A review by etienne02
The Original by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal

3.0

The Original is certainly not the most original book. I think it's only available s audio at the moment and I have to admit they did a good job creating it. It has some background sounds and music some times and I'm not the biggest fans of adding sounds to audiobook, but here it,s truly well balanced, well place and help create the ambiance, like when the main character heart start pumping up and you can hear it. I was listening to it while driving and the bass sounds of the heart in my car was just immersing me in her feeling of stress and fear.

The book might be a bit over hype due to Sanderson name on the cover... It's a good thriller, fairly short, around 3 hours of listening at normal speed, but not really mind blowing or original. It remind me a lot of Altered Carbon in the overall premises, and while I was interested knowing what had happen and why, I wasn't dying to know and the ending was okay but again, a bit short, to be totally satisfying. Worth listening, short, entertaining, but don't get your expectations to high.