Wonderful work

This is a pleasure to listen to. Carefully structured, beautifully narrated and perfectly balanced. I didn’t lose interest for one single minute

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Really Interesting

Really interesting telling of a snippet of history. I love the science that never was aspect of it.

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A little hard going but enjoyable

Hard going especially at first the story is all over the place so a bit hard to follow but the Narrator saved it.

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Disappointing waffle.

Although the premise for this book was great, in reality it was just padded with lots of things not really getting to the meat of the topic. I was really looking forward to this book, the narrator has done a great job and I will search for more titles performed by him but I wouldn't recommend wasting the credit or the hours to find that fact out.

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Confused, I thought this was fiction

Very well read, but it had me confused (and I still am). From the blurb I’d assume this was fiction, some sort of supernatural suspense story (and the style of narration still has me unsure) but the further I get through it (we are now on air crashes) the more I’m coming to the conclusion this is more of a history book.

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A bit of a ramble

Not sure that the Premonitions Bureau is the right title for this but it is an interesting listen nevertheless.

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Pure genius

My favourite read this year. Fascinating and original. It has inspired me to do further research on the subject.

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Sounds like Fiction

I’d read the reviews and I was therefore not surprised by the content of the book, which was not as I’d otherwise have expected. However whilst reversely people enjoyed the narrator, I found the reading made this book sound like fiction, I actually thought I’d misunderstood the blurb when I began listening. The tone would have been great for a novel but I found it too lyrical for non-fiction. I returned this as a result. I should have listened to a sample first.

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an easy listen

I don't know what I was expecting when I started listening but it wasn't what I got. It was a really nice book, interesting story and I enjoyed it. the narrator was good. nice voice. it went in a different direction to what I had imagined but that actually made it better. I would recommend this if you fancy an interesting easy listen. I listened to this in 2 sittings it was so good.

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Incredible story, wonderfully written

I've been absolutely fascinated by the story of John Barker and the Premonitions Bureau since I first read an article by Sam Knight in the New Yorker several years ago. I'm so delighted that it has now been expanded to a book, giving so much more fascinating information, background and context. I have a lifelong interest in the esoteric and in the workings of the human mind, so I was never going to be disappointed by this book, but it definitely exceeded expectations. Sam Knight has handled the story beautifully and effortlessly captured my interest throughout, introducing many interesting contextual concepts and sources that I now intend to fully explore.

Julian Rhind-Tutt's narration is superb and makes for very enjoyable listening.

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