Ark

Couldn’t Finish

Slow and boring! The narrator’s voice was so slow it could have put me to sleep. With 20 minutes left, I was so irritated I just abandoned it. I don’t know how it ends, and I really don’t care! Hoping the others in this series are better than this one.....😴😑

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OMG let me save you an hour of your life

this is not a spoiler because this story is horrible.

it's the end of the world and humanity has evacuated to another planet at the last minute someone discovers a new flower the end.

how does garbage like this get curated? is it the idea of curating to select good stories for a collection? dammit?

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boring

Unfortunately it was a snore fest.
However if you'd like a nap I recommend this.
Bye bye

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Good, but nothing special

I enjoyed listening to this book. I especially recommend it to anyone who is interested in flowers. the narrative was pleasant, but there was little driving the plot forward. I would be interested to explore other books by this author.

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All Too Short, But Satisfying

Veronica Roth’s Ark, her contribution to the Forward collection, is perhaps the most emotive and well-developed character study of the things I’ve read from her. I enjoyed the Divergent series as an adult, enough so that I was disappointed the movies never completed the story even as the movie adaptations managed to disappoint in the liberties taken with the narrative. In only a small handful of pages (under two hours of audiobook), Roth succeeded in capturing a particularly satisfying, somber snapshot of the world weeks away from an unavoidable apocalypse.

As an asteroid approaches the planet, sure to make it uninhabitable for humanity, we join Samantha and a small group of orphan scientists in Svalbard, Norway where they are cataloging and collecting biological samples of as much plant life as can be salvaged. A similar project is simultaneously taking place in Australia, focused on animal life. These small pockets of humanity are all that remain on an evacuated Earth. The rest of the human population had already left aboard generation ships, while those dedicated to the flora and fauna catalog risk everything by remaining until only a matter of a few weeks until impact. As the time approaches to say goodbye, we manage to feel some small amount of the desolation and loss through the quality of Roth’s storytelling.

Evan Rachel Wood’s narration is spectacular. Her voice easily capturing the interwoven tone of sadness and hope of this short tale. I’d honestly love to hear her narrating more audiobooks. She’s got a terrific range and capacity to bring characters to life.

Excellent

I loved it. I loved the characters and the story. I can't wait to listen to more in this series. The narration was excellent also.

Would love this to be a fully developed novel

I like the premise well enough that I would have liked to have seen a fully developed novel out of this storyline. The small taste is good enough that I will try out the author's other works.

Uhm... no

It was slow, I had to bump it up to 1.5 to get through it, in pacing and in performance. I am not sure how this story got included the set as I did not see a bit of tech that went awry. If it wasn’t free I would return it.

It was good

It was a cute will story. Explores the theme of loss and what there is to live for over the motif of the world about to end. Simple and enjoyable. The performance was solid.

Feelings

This book makes you wonder how would you fell when you know the world is going to end? What thoughts will go through your mind.