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Leech
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Description
A surreal and horrifying debut, Hiron Ennes's Leech defies our understanding of identity, heredity, and bodily autonomy.
“A wonderful new entry to Gothic science fiction, impeccably clever and atmospheric. Think Wuthering Heights... with worms!”—Tamsyn Muir
MEET THE CURE FOR THE HUMAN DISEASE
In an isolated chateau, as far north as north goes, the baron’s doctor has died. The doctor’s replacement has a mystery to solve: discovering how the Institute lost track of one of its many bodies.
For hundreds of years the Interprovincial Medical Institute has grown by taking root in young minds and shaping them into doctors, replacing every human practitioner of medicine. The Institute is here to help humanity, to cure and to cut, to cradle and protect the species from the apocalyptic horrors their ancestors unleashed.
In the frozen north, the Institute's body will discover a competitor for its rung at the top of the evolutionary ladder. A parasite is spreading through the baron's castle, already a dark pit of secrets, lies, violence, and fear. The two will make war on the battlefield of the body. Whichever wins, humanity will lose again.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor.com.
Commentaires
“Leech uses language with startling acrobatism, creating a world steeped with more secrets than the human body can contain.”—Cassandra Khaw
“Worldbuilding both subtle and surprising. Killer prose. Grotesque biology like I’ve never seen. If you’ve ever wondered what would happen if David Cronenberg and Edgar Allen Poe bumped into each other at the same parasitological conference, here's your answer.”—Peter Watts
“[A] fascinating jigsaw puzzle... [that] only gets more intriguing as the novel goes on... Fans of gothic horror will devour it.”—Booklist, starred review
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Moyenne des évaluations utilisateurs. Seuls les utilisateurs ayant écouté le titre peuvent laisser une évaluation.Commentaires - Veuillez sélectionner les onglets ci-dessous pour changer la provenance des commentaires.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- AnotherChris
- 30/09/2022
Fun with parasites
The world building and concept were excellent, and the story was engaging throughout. The way the main character's perceptions and voice change over the course of the novel is handled in an impressive manner both in the writing and by the audiobook's narrator.
The ending felt a little abrupt to me, and there were a couple of times where the degree of unresolved ambiguity made the story a little less satisfying (the twins being a prime example) . That being said, a lot of the historical and cultural references are kept vague to great effect.
For me, the strength of the characters, the world and the plot more than compensate for any perceived issues.
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Global1 out of 5 stars
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Histoire1 out of 5 stars
- Kara
- 15/11/2022
Pretentious and Rambling
Struggled to finish. Redundant verbiage. Lacking direction. Narration is painfully slow. The writer tends to alienate the reader/listener. The world they create is interesting. Some great characters. But they don't take enough time on character development.
3 personnes ont trouvé cela utile
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Global3 out of 5 stars
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars
- Itamar Netzer
- 03/11/2022
Gothic SF with terrible narration.
Enjoyed the story; but the narrator sometimes mumbles in an unintelligible pseudoFrench accent. Very hard to follow due to this.
1 personne a trouvé cela utile
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- tcsalmon
- 21/10/2022
Entertaining and dark
Story keeps you engaged in figuring out this dark but engaging world. The twist and turns of events were as welcoming as the horrors that propelled them.
1 personne a trouvé cela utile
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Global3 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation2 out of 5 stars
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Histoire2 out of 5 stars
- D
- 02/03/2023
Hard to finish
Poor narration
Difficult to follow story
Unable to tell who was speaking
Unsatisfying listen
A struggle to finish
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Utilisateur anonyme
- 21/02/2023
Excellent narration
After I finished the book I listened to it again. Great read. I really enjoyed the book.!
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Global3 out of 5 stars
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- Michel Vuijlsteke
- 13/02/2023
Nice premise, let down by performance
Kind of Gormenghast (with much less memorable characters) meets The Thing. And another Thing. I'm sorry to say that rhe performance really let the book down. The French accent doesn't bother me, the downright weird choice of pacing and emotion does.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
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- xyz
- 04/02/2023
Really unique and fun read
Was a little confused at the beginning but once it clicks into place it becomes a wild and fun ride! Loved the character and world building, great character development and twists. Can’t wait to read more from this author
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Global3 out of 5 stars
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- terri borgman
- 25/01/2023
Confusing
The reader gets dropped into this strange world that is confusing and disturbing. I finished it but several times I had to skip back and try again to understand
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- Marie Garrett
- 19/01/2023
What
I genuinely could not tell you what this book was about. In an effort to be mysterious it just had no plot.