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The Humans
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Summary
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME. OR IS THERE?
After an 'incident' one wet Friday night where he is found walking naked through the streets of Cambridge, Professor Andrew Martin is not feeling quite himself. Food sickens him. Clothes confound him. Even his loving wife and teenage son are repulsive to him. He feels lost amongst an alien species and hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton, and he's a dog. Who is he really? And what could make someone change their mind about the human race . . . ?
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- Susan Ibi Preus
- 06-10-21
Enjoyable
A scewed and funny perspective on humans giving stuff for afterthought, laughter and a great deal of smiling. I enjoyed it, and will definitely listen to more from Matt Haig.
Mark Meadows is a pleasure to listen to, and just nailed it. Greatly narrated.
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- James Caudwell
- 24-06-21
Loved it
This book is so different to anything I've ever listened to / read before - really gets you thinking about humankind and what we think is normal / unquestionable behaviour
The narrators voice and tone was absolutely spot on - the way he portrayed Andrew Martin was brilliant and had me laughing out loud at times!
Definatley worth purchasing
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- Steph Baines
- 20-06-21
even better than expected
Reading the mostly glowing reviews I had expected this to be good. But the book exceeded expectation. The perceptive and humanistic approach by the author creates a deeply felt, sympathetic and critical look at ourselves. Dogs come out of it well, too ! The narration was excellent.
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- Mr A Blakeman
- 04-03-22
Started slow but got there
It started a little slow but it picked up and was quite enjoyable.
The only real issue I had with it was that sometimes when there were soft voices they were less easy to hear. I’ve listened to a lot of audiobooks and not had this in the past.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-11-21
Clever use of science fiction for a human story
unusual story with a lot of science references and some clever plot developments that kept me engaged
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- sherry robinson
- 28-05-22
Great concept and story line
Really enjoyed the humour behind looking at the human race from another perspective and the reflections on the simple meaningful things we do in life but take for granted
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- Peter Glynn
- 20-06-23
Very enjoyable, worth a listen
Some laugh out loud moments, particularly towards the start, generally enjoyable, briefly dips into philosophical, but not too heavy. Excellent narration.
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- Miss Kay Holmes
- 17-08-23
Fantastic!!!
Loved it! Another excellent Matt Haig piece that allows you to reflect on and laugh at just how crazy and bizarre human life really is!
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- MissyG
- 02-09-23
I absolute loved this book!
Initially I had real reservations about this book, but as the story unfolds, it became warm and witty and really quite inspiring!
Well narrated and definitely very different! I’m now looking for my next Matt Haig listen 👍🏼
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- Anonymous User
- 29-09-21
Beautiful, funny and relatable
This book exceeded my expectations and I enjoyed it from start to finish. (Except for that f*****g one f*****g chapter that f*****g never f*****g ended.. I skipped that one at about "nr. 42". Do yourself a favor and skip it after "nr. 7")
I was absolutely entranced from the very first minute and it kept going really stronly until the last third of the book where it became a little more fumbling and had a hard time landing. I'm left a little bit dissapointed after such a strong start, but I still really enjoyd the book and would recommend it to others. Give it a listen.
The narration is absolutely fantastic!
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