The Dead and the Gone

De: Susan Beth Pfeffer

Narrado por: Robertson Dean

Susan Beth Pfeffer's Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated listeners with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event - an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of 17-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle.

With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful new novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities.

©2008 Susan Beth Pfeffer (P)2008 Random House, Inc.

Great story, not the best narrator

I agree with what others have said about the narrator. In contrast to the previous book, his voice was jarring and I struggled to finish the book at times because of the pronunciation of words like "mami" and "papi". The female characters were voiced so comically it almost sounded like a parody. The story itself is great, but the narrator's performance was distracting

Still holds up

Read this in high-school a lifetime ago and it still hold my attention after all this time.

This must be a setup for a future book..?

Boring and drags horribly in places (pointing directly at the 4-5 day hallucination scene- omg).
Could have told the entire story in a chapter or less.
Excessive religious theme was very annoying.
Combing those last two things I can only guess that it's a character set up for a future book (in which the almost agnostic Miranda meets the very Catholic, Alex?).
Characters are shallow. I didn't feel any emotions for them where I should have. Again hoping that will change later.
Standing alone- it wouldn't.
Narrator did a fine job, imo. You can't blame him for the story, and since it was told from a male perspective, and considering the topic of the series, he was a good fit. Very deep voice. It worked for me.
Like I said, I think the whole thing was written to give a little backstory on the main character Alex. So, read it for the series.. or google it (where I'm certain you'd get as much necessary information, in a lot less time) and save that precious credit. Haha.
Don't expect to be enthralled. You'll find yourself daydreaming, and not missing much.

So amazing!-but sad..

I L-L-LOVED this book! It helps you visualize the struggles that the main characters went through, it really puts you in the pov of them. Very sad book though, I was so sad, especially at the end. Anyways, it’s a good read and I highly recommend it and the whole series in general!

Great Story, Narration was Odd

We’ve been listening to the series while on a family vacation. Everyone really enjoyed the storyline - This one is a bit grittier than the first book. However, the narrator was not well suited to portray female voices without sounding absolutely ridiculous.

Overall story AMAZING

I have to say as with the first book, I couldn’t stop listening to it. The first book took me two and a half days to finish, but this one from start to finish I didn’t stop and took me less than a day to finish. The series so far is so well written and captivating. I literally just finished this and already purchased the next book in the series. I plan on starting the next book in about 10 minutes. I cannot wait. I highly highly recommend this book and the first and the whole series. I’m going to be so sad when I’m done with them.

another great book

excellent a little turned off by reader, voice too deep for 17 year old boy

Misunderstood narrator

I originally saw that the man speaking was flawed and bad. Went into it expecting bad speech. But it was good and got into the story.

sad but good

I read the book before listening to it. but I got more out of it.

good book

great story line, I felt really engaged in the story and loved the characters. Highly recommended