Tears of a Clone

Easytown Novels, Book 2

De: Brian Parker

Narrado por: Daniel Penz

Torture tourism is an illegal sport in Easytown - unless the victim is a clone, then nobody cares. They're little more than property in the eyes of the government.

When Detective Zach Forrest discovers the mutilated bodies of three clones in a garbage compactor, he's dismayed that no one wants anything to do with the investigation. He takes matters into his own hands and visits Tommy Voodoo, aka The King of Easytown, to get information.

Forrest is shocked to learn of the multi-million dollar industry of torture tourism going on right under everyone's nose. He embarks on an unauthorized investigation and discovers that the truth behind the clone murders is more terrifying than he'd imagined.

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Fast-paced, suspenseful, and funny!!

I love this series, it reminds me of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files series but with a really fun futuristic twist. It's the perfect sequel to the first novel.
So the book... It's excellent! I love that the vehicles in this series are all self driven and that as a society the people rely so much on AI that they don't do well without it. My very favorite part is when Forrest has to drive manually. I laughed like an idiot the entire time.
I thoroughly enjoy how much of an asshole Detective Forrest is. His character's ethical and emotional dilemmas are really interesting to listen to, and there's just the right amount of romance. I am really enjoying listening to Forrest's evolution as a character and can't wait to move on to the next book!
The narration for this series(and this book) is done incredibly well, Penz's voice fits Forrest's personality like a glove and his accents and inflection are spot on.


"This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review."

Another excellent adventure in Easytown

*This book was given to me by the author at my request, and I provided this voluntary review.*

4.5 / 5

I thoroughly enjoyed book 1 of Parker's series, and I was able to get the second book in the series! Once again, Parker has done an excellent job mixing crime and sci-fi together into an awesome story that is a perfect continuation of book 1 to book 2. While this one wasnt technically as exciting as the first story, it is still an excellent story in my opinion. He even sets up the events leading to book 3, which I will definitely be reading. The narration is once again top-notch. Highly recommend.

Would make a great Netflix Series

I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in the series, so I had high expectations for the second. Unfortunately, the first half of the book just missed its mark with me. I persevered, and the story started to hit its stride by the midway point. After that, it was the roller-coaster grim-noir/cyberpunk novel I was looking for. It probably deserves a 4 or 4.5 in stead of a 5 for its duller opening, but I enjoyed it enough to over look the rough patches.

A Thought-Provoking Story

This book takes place in the near-future.
It involves the idea of technology, specifically cloning, and its place in our society. It also provoked in me issues surrounding humanity, morality, and compassion.
I requested this book from the author and agreed that I would review it.
The narration was solid. It, in no way detracted from the story.
I had a hard time with the premise that clones of people were considered property and had no rights. I just don't, personally, see how you could ignore the fact that DBA is DNA and if replicated, a clone wouldn't have feeling, emotions, aspirations, etc. If you can get by this, the story with its twists and turns is decent.

Cyberpunk noir

Clones are not considered human beings, so clone torture tourism is not a prosecuted practice, but Detective Zach Forrester is convinced of the opposite, so he will get involved in an investigation about the recent surge of clone tortures that are happening in Easy Town.

I find the subjects in the Easy Town novels very intriguing and food for thought regarding morals. From the start, I just can’t conceive why clones are not considered human beings, as Zack is, and I have to say that I found this premise a bit hard to swallow. Passed that, the story is fascinating, with many twists and turns, and very interesting points of view.

We are the withness of an evolution in Zack and Teagan ‘s relationship, which I found kind of cute and cringy in equal measure. There is just something that I can’t take from misogynistic characters like Zach, but I think it is part of the noir atmosphere that surrounds the series.

Daniel Penz’s narration was again very good, providing each character with a different style and even using sound effects, although a little bit less often than in book one. I still perceived the volume of the parts with special effects a bit lower than the rest, like in book one, but as it didn’t happen so often it was less noticeable. Penz did great at transmitting the characters’ emotions, especially Zack’s and his solitary demeanor.

I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.