It is truly unputdownable, and I truly felt the stakes along with the characters.вЂќ вЂњThis book truly flipped all the nerdy happy switches in my brain. When switching between the Kindle and Audible editions, I found myself reading the story in WilвЂ™s voice and loving every second of it.вЂќ And several point out that itвЂ™s a fun casting, because Wheaton вЂњeven gets to name-check himself in the book, which is hilarious.вЂќ But even without the celebrity narration, this audiobook is well worth the listen because of the plot.

One reviewer even says they prefer the audio version to the book because of WheatonвЂ™s narration: вЂњHis mannerisms and use of inflection are outstanding and helped build a compelling world that sucked me in. The huge mix of material has been put together so well,вЂќ says another recent listener.

вЂњThis book is rich with settings that span time, space, games, movies, memories, and places. вЂњI mean what вЂ™80s baby wouldnвЂ™t appreciate an audiobook narrated by Wil Wheaton loaded with вЂ™80s pop-culture references to boot?вЂќ asks one. Tashi Thomas reads this coming-of-age tale, set in Queens, New York, in which a group of young women of colour navigate their formative years in a world that views them as вЂњotherвЂќ.Nearly 300 five-star reviewers think Wheaton is also the right narrator for Ready Player One. My Phantoms is available from Granta, 4 hr 52 min Further listeningДaphne Palasi Andreades, Fourth Estate, 4 hr 26min There is much that remains unsaid between Hen and Bridget, though their tortured interactions, delivered in short, crisp sentences, tell a complex and compelling tale of familial resentment. Bridget is not without her flaws, though we come to understand her emotional withdrawal via flashbacks to her childhood in Merseyside where her domineering father tested her boundaries and, dealing with her own trauma, her mother disengaged from her children. McAlpineвЂ™s narration adeptly captures HenвЂ™s growing neediness as well as BridgetвЂ™s alarm at her motherвЂ™s вЂњhorrible persistenceвЂќ. But as she becomes increasingly frail and isolated, she desires more attention and companionship from her daughter, and is hurt when it isnвЂ™t forthcoming. After her divorce from her second husband, Hen embarks on a вЂњprogramme of renewalвЂќ with a full-to-bursting social calendar of walks, talks and art exhibitions that she clearly doesnвЂ™t enjoy. Bridget does her utmost to keep her mother at armвЂ™s length, communicating mostly via texts and emails, and meeting once a year for a tense lunch on HenвЂ™s birthday. Read by Helen McAlpine, My Phantoms is a mordant portrait of a mother-daughter relationship in which emotions are suppressed and conversations are kept studiously light. Outsiders are rarely allowed over the threshold of her home, especially if that outsider is her mother, Hen. This is pretty much all we learn of her circumstances, since Bridget is determinedly self-sufficient and guards her domestic life with a ferocity that hints at past trauma. B ridget is a fortysomething academic who lives in London with her psychoanalyst partner, John, and their elderly rescue cat, Puss.

Dune audio book