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The Memory Hacker: A Cyberpunk Conspiracy Thriller by J.T. Lawrence Narrator: Michael T. Bradley
Published by Bradley on 10-16-18
Genres: Cyberpunk, Science-Fiction
Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
Format: Audiobook
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A medical scanner shocks Talia by telling her she's given birth before.
Talia's sure the AI is glitching, but it's stirred something deep in her memory.
Will she risk remembering?
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Talia leads a life without illusion. Since her partner abandoned her, things have not been the same. One day during a routinary medical check, the AI informs her about some old internal scars caused by a c-section, and how they can be treated. There is just a problem about this: Talia is not conscious of ever giving birth, but she will not stop until finding the truth.
Children is a recurrent subject in Lawrence’s stories. One of the things I love from her books are the very well crafted characters and how their problems feel urgent and matter to the reader. I think this is essential to be able to connect to the story, and Janita excels at this. I could feel Talia’s anguish about wanting to know, and the intrigue kept me on the edge of my seat to the very end.
Even though this is a fairly short story, there are a couple of twists that made it more interesting. One of them I saw it coming but I think I’ve been reading too many of Janita’s books lately 😉 I just can’t get enough of her literature!
This time I missed having a South-African narrator, but Michael T. Bradley did a great job narrating this book. He inflected the right amount of emotion to the characters, and his compelling tone kept the story flowing. Something that could have been improved was the audio production since some mouth/swallowing noises were audible at times. It also felt a bit odd having a male narrator on a story in which the main character is a woman.
I loved this book, and it’s incredible how much some characters can move me on that short span of time. The only thing I would have changed about this book is that I would wish for the story to be longer. I think I would have enjoyed a longer version of this, with more details and maybe a longer development towards the end.
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My name is Elena. Since I was a little child I loved science fiction and fantasy, and I can’t resist a good novel. In 2015, while wait I started to listen to audiobooks and I discovered the pleasure in being able to read while doing my daily tasks, so there’s always an audiobook playing on my phone. If you see me with my Bluetooth headphones on, please be gentle, I get easily startled.
I live with my boyfriend, which I met during my six-year stay in Belgium, four cockatiels, eight lovebirds, and a hamster in Madrid, Spain; and I like to spend my free time knitting and sewing while listening to audiobooks.
