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Year One
- Chronicles of The One, Book 1
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Series: Chronicles of The One, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER (December 2017)
A stunning novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts - Year One is an epic of hope and horror, chaos and magick, and a journey that will unite a desperate group of people to fight the battle of their lives...
It began on New Year’s Eve.
The sickness came on suddenly, and spread quickly. The fear spread even faster. Within weeks, everything people counted on began to fail them. The electrical grid sputtered; law and government collapsed - and more than half of the world’s population was decimated.
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- Bresee
- 01-05-20
Ahhhh finally! A book that hooked me!!!
I've been looking for a book like this. one that grabs you right from the get, all the was thro till the very end. This is a well written novel with fantastic characters!!! A few of the characters had me rolling Everytime they had a dialogue. I'm starting book two and was literally up ALL NIGHT finishing book one... There was really only one con, several parts, for me, were a little predictable. However I didn't take any stars of for the bc I felt the book made up for that in many other way but mostly bc, I'm just very very good at predicting story lines. It baffles my husband. So I realized that not everyone is going to find those part predictable like I did. Like the main villain, had him pegged right off the bat. But maybe many others won't see it coming so idk.
Anywho, can't wait to get started on book two... If you like video games, let me put it this way, if Fallout and Skyrim had a book baby, this would be it. GOOD STUFF!
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- T. Mirandi
- 11-11-19
The story has zero depth
I’m baffled how this story has such good reviews. The author follows way too many people to add depth to any of them in order to care for the characters. And for a Post-apocalyptic world, everyone seems to have everything they need and everyone with the correct profession to utilize those supplies. What a miraculous safe haven!
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- Kelly M
- 06-05-19
Wonderful listen & story
NUMBER OF HEARTS: 5
When the end of the world happens what will you do. Will you take it sitting down? Will you hide and hope it passes you by? Or will you fight with every fiber of your being?
Year One takes us on an amazing journey of the people of the world as they face the end of the world. We meet so many characters along the road, some will be allies and some will be enemies. The question will be can they figure out who is who before it is to late.
This is was a wonderful book. Nora Roberts is a great world and character building. I am very much looking forward to the next two installment in this series.
This was the first book I have listened to that was narrated by Julia Whelan. Julia did a wonderful job of bringing the characters to life for me. I love when a narrator is able to narrate a book and it feels like I am in the story.
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I purchased this audiobook and this review is my own opinion and not a paid review.
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- Lizzystick
- 03-07-19
Umm...not for me
I like a lot of dystopian books/movies and even some fantasy fiction but I do believe a dystopian novel should have some element of "this can in possibly happen in my lifetime" to it , well, when you add in Magik's (magical people) and Fairies into it you lose me. They just didn't fit with the scenario in my opinion, I think they took away from the story instead of adding. I Tried twice to listen to this book because of the good reviews but I just couldn't finish it.
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- Leslie W.
- 12-24-18
Best book I have read in a long time!
I hesitated over this book for so long. I just did not think that I would like a dystopian future novel. But I was very very wrong. It took me a day and a half to finish book 1 and I’m now on book 2. I hope she has a book 3 coming out in the next 24 hours or I’m gonna be very upset. This is great writing and great narration. Well done.
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- Tracey
- 06-15-20
1 part scifi, 4 parts hippy housekeeping
can't finish. not for the true sci fi fans. a lot of emotional chatter about setting up homes, boring.
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- Crowd of Nevadans
- 08-28-19
Don’t listen to bad reviews
This book is slightly YA , but it is an interesting mix and well done
I really liked it
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- Kit C
- 12-20-17
If you like The Stand you’ll wonder why you didn’t just re-read that
As someone who loves a good story about the apocalypse and supernatural forces, I enjoyed this book simply (and only) based on those attributes. The story was absolutely derivative, in fact several plot points almost felt like fan fiction versions of The Stand (I’ve read The Stand at least six times, trust me on this point). It was totally obvious to anyone with half a brain what the major plot points would be (who would live/die, etc). I did like the addition of the overt supernatural forces and beings, but the supernatural aspects of the world felt very poorly developed and relied heavily on tropes. So far in this series there’s nothing original or even compelling about the story, but it was vaguely entertaining the way you find an innocuous Hallmark Christmas movie to be pleasantly generic background noise while wrapping Xmas gifts. With all that said, I will most likely get the second in the series because I enjoy pleasantly generic background noise on my commute and I like the topic.
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- Kitty
- 12-07-17
Magical Apocalypse "Lite"
I would give this about 2.5 stars if possible.
I am a Nora Roberts fan but not a romance fan. She is one of the very few authors in that genre that I will read. Fantasy/Horror type genres are much more up my alley. So I was pretty excited when I saw that Nora Roberts was releasing a book that was more to my usual tastes.
I REALLY wanted to like this book more. But I found it rather underwhelming.
Now, I wasn't expecting a lot of explicit violence and gory details. But.
It is very much in the vein of iconic books like The Stand or Swan Song. There were even shades of The Walking Dead, in setting more than in the zombie apocalypse sense. The fact is that this was one of the most boring apocalypse scenarios that I've ever read.
The story is told from rather a distant POV. We get very little of the nitty gritty detail of what it would actually be like to live through end-of-the-world-via-plague like you get in The Stand or even TWD. We have the same exit from New York scenario that is standard fare, but apart from a rather awkwardly-worked-in single scene, it's nothing like the harrowing journeys that make you really feel you are by the character's side, and bond with them, and root for them. You get no sense of the daily reality of what it is actually like to LIVE in a post-apocalyptic world.
The same can be said of the "magical" element. People seem to mostly take it for granted that wow, suddenly now people are sprouting wings and hurling fireballs. It's all very ho-hum. The reaction is similar to what you might expect if suddenly discovering a talent for painting, or playing the trumpet. I tell you, if I suddenly sprouted wings and discovered that I was in fact a human-sized faerie, it'd have a hell of lot more impact on my life, my way of thinking about the word and interacting with it!
Then, there seems to be little actual point to the appearance of all this magical ability. It doesn't play much of a part in the story, other than as a dividing wedge between "normals" and "uncanny". We don't get any kind of intimate insights into how it changes people or changes the situation.
Maybe the way this book was written has to do with Nora Robert's usual fanbase and the kind of writing and subject matter they are used to. That's not a put-down, but I generally don't go to NR for gritty realism and heart-pounding adventure. It's kind of like an "Apocalypse Lite" kind of story. Which is understandable and fine if that's what they were shooting for. If the story is geared toward drawing in readers who aren't normally Nora Roberts fans, then not so much.
Seeing as this is her first book dealing with this kind of subject matter I'm still willing to try the next book. Hopefully it will be a bit deeper as far as connecting me to the characters and making me really believe I am experiencing the story along with them.
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- Dalinah Hluboky
- 05-29-19
Awful narrator
I had to stop listening at Chapter 7. The narrator makes every male character sound like a bad impersonation of an “old man”. I also found the characters to be weak and underdeveloped. Sorry, but I can’t with this one.
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- Simon
- 09-30-18
The Chick-lit, the Witch and the World's End.
You've got to give Nora Roberts credit here, she has attempted to pull together a novel fusion of chick-lit, modern urban fantasy and an apocalypse. It wasn't really to my taste personally, I found the characters a little over-wrought and some of them come by their magical powers rather too easily. There is plenty of "she realised he was the one" and so on but to be fair it never really dominates or gets too extreme.
There are some good ideas here and some interesting characters which Roberts is suitably ruthless with to make for a credible post-apocalyptic novel.
Julia Whelan does a pretty decent job of the narration too and it looks like Roberts is ready to go steps further with the sequel which at the time of writing is due in December. I don't think that I am going to follow this series but if a fusion of chick-lit, and witches with magical powers set in an end of the world scenario appeals to you then it might be worth a try. I think on the other hand regular readers of fantasy might find frustrations here due to the unexplained magic and romance influences.
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- Mr
- 01-31-18
Unoriginal start and loses it way at the end.
The start is so much a rip 0ff of the Stand. A lot of characters getting together and then seem to drop them without reason (the best character being Fred)'
The ending seemed to set up a sequel but was very unsatisfying.
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- Simon Williams
- 02-02-18
A great listen
A thoroughly good listen. I'm looking for Year 2 as I listen to the last 5 minutes.
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- Karl
- 01-15-18
Not up to NR’s usual standard
Very disappointing storyline & character development. Have enjoyed NR’s books in the past and especially the Circle Trilogy & was hoping this would be an apocalypse/fantasy mashup but this book had no life, no depth to the characters or storyline. Will be returning it as would never listen again.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-01-18
Easy, cheesy listening.
Easy to listen to but I found it very cheesy and cringe worthy. The story line (so far) is an unoriginal post apocalyptic landscape meander. I won't be buying the second book to find out if it gets more interesting.
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- jj
- 01-28-18
Great story
Really enjoyed this book, good fast moving story with likable characters. Looking forward to the next one.
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- Ms. A. Allin
- 01-20-18
loved this book
the time flew by so quickly. it's a really good story and the reader enhanced my experience. I had quite a few sleepless nights after I just submerged myself into the story. it has horror, sadness, joy and love in it. some bits are really scary and I found them so disturbing that I would take a break for a day then go back to it. I really enjoyed the characters they were very true to human nature,. there were people who wanted to help each other and people filled with bitterness and hatred and people who were just really cruel for the sake of it! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! it's a book I would read again and again. I have done that with some of Steven kings books and all of John Connelly's and some of Christopher brookmyers books. I think there might be more books to follow just by the way the story ended. I really hope there are more!
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- Helga
- 06-06-19
Brilliant distraction
Some chapters and story timeline were rushed and a bit clumsily laid out in my opinion, with exceptionally cheesy characters and one liners. I sometimes got the feeling the author had come up with a story, made a detailed outline and then sat down and blurted it all out on the pages in front of her, possibly on a tight deadline. However, that didn't prevent me from enjoying it.
This audiobook was exactly what I needed - an easy and enjoyable listen. It's addictive and I was barely able to take my headphones off, and will definitely listen to the rest of this series. If you are like me and just want to be whisked away from the pressures of day-to-day life into a world of post-apocalyptic hopefulness and romance - and can overlook the occasional awkwardness - this audiobook is for you.
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- Rock Hyrax
- 03-15-21
How did this get into my library?
I saw one other review that was headed 'easy cheesy listening'. I disagree: it was annoying to listen to. It started well enough, but quickly descended into overblown emotions and people discovering they had magical powers (yawn). The premise could have worked if it was darker and grittier, but bar the sex scenes, I thought I was reading something aimed at children.
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- Smurph
- 10-01-19
Well written
Well written, and the narrator captured Lorna beautifully. I wasnt expecting a fantasy novel but I cannot wait to start Book 2
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- Adam Dixon
- 03-23-18
If you're looking for a good fantasy novel.
This was a tough one to get through. I was enamored with the synopsis! A mix of Stephen Kings - The Stand coupled with classic fantasy but It fell short. I found the dialog between characters cringe worthy, bordering on cliche. The conflict between Max and Eric and the subsequent conclusion of it was utterly boring.
The start of the book was pretty good if I'm honest but it went downhill so quickly. It became a young adults story. I say this because the dialog was incredibly cheesy. Even a MODERN fantasy novel can have characters that aren't speaking as if in a play. This is not a story i would recommend. It may be that I am a man and this is targeted towards the female audience. Still get some real fantasy folks.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-08-18
Not a dull moment
Loved this from start to finish, nothing like anything of he rs I have read in the past.
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- Heli Lahteela-Tabone
- 03-16-19
I guess if you enjoy dumb things
The beginning seemed promising with an interesting setting and a cool apocalyptic disease. Then it goes downhill from there. Everyone is either nightmarishly Evil (capital E) or nauseatingly Good. One of the protagonists annoyed me so much I couldn't finish the last two chapters that seemed to focus on her. Each time the plot shows promise of picking up or handling something interesting it devolves into sentimentality. Look if you enjoy... I don't know... relationshippy family novels and very black and white morality then maybe this is a way to dip into post-apocalyptic fantasy. I mainly picked it up hoping a female author would avoid the rape gangs trope in post-apocalyptic novels, but no such luck.
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- Sonia
- 12-12-17
Great book
This would have to rate as one of the best Nora Roberts books I have read.
Engaging characters and interesting story, with a twist on the end of the world story line.
I can't wait for the next one.
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- Lee
- 02-05-18
Awesome start to a new trilogy. ... can't wait for
Awesome start to a new trilogy. .... cant wait for the next book. makes one think.
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- Kevin Laundess
- 02-01-18
Great story, well written
I could not stop listening to this. Great narration and story telling.
Can not wait till book 2
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- Sandy lewis
- 07-08-18
Awesome
I Loved this book by Nora Roberts. It was very Interesting till the very end..
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- Shakya
- 06-07-19
Great story well told
Every now and then Nora Roberts writes a great story and this is one of them. Something a little different and most entertaining. Thoroughly enjoy both book one and two and eagerly await the third part.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-08-18
enjoyable
loved it looking forward to book 2 and seeing the story unfold in the future
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- Anonymous User
- 06-02-21
Disappointed
Reminded me of the walking dead but without the zombies. Don't think I will continue with following books
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