The codas in particular I thought came across as funny, involving and touching all at once and here was where Wheaton excelled. I loved this book, the concept was great, the characters, great and the performance - while not as good as Wheaton's other reads maybe - still absorbed me into the story. Great listen, if a little jarring sometimes. The first is mildly amusing, but the second tries too hard to be sentimental, made worse by the author delivering it in an over the top dramatic style. It is worth a listen/read, but do yourself a favour and skip the last "Coda" (or both of them if you are not that bothered). It's an interesting idea for a story and develops reasonably well. I found myself thinking about the book in-between reading it, which to me is the sign of a good book. I expected the Star Trek like setting to be a lot more relevant than it was, but the book still manages to keep you interested. The story goes in a much more existential direction than I expected, but I have to admit I was totally hooked in the middle. If you are anything like me, you are going to have to constantly suppress a nervous tick while listening to this. Firstly, the "said" issue that other reviewers mention is definitely a thing, together with a number of other grammatical and phrasing issues.
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