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By: Blake Crouch
Narrated by: Henry Levya
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Summary

''It's clear you're in the hands of a master storyteller' - Alex Michaelides

Upgrade is the mind-bending thriller from Blake Crouch, author of the bestselling Dark Matter and Recursion.. . .

‘You are the next step in human evolution . . .’

What if you were capable of more?

Your concentration was better, you could multitask quicker, read faster, memorize more, sleep deeper.

For Logan Ramsay, it’s happening. He’s beginning to see the world around him, even those he loves the most, in whole new ways.

He knows that it’s not natural, that his genes have been hacked. He has been targeted for an upgrade.

Logan’s family legacy is one he has been trying to escape for decades and it has left him vulnerable to attack. But with a terrifying plan in place to replicate his upgrade throughout the world’s population, he may be the only person capable of stopping what has already been set in motion.

To win this war against humanity Logan will now have to become something other than himself . . .

Intricately plotted and epic in scope, Upgrade asks us to ponder the limits of our humanity – and our boundless potential. Are you ready for the impossible?

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'Amazingly gripping and totally immersive' - Diana Gabaldon, author of the
Outlander series

'Blake Crouch has invented his own brand of page-turner - fearlessly genre-bending, consistently surprising, and determined to explode the boundaries of what a thriller can be' - Karin Slaughter, author of
Pieces of Her

'Blake Crouch doesn't pull any punches in this taut and evocative examination of what humanity really is - and how it fails us' - Veronica Roth, author of Chosen Ones and Divergent

©2022 Blake Crouch (P)2022 Penguin Random House LLC
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Inspirational

Thought inspiring story. Recommended
It would be great to see this brought to life in a film.

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Ok but ‘by the numbers’

I finished this, and enjoyed it in parts, but sadly found it difficult to really engage with the story or characters.

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Why isn't this longer?

it's perfect but I want more. His fabulous style and compelling story loved every minute

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Blooming brilliant

Looking forward to see what Amblin do with this for sure. I am a recent discoverer of Mr Crouch and I can’t get enough, I love his mind. A great ride of a book that got me thinking.

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For all the potential it doesn’t go anywhere special

It’s an action book with all the action dumped in the second part leaving us with these bland characters you’re meant to engage with. Dialog is not crouches strong suite it seem. The theme of genetic mutation and updates is a very good one but it goes down the path of something unexciting. It includes many hard science info dumps which adds not one thing but to stall.

It’s fast paced and interesting enough for you to blast through it with a couple thought provoking questions. I’ll give it that.

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Blake Crouch does it again

Awesome and intriguing premise, with cool science and an over-arching moral dilemma. Excellent work.

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It was ok. Just ok. Interesting concept.


For some reason, it just didnt grab me like some of his other works. Loved Run and Wayward Pines. This started off well and had some very interesting concepts, but ended up a litlle dull. Not bad. Just not quite up to his normal standard. Still worth a listen and very well narrated.

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Wonderful

My first Blake Crouch novel. Loved it! Sci fi but with depth and meaning!

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Yet another amazing story from Blake Crouch

Between Dark Matter, Recursion and now this, Crouch is cementing himself as the king of Hard-Fi. Immensely well researched and not dumbed down stories that are enticing and moreish. Excellently narrated by Henry Levya. the only frustration is waiting for the next book!

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Great book

interesting topic, he is definitely onto something here! I enjoyed it abd think it will make a great film.

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