
The Taking
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Narrated by:
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Tavia Gilbert
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By:
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Kimberly Derting
A flash of white light…and then…nothing.
When 16-year-old Kyra Agnew wakes up behind a Dumpster at the Gas 'n' Sip, she has no memory of how she got there. With a terrible headache and a major case of déjà vu, she heads home only to discover that five years have passed…yet she hasn't aged a day.
Everything else about Kyra's old life is different. Her parents are divorced, her boyfriend, Austin, is in college and dating her best friend, and her dad has changed from an uptight neat-freak to a drunken conspiracy theorist who blames her five-year disappearance on little green men.
Confused and lost, Kyra isn't sure how to move forward unless she uncovers the truth. With Austin gone, she turns to Tyler, Austin's annoying kid brother, who is now 17 and who she has a sudden undeniable attraction to. As Tyler and Kyra retrace her steps from the fateful night of her disappearance, they discover strange phenomena that no one can explain, and they begin to wonder if Kyra's father is not as crazy as he seems. There are others like her who have been taken…and returned.
Kyra races to find an explanation and reclaim the life she once had, but what if the life she wants back is not her own?
©2014 Kimberly Derting (P)2014 HarperCollins PublishersListeners also enjoyed...




















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Few issues with this story... otherwise okay.
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
It wasn't a complete waste of time. It was a compelling concept. 16 year old Kyra disappears on day. and then reappears 5 years later. While the rest of the world has moved on, Kyra remains 16 years old. Her parents have divorced, her mother's remarried. Her boyfriend is now dating her best friend. His little brother is now 17, and has become quite the stud. The only person who seems SUPER concerned with her disappearance is her father, and he's been labeled as a nut-case. This part of the story seems pretty good. Where, What, How and Why did this happen to Kyra?Then it gets all convoluted. G-Men, underground space aliens, fellow abductees. The second half of the book just gets too bogged down. .
Would you ever listen to anything by Kimberly Derting again?
YesWhat about Tavia Gilbert’s performance did you like?
Good performance,Was The Taking worth the listening time?
Yes, good potential, I would even follow the story, just to get some closure.Any additional comments?
Hope the second book is more focusedAn Uneven story
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Good but unfinished
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Intriguing, if a little meandering and sappy
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I like the premise.
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Crappy narration
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Would you try another book from Kimberly Derting and/or Tavia Gilbert?
Yes I would. I enjoyed the story, and the narration was fineHow would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
Ugh. There were only 20 chapters in the book, and they whole "abduction" thing didn't fully come to light until chapter 13!!! The first 12 chapters was basically a romance story (barf). I wish more of the story was dedicated to the disappearance (and what happened during that time) rather than the budding romance between the main character and her ex-boyfriends' little brother.What three words best describe Tavia Gilbert’s performance?
Made charcters believable.If this book were a movie would you go see it?
NOAny additional comments?
By the way the book ended, you could tell there would be a second part. I wish I would've known that before I purchased. I think the author missed that mark on developing a deeper friendship between Simon and Kyra. I just feel like there are too many unaswered question.***SPOLIER***** There WILL be a part 2!!
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Well written, very appropriate and capable narrator make this an fine production and another great Audible listen. Hopefully, there were be more stories featuring Kyra Agnew .
Disappearance, return, young love, pursuit & more
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Page Turner!
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