When I read this book for the first time, I though I might end up being a bit disappointed and maybe even offended as a female reader. I am not a fan of prankster characters nor of cruel sarcasm & snark, but I do love a character who makes snarky observations about the world. The tone of the protagonist's "voice" is so central, that even just a passably decent narrator could have ruined what I love about it. And yet I was also afraid that it would be, but would be done badly. It was something that I kept hoping would be made into audio.
SUMMARY: I own an old paperback copy of this book. Real Rating = 4.5* SciFi Novel that achieves the author's objective of "mixing rapid fire fun with challenging ideas" BOOK DETAILS: The Practice Effect by David Brin, read by Andy Caploe, published by Audible Studios (2012) / Length: 12 hrs 16 min SERIES INFO: This book is standalone and not part of any series. The Postman movie/screenplay was an unmitigated disaster and I would have loved to have seen The Uplift War or Startide Rising made into a GOOD film. I am disappointed that the only Brin novel that ever made it to film was the Postman. I enjoyed Dennis's Wright Brothers moment. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? The narration did not distract from the story.
What about Andy Caploe’s performance did you like? I am very happy that this book finally came out in audio and pleased that the narration was good and did not distract from what I consider an amazing story. Over the next couple of years I read all of Brin's novels and The Practice Effect is my favorite with Startide Rising coming in a close second. Would you listen to The Practice Effect again? Why?Ībsolutely! 20 years ago I discovered an amazing new world in the Uplift novels and like an unsupervised child with a bag of halloween candy, I devoured them.
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