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A review by cadmanreads
A History of What Comes Next by Sylvain Neuvel
5.0
Reread March2022 in preparation for book2. Still really enjoyable.
4.5 - 5 stars
If this was any other author I probably wouldn't have been interested because of the alternative history in regards to the Nazi party. Thankfully, the plot was much different to what I expected and has the two great female lead characters.
The story flows well and kept me interested. I did sometimes wonder if I had missed something regarding the the 'why' of the mission, however, this was explained later.
The book has a satisfactory ending but also sets up the trilogy very well. I wont be surprised if the subsequent books are even better due to the setup.
I'd strongly advise anyone picking up this book to go for the audiobook. Like the authors previous books this one is not written like a standard novel and it seemed much more like a radio play to me.
The mother and daughter narrators (Jilly Bond and Imogen Wilde) are excellent and I wasn't surprised to learn they are real life mother and daughter. The chemistry is real.
A very minor niggle would be a couple of lines delivered by Male narrators didn't seem to fit the tone of the rest of the performance. I did wonder if these lines were recorded separately.
At the end of the audiobook there were some great additions. The interview with the narrators was very interesting. I especially liked the 'Further reading- Not as boring as it sounds, I swear' section of the book. It explained some of the research that the author undertook and its correlation to real world event. There is also a playlist of music to go along with the book.
Much appreciated.
Excited to see where the next installment of the series goes.
4.5 - 5 stars
If this was any other author I probably wouldn't have been interested because of the alternative history in regards to the Nazi party. Thankfully, the plot was much different to what I expected and has the two great female lead characters.
The story flows well and kept me interested. I did sometimes wonder if I had missed something regarding the the 'why' of the mission, however, this was explained later.
The book has a satisfactory ending but also sets up the trilogy very well. I wont be surprised if the subsequent books are even better due to the setup.
I'd strongly advise anyone picking up this book to go for the audiobook. Like the authors previous books this one is not written like a standard novel and it seemed much more like a radio play to me.
The mother and daughter narrators (Jilly Bond and Imogen Wilde) are excellent and I wasn't surprised to learn they are real life mother and daughter. The chemistry is real.
A very minor niggle would be a couple of lines delivered by Male narrators didn't seem to fit the tone of the rest of the performance. I did wonder if these lines were recorded separately.
At the end of the audiobook there were some great additions. The interview with the narrators was very interesting. I especially liked the 'Further reading- Not as boring as it sounds, I swear' section of the book. It explained some of the research that the author undertook and its correlation to real world event. There is also a playlist of music to go along with the book.
Much appreciated.
Excited to see where the next installment of the series goes.