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I Am Pilgrim
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 22 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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Summary
National Book Awards 2014: Crime/Thriller Book of the Year
Can you commit the perfect crime?
Pilgrim is the code name for a man who doesn't exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for US intelligence. Before he disappeared into anonymous retirement, he wrote the definitive book on forensic criminal investigation. But that book will come back to haunt him. It will help NYPD detective Ben Bradley track him down. And it will take him to a run-down New York hotel room where the body of a woman is found facedown in a bath of acid, her features erased, her teeth missing, her fingerprints gone. It is a textbook murder - and Pilgrim wrote the book.
What begins as an unusual and challenging investigation will become a terrifying race against time to save America from oblivion. Pilgrim will have to make a journey from a public beheading in Mecca to a deserted ruin on the Turkish coast via a Nazi death camp in Alsace and the barren wilderness of the Hindu Kush in search of the faceless man who would commit an appalling act of mass murder in the name of his god.
This is now the entire audiobook, not in two parts.
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- Anna
- 19-12-16
Exciting but a bit too full of cliches
Firstly I want to highlight that the only version available on Audible in November 2016 is the full complete book. It is not in two parts like other reviewers have apparently experienced.
It was an entertaining book, good pace and fairly well written. The story was a bit far fetched, and a lot of the science was made up or exaggerated, but I didn't mind that so much. - it's fiction and you just have to go with it and enjoy it.
But I agree with other reviewers that it is rather black and white: The Americans are the heroes against a mostly all, either evil or dumb/corrupt etc world of muslims and Russians.
The narrator was mostly very good, in all the non-accent parts - his voice is clear, easy and pleasant to listen to. But his range of accents is quite limited. He has no idea what a Turkish accent sounds like, which was a bit annoying since the book has quite a lot of Turkish characters. His British accent was terrible as was his Italian.
All in all I would probably still recommend this book as an entertaining listen.
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- T
- 01-12-16
Jack Reacher with less muscles
Easy to follow a combination of the strong characters and nuration. Would def recommend for anyone who likes a a reluctant hero and self sacrifice .
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- Daisy
- 08-12-16
Captivating
Excellent book - intelligent and exciting. English accents are laughably bad, but barely feature. I'd recommend to everyone
5 people found this helpful
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- chris rayner
- 05-09-16
Superb
Quite possibly the best book I have ever read/listened to. Once started I couldn't stop !
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- Timedout
- 24-07-16
Frustratingly long winded
Started well but the excessive detail became boring and it felt like the author was showboating.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-11-16
The story keeps you on tender hooks
Because this type of story (action with graphic violent bits) & style of writing (paucity of in depth psych portrayal) isn't my favourite type for me personally, I could have given this book a 4. However I didn't think that would be at all fair. It really is more than worthy of a 5. The author was very knowledgeable about his various subjects, from cultures, to geography, to medicine & numerous other stand points. He was able to take me, the reader into the story. The many near misses were numerous ( a bit too many by the end) & left me quickly turning the page to see what happened next. A good read.
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- Phillip
- 28-10-16
Amazing Story from start to finish :)
I loved every moment of this book, what a performance by Christopher Ragland two thumbs up. Terry Hayes totally amazing, I never wanted the book to end, please tell me you are working on another one ?
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- Vivienne L. Ashley
- 02-09-16
Brilliant - and I'm difficult to please!
Best thriller this year. So well written and well narrated. Highly recommended. Couldn't stop listening.
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- Stephen
- 01-09-16
Gripping book that takes you on a journey
From the initial chapters you would never imagine where this book will take you. Utterly gripping. Highly recommend
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- Sage-Lady
- 29-08-16
Brilliant
I loved this book. Characters were well written. Plot wove around wonderfully. Enjoyed every minute of the 22 plus hours.
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- felicity
- 09-01-14
Why is it not the whole book?
What disappointed you about I Am Pilgrim, Volume 1?
Why I was not told it was just half the book, where is the volume 2?
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
The plot was fantastic, but very sad it stopped when it did. I would like to know when volume 2 is available so I can write the review it deserves.
Have you listened to any of Christopher Ragland’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I don't tend to remember the narrators names, but will keep an ear out for Christopher
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from I Am Pilgrim, Volume 1?
None, I would just like to listen to volume 2.
Any additional comments?
I would like to know when volume 2 is available and why it has been chopped in half? without revealing this to very loyal customers. I feel a little pissed off as I am very keen to know what happens. He is an Australian author so not quite understanding why it is not all available.
6 people found this helpful
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- Amanda
- 03-01-14
WHERE IS VOLUME 2?
Audible should make the buyer aware that only half the book is available to download before they download the first half. Who reads half a book? Its available on the uk site. What, are we expected to sign up there and pay them too? Shoddy service audible!
5 people found this helpful
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- Tony
- 12-01-14
Where is the rest of the story
What disappointed you about I Am Pilgrim, Volume 1?
I feel defrauded. Half a story, and I can't even buy the second half.
I have to go and buy the paperback version now.
How could the performance have been better?
Give us the WHOLE book. I'm happy to pay for it, but it's not even available.
Hoe can you release half a book?
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Loving the story, Disappointed in Audible
Any additional comments?
Warn purchasers that it is only half of the story, and the other half isn't available
7 people found this helpful
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- Vikon
- 27-05-14
Highly Entertaining
If you could sum up I Am Pilgrim, Volume 1 in three words, what would they be?
Expansive mystery with lots of background.
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
The plot was filled with background stories about all the characters. It was clear the author hoped to have all these various incidents somehow come together in the end, which they do. Unfortunately, this abundance of character information does not make the central plot about a threat to America any more original or interesting than many other books in the genre. The book is very well written and entertaining throughout, but one always has the feeling that one's heard it all before. The author is Australian and it shows, with more than the usual number of passing references to Australia, which is fine. However, the main character is American and little things in the book are obvious Australianisms, like "ring off" instead of "hang up" or "call around" instead of "stop by." It's a little bit annoying and the American editor should be taken to task for not picking up on it. In the end, this book reads like a movie with all the parts left in that won't be there when they do make a film of it.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
Unfortunately for an audio book the narrator was the worst thing about this selection. His reading is fine, and he's very listenable. However, he is way too youthful to sound like the main character, which rendered the first person narrative wholly unbelievable. It's not the narrator's fault he was totally mis-cast. Also, his Australian accent was laughably bad. His foreign accents were no more authentic. If the producers of this audio book wanted to turn the book into a cartoon, they succeeded by using this narrator.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. I did, however, listen to it with interest and I did not listen to anything else at the same time. It kept me entertained for about 5 days.
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- Rhoxane Ῥωξάνη
- 24-03-22
Captivating
Great story, excellent performance.
Not normally my kind of read but I’ve got sucked in. Liked the ending as well.
Outstanding performance from the narrator, pleasant voice and everything. Great job .
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- Coenraad van Tonder
- 28-07-21
Exceptional!
Truly a ‘Best in Genre’ book. I was listening with attention every step of the way!
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- Ryan Fernandez
- 24-10-20
very enjoyable - gonna make a great movie
Gripping thriller, a little over the top in terms of realism. but thoroughly enjoyed it and the narration was 100% on point
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- Rowan Elsey
- 21-05-19
very well written, exciting all the way
Could hardly put this book down. Interesting plot from start to finish with many twists and turns along the way and some very creative ways out of the problems our protagonist face.
My only complaint, though very small, was some of the long winded side stories. Their length sometimes had me thinking "get on with it!".
Still five stars for the quality and detail this story went to.
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- Mike
- 22-03-19
Stopped listening a few hours in
After all Barry Eisler's books, this was terrible. Corny writing IMHO. Narrator pretty good if not a bitess tough sounding as the main character is supposed to be.
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- Eli
- 07-02-19
Good story...but wrong title.
If only the author decided to leave the 'Volume 1' out of books title, we would be much more content. The book stands as a complete story, and thus people wanting a followup would less disappointed. Bravo Mr Hayes.