one is a reckless alcoholic and the other a bizarre fussbudget. Oh, and now she also needs to find Lara, who has mysteriously disappeared from campus.

Point B is the story of one clever and occasionally determined young woman seeking both love and vengeance but hardly ready for those two missions to intersect. It takes you to Vietnam, Hollywood, Singapore, Tokyo, inland Mexico, Oxford, the Maldives, Cuba, the coast of Northeast Australia, and all points beyond. You will find yourself plunged into a borderless, chaotic, oddly miraculous world that is ruled by a single bloodless corporation and by a family determined to keep it that way. PortSys never expected Anna Huff, and Anna Huff never expected love to make her this daring.

From the author of The Postmortal and The Hike comes Magary's most deliriously entertaining novel yet.

©2020 Drew Magary (P)2020 Podium Audio

Sherry Potter’s only got one spell: portkey

This delightful story was enjoyable from start to finish. There were bits that didn’t seem very plausible. Some of the premise is a bit unlikely even assuming we accept the porting tech. The main character is gay but the author doesn’t make it weird. That’s the worst I have to say. Besides that, the characters are fun, the story is exciting, and it wraps up cleanly. I’ll continue to be excited when this author releases more!

Love story/action movie

It gets pretty intense at times. I definitely did not want to stop listening. Magary is a fantastic novelist who does an excellent job of giving you every detail to fully immerse yourself into the novel. Ms Soler was awesome.

Good Book

Performance was fantastic. Only issue, and its minor, is the deep Southern accent used for a guy from Richmond. Otherwise great.

Point B-

Narrator did their best but some of the dialogue was hard to take. Humor felt forced and unnatural in places. Very disappointed because I loved The Hike and The Post Moral. I was confused occasionally regarding their age and what kind of school they were attending. Dialogue for teenage heros was too adult most times or childishly whimsical other times getting all the way to cringe. Bad guys were so stereotypical bad-guy, I could see them twirling their moustaches every time they were in the scene. Got through it but barely, I usually don't speed up the narration to 1.5%.

Annoying

The parts of the book I could get through I found self-indulgent and angsty. The narrator has a whiny annoying voice. Not Magary’s best work.

Enjoyed the book and the production

Book was good, not great or amazing but I enjoyed it. Narration was good but I had trouble listening on headphones just because the pitch always seemed too loud no matter the volume.

I think its very good just meanders at points

Short and sweet review for you!

The ending meandered and took a while to just end it like so many moments I was like there must just be a few mins left but there was 1 hour then 30 then 20 and I was like man when does this end. I in no way think that ruins the book but its something to be aware of

Some parts of the book feel like just rehashing or spending time where we dont need to spend time like developing characters that I dont think needed to be there and their job could have been done by other characters that were introduced prior

Good things now!
I loved the sassy wit of the main character she was very fun and it was balanced well with her inner turmoil. She at no point felt 1D and like she was only sassy. She had some darkness to her that I really liked and appreciated

The Side characters were amazing each one was so fun to hear talk and interact I loved every moment with most of them
Alright I said short and sweet and its mid length, sue me.

Its a Good book not amazing but I think if you like sci-fi and romance you'll dig this

stretches a bit too far

I really enjoyed the beginning of the story. But the last third of the book really drags it down. the villains are all-powerful, except when they need not to be. The heroes are all brilliant, unless the plot only moves forward by doing something stupid or out of character.

It's... fine

An interesting premise but the love story is overwrought and silly. Could be better.

neat premise; flat chacters

I really liked the premise and beginning of the story. However, the characters are all extremely simplistic stereotypes. I just don't care about them, and the story is very much character driven. I couldn't get through the story, despite liking some of the author's other books.

Too Teenie

I love this author but didn't expect it to be so teen orientated. Great idea but the love story was tough to get through