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Bad Monkeys

A Novel

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Bad Monkeys

By: Matt Ruff
Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann, Emily Woo Zeller, Greg Tremblay
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"Bad Monkeys has wit and imagination by the bucketload.... Buy it, read it, memorize then destroy it. There are eyes everywhere." (Chris Moore, best-selling author of A Dirty Job and Lamb)

Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She tells police that she is a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil; her division is called the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons - "Bad Monkeys" for short. This confession earns Jane a trip to the jail’s psychiatric wing, where a doctor attempts to determine whether she is lying, crazy, or playing a different game altogether.

Clever and gripping, full of unexpected twists and turns, teasing existential musings, and captivating prose, Bad Monkeys unfolds at lightning speed, taking listeners to another realm of imagination.

©2004 Matt Ruff (P)2020 HarperAudio Alternate History Science Fiction Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Exciting Mystery
Creative Storyline • Surprising Twists • Excellent Performance • Entertaining Character Interactions • Engaging Mystery
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Evrythijg I found confusing or an odd choice, such as having so many different narrators, makes sense by the end of the book.

Quick Read. Fun Ending

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Zeller is as exceptional herecas she always is, and the story keeps the surprises coming. Bizarre, in the best possible way.

Excellent

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If you are the type of person who normally figures out a book before the end go ahead and read this one and prepare to be surprised.

Great Ending

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I bought this on a whim. It was surprisingly really really good. The premise intrigued me, but it did also delivered. There’s a period in the middle that gets a little bogged down, but it ends well and was very entertaining.

Surprising good

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The readers were good. The story was interesting in parts. I give it a B grade. Maybe B-. lovecraft country is awesome though.

A good ending...

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I definitely thought Matt Ruff was a black writer after watching love craft (he’s not). Kinda a fun story but the start drags a bit. Overall it’s ok. Nothing spectacular but also easy to finish.

It’s ok

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Overall a good story and worth listening to. It get’s a little hard to follow towards the end with so many twists and turns, but it’s well written and the performances of the readers are great.

Interesting

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I really enjoyed the read and I didn’t guess the ending. The characters were engaging and at different points, you really think “Oh, she is nuts!” But then something happens to make you wonder what is real and what is not.

Unexpected ending!

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The storyline hooked me and wouldn't let go. excellent performance. this should be a movie!

wow...what a story! couldn't put it down.

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Began interesting, however a third of the way in or so the story started unraveling. It went to absurd to finishing badly .

Started out pretty interesting

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