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  • By: M. R. Carey
  • Narrated by: Finty Williams
  • Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (602 ratings)

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The Girl with All the Gifts

By: M. R. Carey
Narrated by: Finty Williams
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Editorial reviews

‘Not every gift is a blessing.’ In M. R. Carey’s thrilling audiobook, Melanie is a special child – The Girl with All the Gifts. She has an unusually high IQ, and yet she does not understand why she is subject to such high security – cared for at gunpoint, locked in a cell, strapped to a wheelchair. She loves school and tells her teacher, Helen Justineau, what she plans to do when she grows up, but Miss Justineau just looks sad. Narrated by the wonderful Finty Williams, The Girl with All the Gifts is available for download from Audible.

Publisher's Summary

Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award 2014

Not every gift is a blessing.

Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her 'our little genius'.

Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh.

Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spelling and sums and the world outside the classroom and the children's cells. She tells her favourite teacher all the things she'll do when she grows up.

Melanie doesn't know why this makes Miss Justineau look sad.

Emotionally charged and gripping from beginning to end, The Girl with all the Gifts is the most powerful and affecting thriller you will listen to this year.

The phenomenal word-of-mouth best seller The Girl with all the Gifts is now a major film on widespread distribution starring Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine.

©2014 M. R. Carey (P)2014 Hachette Audio

Critic Reviews

"A great read that takes hold of you and doesn´t let go." (John Ajvide Lindqvist, author of Let The Right One In)
"Brilliant... Gripping right to the end." ( Sunday Times best-selling author Carole Matthews)

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Book from my book club - would I read it otherwise

This was a story chosen by my book club and not sure I would have picked it up otherwise. I struggled for the first half of this book, sticking with it purely through determination. I started to enjoy it after hitting the halfway point but the ending kind of frustrated me. Not because the outcome but the fact that it ended so suddenly. I decided not to review this for a little while after I read it as I wasnt sure I would give it a fair review - have to admit after a couple of months, I am still frustrated by it and not sure I would recommend it. Having said that, the narrator was brilliant!

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Nothing like the movie. Thankfully...

Allways worried having seen the film first id grow tired of this quickly.
I was wrong. This book is brilliant and i was hooked very quickly. The conversational writing style and original take on the Z topic had me hooked and not wanting to turn it off within the first 10mins.
Give it a listen. You will not be disappointed.

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Vividly written, sensitively performed

Which character – as performed by Finty Williams – was your favourite?

All the characters are well-drawn and have depths that are gradually and skillfully drawn out as the story proceeds.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I certainly found it difficult to pull my headphones off. The chapters weren't too long and the perspective shifts gave colour to the plot, which had a number of unexpected twists.

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Altogether an original and scientifically plausible take on an overpopulated genre. Action, drama, pathos, and science, skillfully brought to life by a sensitive narrator.

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Fantastic Writting

I love the way this author uses words and their way of describing things! It's almost like poetry sometimes! Wonderful narration as well.

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Loved this book

Grips you from start to finish and questions what exactly it means to be human.

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A great performance of an interesting story

I found the plot to be plausible and the characters well imagined, although at times it felt like things moved a little slowly and at other times I could hardly keep up. The narrator did a fantastic job of bringing the characters to life. Overall I enjoyed this book.

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Started out better than it ended

I love the premise of this movie, and the symbolism of 'the girl with all the gifts' name works well at the end. However I preferred the story at the beginning than where it went. I still enjoyed it though and would recommend it, but not as the best book ever (but certainly by no means the worst, either).

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The best end of the world novel I've read

Very interesting take on a fairly thoroughly trod ground. Ruthless in its rationality and conservative in its conceits, an excellent combination.

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Great Story and Beautifully read

I had planned on steaming the movie but couldn't get it free in Australia. So glad I chose to get the audio book instead.
A nice take on the zombie apocalypse without too much gore.

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Thoroughly enjoyed

Thought provoking and well considered, I really enjoyed this. Well narrated, I listened at 1.3x and it was perfect.

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