ReInception

By: Sarena Straus

Narrated by: Arielle DeLisle

Length: 9 hrs

Publisher's summary

A corporation’s immensely popular technology can rewire your brain to rid you of any bad habits or unwanted impulses in 2126 New York City. The government is using ReInception in a supposed attempt to rid society of criminal behavior one brain at a time. But when a college student and a government-labeled terrorist discover the truth behind what’s happening in people’s heads, they are ready to risk their lives to preserve their free will and the future of society.

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Wow Amazing

I want to start off by saying that I received complimentary audiobook. In return for my honest thoughts and review.
This is the first time that I have ever listen to anything from this author. I have to say the narrator does amazing job keeping me into this book. I didn’t get bored disappointed while listening. I saw there were a lot of mix reviews of the narration. This is a new and different type of book for me to listen to. I usually don’t go for science fiction. But I do love books about dystopia and fiction. Like these alternate worlds make you think this type of thing could happen in the future. The author does amazing job with these characters and this world that she created. I will be definitely adding more future books from this author. I am going need a book 2
I do highly recommend this book.

One of the Best Books I've Listened To!

I have listened to hundreds of audiobooks on Audible. This book goes is in the top 5% of all the books I’ve listened to.

This book is a fantastic one. Period. The narrator, Arielle DeLisle, does an amazing job bringing these characters to life. She has even created an accent for a Patois that the author invented for the book in the same way that an accent was created for the Belters on “The Expanse” (great series!). Really, it’s some of the best acting I’ve heard on an audiobook.

A little about the book:
ReInception is set 100 years in the future in New York City. It's 50 years after the US had a second civil war and society is divided into a caste system. ReInception is a technology that is used to modify human behavior, but the company is hiding the truth about how safe its product is. This is a world where no one has any privacy and where parents can modify their minor children through the use of ReInception. Nothing is off limits, from inhibiting their sex drives to making them physically ill from drinking.
Against this backdrop is our main character, Leandrea, a 20-year-old, unmodified, college student who struggles with feeling ordinary in a world where all it takes to be great is ReInception. The book opens on the day she turns 20 and therefore has the right to modify herself.

A few reasons I loved this book:
The main character is relatable and flawed.
The world-building is top-notch, consistent, and very credible. Straus builds her future world on the foundation of our New York so that you can recognize and envision everything she describes.
A lot of interesting speculating about the unforeseen consequences of what we do today on the future. Straus hits on sensitive topics in a way that's matter-of-fact and without being preachy.

This book is appropriate for 16 and up. It was refreshing to read a book with a college-age main character. I don't see many of these and this felt like the right age for Leandrea to be grappling with her power in the world and her ability to change the future just as she reaches the age of majority.

This should be required reading for students

This engaging story is likely a prescient realization of personal / societal issues to be faced in the not too distant future. With a library of hundreds of sci-if/fantasy audible books, I have to say that Reinception is one of my recent favorites as its world-building is clever, solid and thought-provoking. It would be a great book for middle school, high school or even college-level classes to challenge students to develop an understanding of where technology can lead society (with only the best of intentions) and whether there are lines which should not be crossed. It’s also an enjoyable page turner and I look forward to the next book in the series. The narrator’s voice and performance are spot on, too, which adds much to the overall enjoyment.