The Anomaly Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Hervé le Tellier (Author), Adriana Hunter (Narrator), Dominic Hoffman (Narrator),

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Winner of the 2020 Prix Goncourt. One million copies sold. An international phenomenon.

What do you do if your life is no longer your own?

When flight Air France 006 enters a terrifying storm, the plane - inexplicably - duplicates. For every passenger on board that day, there are now two - a double with the same mind, body and memories.

Just one thing sets them apart. One plane leaves the storm in March. The other doesn't land until June. For world leaders, the emergence of the June flight raises serious alarms. No science, faith, or protocol can explain this unprecedented event.

But for the passengers, a bigger question is at stake. What happens to them, now that their life is shared? What happens to those who land in June, when their March doubles make decisions that will change their lives forever?

And as the doubles prepare to meet, they have an extraordinary decision to make.

If there are two of them, and just one life - who gets to live it?

A runaway best seller and winner of the 2020 Prix Goncourt, The Anomaly is a genre-defying, whip-smart novel that explores the very essence of who we are.

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10 hours and 36 minutes
Author

Hervé le Tellier
Narrator

Adriana Hunter, see all
Audible release date

20 January 2022
Language

English
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Penguin Audio
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B09MTZHSGH
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Unabridged
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Audiobook
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Listening Length	10 hours and 36 minutes
Author	Hervé le Tellier
Narrator	Adriana Hunter, Dominic Hoffman
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	20 January 2022
Publisher	Penguin Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B09MTZHSGH
Best Sellers Rank	7,750 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 515 in Suspense 713 in Science Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 1,654 in Suspense Thrillers (Books)

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Worth a read

Reviewed in Australia on 16 February 2022

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Great story with well described characters excellent perspective on reality and what it means to be human. Recommend it for anyone wanting a great read!

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Reviewed in Australia on 22 March 2022

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Livfoss

Very interesting, original and well written. Good translation

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 February 2022

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While I was reading this version, my wife was reading the book in French, so we were able to discuss the quality of the translation which we found excellent. The story is original (no spoilers here - this is not a proper book review) and contains an element of fantasy which allows the author to explore some original "what if" ideas. There are multiple characters, well realised, who each have to react to the unique situation created by the author. There is a lot of well-researched detail which makes the narrative really interesting. The book needs close attention. I really liked it.

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Heligany

Worst ending since LOST

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 January 2022

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It took ages to establish the characters, too long, and then there was the incident. By this point you could see there werent enough pages left to do the job. And indeed the ending was so rushed it felt wrong.

Overall it was disappointing. Very overhyped.... I dunno what the editors were thinking.... its clear the writer was thinking time to wrap up. it reads like he lost interest!

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Overhyped

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 February 2022

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There is a lot of hype around this which is really not warranted in my opinion - congrats to the marketing department! 🤣

The story is okay - the central idea is a rehash of existing ideas rather than anything strikingly new, and was very nearly a disappointment after a lengthy build-up...but the combination was cleverly put together and the second act in particular made for an interesting read. I felt the third act lost all momentum and was a bit of an effort to get through. On balance, I wouldn't recommend it.

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P. G. Harris

That’s great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane…

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2022

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The Anomaly is tremendous fun. It doesn’t reach the heights if the greatest science fiction, but it is original, entertaining and enjoyable while it lasts.

It starts with chapters dedicated to a series of characters with nothing in common except they experienced turbulence while on a transatlantic flight. They include a ruthless hitman who lives a double life as the owner of a vegetarian catering business, a troubled author, a hot shot lawyer working for a questionable business, a disturbed veteran of overseas wars, a gay rapper, a film editor in a decaying relationship with an older architect, a terminally ill pilot. We are also introduced to two geeky mathematicians, Adrian and Meredith, circling around each other on the edge of a relationship.

Author Hervé le Tellier has fun while setting up his characters, while also allowing some more serious and darker currents to flow. He uses the troubled author to show the ridiculous pretentious side of the French literary establishment. While geeky mathematicians might seem a relatively easy target, treats them with affection, and, indeed, Adrian and Meredith’s first reactions to each other are an absolute delight. I also have to say, I never though I’d care so much about the fate of a pet frog. On the dark side, there is the cold blooded assassin, questions about corporate morality, homophobia in the world of hip hop, and a disturbing section about child abuse.

All of the stories are brought together in the central concept of the book (pre-publicised in the blurb, so no spoilers here), when a plane carrying the characters (excluding our mathematicians) flies out of a storm on its way to land in the US. The problem is that the same plane, with the same crew and passengers landed 106 days previously and all on board have since carried on living their lives for three months.

The rest of the book is then concerned with the questions of what the authorities will do to deal with the situation, how the individuals will react to meeting themselves, and what caused the anomaly in the first place. The authorities range from a statesmen like Macron, to an unnamed but obviously second term Trump, who is portrayed as an idiot out of his depth rather than a malicious nationalist, and a predictably secretive Chinese government.

The greatest weight is given to the individual stories which explore a range of responses, how does a secretive killer react to having himself around? How do those in relationships deal with the inevitable jealousy? How do the extra three months of those on the original plane alter the situation? Can mistakes be corrected with the extra knowledge?

In terms of the wider picture, three possible explanations for the duplication of the plane are explored, although the “true one” is quickly evident. It is here that I had my one major quibble with the book. Le Tellier’s choice to concentrate mainly on the individual tales left me feeling slightly dissatisfied. Not fully exploring the wider implications (even though the explanation is fundamental to the denouement) leaves the book, to my mind, with a bit of an unfulfilling vacuum. Also while I am at it, I didn’t really see the point of the child abuse storyline, there is no depth to it, which makes it seem rather exploitative.

However, overall, if one accepts Le Tellier’s choices and takes the Anomaly for what it is, a flashy, fast paced thriller based on a highly original premise, it certainly delivers. Coming soon to a cinema near you (I would expect).

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Mr S.

I was expecting a fiction, but it’s more a literary fiction

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 January 2022

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The premise of the book sounded very interesting to me and I was excited to read it. The first few chapters were excellent and I was really pleased I’d found a book that was so good. Unfortunately, it turned into more of a literary fiction which isn’t really my preference. I’d say it was 30% fiction, 70% literary fiction. The 30% was brilliant, but the other 70% seemed quite disjointed and was full of information that I just didn’t care for and hadn’t connected with.

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