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Whalefall

By: Daniel Kraus
Narrated by: Sam Stafford
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Summary

Jay Gardiner has given himself a fool's errand: to find the remains of his deceased father in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. He knows it's a long shot, but Jay feels it's the only way for him to lift the weight of guilt he has carried since his dad's death the previous year.

The dive begins well enough, but the sudden appearance of a giant squid puts Jay in very real jeopardy, made infinitely worse by the arrival of a sperm whale looking to feed. Suddenly, Jay is caught in the squid's tentacles and drawn into the whale's mouth where he is pulled into the first of its four stomachs. He quickly realizes he has only one hour before his oxygen tanks run out - one hour to defeat his demons and escape the belly of a whale.
©2023 Daniel Kraus (P)2023 Bonnier Books UK
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Remorse, regret and forgiveness - via a whale

Interesting story- as much about loss and regret but ultimately forgiveness and love. Well read - the kind of book that you feel is better suited to audible. I enjoyed it a lot and was less interested with the practicalities of his attempted escape and more with the father/son relationship. Definitely worth a listen.

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concept

I loved the ups and downs of emotions, not knowing how he was going to escape

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Defo Recommend

Selected this book based on other reviews. Initially thought it wasn’t for me but soon got hooked! Narrator amazingly good!

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imersive story telling

quick paced story telling, the inner conflicts of a father&son relationship, the imersive and descriptive narration of the story that unfolds told by the narrator bring life to the authors words. thoroughly enjoyable book. I would recommend this audible book.

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Could've easily been a 2000-word short story

Pointless and protracted plot, but the narrator was decent.
An annoying and selfish protagonist who has always had a deep-seated hatred for his father for no apparent reason gets swallowed by a whale 🤷
That's literally it.
Had to listen to the whole thing at 1.5x speed and the last few hours at 2x speed.
It could have been, and should have been, a very short story, 20mins at the most.
Won't be listening to this again. Ever.

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