Great story

A very good story, interesting and engaging, humorous tale with good naration. Would recommend this audio book

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Best book ever

This is the best book I have listened to in years. A spankingly wonderful triupmh!

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A little bit different

This is another quirky listen. A family with a difference, while managing to be just a little bit dysfunctional. Amusing and light-hearted in its tone, it was cleverly constructed with a decent twist in the tail. Worth a credit if you are looking for a comfortable holiday listen with a difference.

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Witty and surprisingly engaging

A humorous and engaging story. Quite by surprise I ended up caring about the characters and what happened to them.

The performance is great, well read, good range of character voices, well paced.

If you want a humorous that will have you both laughing and caring, I would recommend this.

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Great story, bad narrator

I enjoyed the storyline and the characters were interesting and fairly unique. I also liked how the stories were gearing towards the finale. The narrator was bad and some of the characters' voices were inappropriate or Matty sounded like he had special needs. I would have enjoyed it much more with a better narrator

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Original / Fun / Clever

Absolutely cracking story. Best book I've had the pleasure of listening to in ages. Bravo

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Family story with a difference.

Family story with a difference. Saga of three generations of an unusual clan, slow-moving but fascinating.

4.5 stars.

This is a little, in my mind, like The Royal Tenenbaums - a 'gifted' clan, who for one reason or another have problems in their lives, it feels meandering - there isn't much in the way of 'action' but with several characters to follow, it doesn't flag or feel overlong.

The Telemachus family have special skills - psychic abilities, seeing the future, moving telekinesis. They were even famous and featured on television... before the family is shattered. In the present, the family are floundering, the next generation still reeling from their history and 'gifts'.

A story where a family's powers are real? While it feels like it should be a fantasy, I soon simply accepted this anomaly and sat back to accept the various Telemachus special gifts and watch their journeys over the years.

It reminded me of some of Jonathan Franzen's fiction, the scope and family-wide scope. The novel worked on audiobook, with an engaging narrator covering both male and female voices with ease.

It feels quite long, but I did enjoy the length and seeing what would happen to each character, every storyline was engaging and it was an original and fresh idea, well presented and darkly humorous.

With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.

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Genuinely different.

An innovative storyline, brought to life by characters with real depth. Despite feeling a little drawn out at times, it was engaging and hugely enjoyable.

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funny and engaging

I really enjoyed this unexpected tale.. twists and turns to the end. Well narrated. Good book.

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Very enjoyable story and a satisfying ending

My only slight gripe is that a couple of the male voices were too similar and too dumb sounding.

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