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The Plot

By: Jean Hanff Korelitz
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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Hailed as "breathtakingly suspenseful," Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive listen about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.

Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he’s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what’s left of his self-respect; he hasn’t written - let alone published - anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn’t need Jake’s help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as typical amateur narcissism. But then...he hears the plot.

Jake returns to the downward trajectory of his own career and braces himself for the supernova publication of Evan Parker’s first novel: But it never comes. When he discovers that his former student has died, presumably without ever completing his book, Jake does what any self-respecting writer would do with a story like that - a story that absolutely needs to be told.

In a few short years, all of Evan Parker’s predictions have come true, but Jake is the author enjoying the wave. He is wealthy, famous, praised and read all over the world. But at the height of his glorious new life, an email arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: You are a thief, it says.

As Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from his readers and his publishers, he begins to learn more about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him. Who was Evan Parker, and how did he get the idea for his “sure thing” of a novel? What is the real story behind the plot, and who stole it from whom? Crime Thrillers Psychological Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime Exciting Suspense Student
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I thought I had worked out the twist in this novel less than half way through it but I kept hoping I was wrong and it couldn’t be that obvious. I wasn’t and it was which was so disappointing. I found the reader’s American accent a bit irritating .

Disappointing

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I did enjoy this book, despite it being very similar to another novel I read recently, YELLOWFACE. And I also guessed the twist, which is pretty obvious from about halfway through. And the reading for me was terrible. It sounds like a computer voice with the internation in peculiar places - that almost put me off from finishing it.

Same plot as YELLOWFACE?

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This is one of those books that you immediately want to recommend to others. Sort of like the story itself. It is well written page turner that although dealing with different, but connected, stories does it well and you don't lose the thread. An easy read which, considering the complexity of the "plot", is admirable. The narrator was OK though not my best. I couldn't resist trying to find out if the author had any connection with Helene Hanff (such an unusual name) of "84 Charing Cross Road" fame and discovered that she is indeed her cousin. In case you are also wondering.

Nice complex plot, well written.

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Absolutely loved this book. I normally don’t like books about writers but this totally changed my mind. It was so well told. I was hooked within the first 10 mins and finished it in a couple of days (I normally listen to a book over the course of a month.

A gripping tale

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This was the book in my works book club. Was told that the book was thrilling, but honestly it was very simplistic and guessed the end after not that long. It’s definitely an easy read.
The narrators voice was awful and sounded like a computer which is probably what ruined the story the most. It was a real struggle seeing this through.

Guessed the end - awful narrators voice

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