
The Map of Bones
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Narrated by:
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Lauren Fortgang
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By:
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Francesca Haig
Book two in the critically acclaimed The Fire Sermon trilogy - The Hunger Games meets Cormac McCarthy's The Road in this richly imagined postapocalyptic series by award-winning poet Francesca Haig.
Four hundred years in the future, the Earth has turned primitive following a nuclear fire that has laid waste to civilization and nature. Though the radiation fallout has ended, for some unknowable reason every person is born with a twin. Of each pair, one is an Alpha, physically perfect in every way, and the other an Omega, burdened with deformity, small or large. With the Council ruling an apartheid-like society, Omegas are branded and ostracized while the Alphas have gathered the world's sparse resources for themselves. Though proclaiming their superiority, for all their effort, Alphas cannot escape one harsh fact: Whenever one twin dies, so does the other.
Cass is a rare Omega, one burdened with psychic foresight. While her twin, Zach, gains power on the Alpha Council, she dares to dream the most dangerous dream of all: equality. For daring to envision a world in which Alphas and Omegas live side by side as equals, both the Council and the Resistance have her in their sights.
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Interesting story
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suspenseful read
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Great story, crummy voices
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Well time spent listening!!!
Great Story
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Good Listen
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Better than the the Fire Sermon
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The Map of Bones continues the story of Cass, a very rare Omega, one who can see what may happen in the future, although it’s not quite clear at times, and trying to figure it out is frustrating. Her twin Zach is an Alpha who has weaseled his way into power on the Alpha council and is intent on tanking Cass so that he can ensure a long and prosperous life, without worry that what happens to Cass will happen to him. We learn more about the characters Zoe and Piper and see them evolve throughout this book. I felt closer to Zoe as the book went along, more so than I did Cass in book 1.
The character development was good as was the additional world-building. We get to see more of their world and the sadness and heartache it brought out in me was amazing. I felt the full range of emotions, happiness for Cass and the friends she has made, hatred for the council and what they have done and are wanting to do, and sadness at the unnecessary loss of life. It’s rare for a story to bring out such strong emotions in me, so this is saying something. There are many twists, turns, and unexpected abrupt endings in The Map of Bones that I think many will thoroughly enjoy it.
The narrator, Lauren Fortgang is my top narrator, I will gravitate to books that are narrated by her, even when it’s not my normal genre; she just has a voice that changes with each character and drags me into the story. She doesn’t “read” the story, she becomes the story, and I often forget I’m listening to an audiobook, she keeps me engaged, wondering what is going to happen next.
Just a tip for those who said they had difficulty understanding Lauren at times because she puts the story into her voice so if the characters are whispering, she whispers too, if they are angry, her tone is too, which I find amazingly wonderful, listen using earbuds or headphones that have noise canceling capability, it’s SO much better when the outside world is removed and all you hear is the story, that’s when you can really meld with it.
My final recommendation is…. what the heck are you waiting for, listen to it already (or read it if you prefer), but hurry up, stop thinking, and just do it!
Alpha and Omega, the saga continues
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Good but lagged a bit
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when is the next book coming out!?
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All in all, the story kept me entertained enough to finish it. And, if there is another book in the series I will listen to it, if only to see how it ends...
liked it
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