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I am having an interesting listening experience. John Scalzi's Lock In series (2 books so far) is about a post-pandemic FBI agent named Chris Shane. The pandemic was not COVID but a flu/meningitis thing that has some people trapped in their bodies and using robot shells to get around.

The stories are good. Scalzi writes well.

Bonus cool thing is that both books are read by 2 different narrators. It happens that audiobooks are reissued with new narrators on occasion.. But both of these came out at the same time.

I thought that was odd by itself. And usually the gender of the reader matches the gender of the main character. So, that puzzled me. You aren't shocked to know that I got one of each. I have the first one read by Wil Wheaton and the second by Amber Benson.

What I found was that as I listened to the second book, the MC has turned from a man into a woman as I visualize the character. There has never been enough description of the character to force me to choose.

doodlebuginarug's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

juliealmeida's review against another edition

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4.0

This was the second book by John Scalzi I've ever read and I'm so happy I got to know his work. I'm looking forward to reading more of it!

I know this is a series, but this book is pretty much a stand alone story. But even having the closure at the end, I felt like I need more from this world. I'm definitely going to read the other one (I had the novella as a bonus in my edition, so I read that already).

jesschaney's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No

3.5

lurker_stalker's review against another edition

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4.0

It took me two tries to get into the book - the first was several months ago - but this time around, it held my attention tightly. The story and sci-fi aspects were very interesting. Glad I tried it the second time.

Now I'm going to listen to the version narrated by Amber Benson.

kaamezcua2's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

jenwacasey's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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