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The End of Men
- Narrated by: Rebecca Perfect, William Hope, Penelope Rawlins, Debra Michaels, Julia Locascio, Sasha Alexis, Robert Bradley, Sara Lynam, Aysha Kala, Cathleen McCarron, DeNica Fairman
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
Glasgow, 2025. Dr Amanda Maclean is called to treat a young man with a mild fever. Within three hours, he dies. The mysterious illness sweeps through the hospital with deadly speed. This is how it begins.
The victims are all men.
Dr Maclean raises the alarm, but the sickness spreads to every corner of the globe. Threatening families. Governments. Countries.
Can they find a cure before it’s too late? Will this be the story of the end of the world - or its salvation?
Compelling, confronting and devastating, The End of Men is the novel that everyone is talking about.
Critic reviews
"Fiercely intelligent page-turner...at once thoughtful and highly emotive." (Paula Hawkins)
"The stuff that classics are made of." (AJ Finn)
"Brilliant, prescient, unputdownable." (Jenny Colgan)
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- Rachael Boxall
- 29-10-21
Worth a read
Yea it’s alright. Feels a bit like it’s capitalising a bit soon on the pandemic. There are some bits in the plot that clearly mirror the real life experiences people have been describing over media outlets. If you can overlook that it’s a reasonable enough plot.
Performance wise everyone was good APART from the fact that Amanda the main Dr has about 12 different Scottish accents. This is not to mean she is unable to do a Scottish accent but that her voice tone and accent change in different chapters so much that it is confusing as you think it’s a different character. I think that is what a lot of people are referring to when saying the different voices are confusing.
It’s okay. Probably wouldn’t recommend it to anyone unless they had a specific interest in the genre as it’s not going to make my favourites list.
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- Shelly Turner
- 30-04-21
Impossible to stop listening
This book gripped me so much so that I finished it in one sitting!
Excellent book, fantastic characters and narration. By far the best book I’ve read / listened to so far this year, likely to be my favourite of 2021
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- Audiobooks Nest Reviews
- 23-06-21
Beautiful, thoughtful, thought provoking.
Beautiful, thoughtful, thought provoking.
Loved:
💜The intricacy of this novel is staggering, imagining the impact of men’s disappearance from society down to the last electrician.
🎧Excellent production. Having a book read by eleven separate voices felt decadent in the best possible way and made it much easier to differentiate between the many characters.
💛Small moments made a big impact. A memorable one for me involved a female character scaring off an aggressive male, a scenario that turned the usual post-apocalyptic dynamic on its head.
💚In what I can only describe as sorcery, I came away from a book about a devastating plague feeling uplifted.
Could have Loved More:
I wouldn’t change a thing,
Shall I compare thee to:
A World War Z style telling of a Children of Men style disaster with the conscience of A Handmaid’s Tale. I went too far, didn't I…
<b>Other thoughts: </b>
In an extra tidbit, the accuracy of this book in describing life under a pandemic is all the more impressive given that Christina Sweeney-Baird finished it in 2019.
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- CBarbs
- 02-01-23
Scary and relevant post covid
Really enjoyed it and the different voices and stories, I listened to it really quickly and wish it was longer! It's the kind of book that stays with you, I've been thinking about it ever since.
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- Fiona S
- 25-05-22
Interesting
Can't believe this was written before COVID, I'm a bit suspicious about that? Good story & made some interesting points. Toby's accent changed from Scouse to Yorkshire for some reason?
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-05-21
BRILLIANT
What a book for our times. Couldn't put it down. Best listen in a while
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- Sarah
- 09-05-21
Loved it but OMG the accents 🤦🏼♀️
I really enjoyed this and it’s fascinating to look at it through the lens of COVID.
Some parts are scarily prophetic, and it is very believable.
My only gripe is that some of the accents are truly dreadful, as well as not accurate (one person has a Liverpool accent and is described as being from Yorkshire) and they really jolt you out of being immersed in the story. Nevertheless, it’s still five stars from me.
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- Ann Onym
- 06-06-21
The perfect audiobook
I absolutely loved it 🤗
Great story, with so many echo to so many things (Handmaid tales, Bible, Invisible women...)
It was an emotional, nerve racking, suspenseful, infuriating at time, listen.
And the rendering was gorgeous : I loved the way, when it was a character chapter, let's say Catherine, who meets let's say Amanda. How Catherine voice actress was doing both voice but with a slight Scottish accent and the over way round.
Some comments say, it's confusing, there are so many characters and voice act-resses/ors.
I think if anything, it makes it clearer and most importantly, it shows how everyone react differently, to the same thing (as with Covid)
I will definitely recommend
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- ruby
- 30-07-21
Great idea
This book is very well written and thought provoking, very original.
The narrator has a nice, easy voice and I enjoyed listening. I would definitely look for future books from this author
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- NicNac
- 28-09-21
Stunning book
I could not put this down. What a concept; a virus that kills 90% of the male population. lives are shattered and women have to ensure all vital services remain available despite a lack of trainers. Truly thought provoking.
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