The Premonition
A Pandemic Story
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The Premonition
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Narrated by:
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Adenrele Ojo
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By:
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Michael Lewis
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
'It's a foreboding,' she said. 'A knowing that something is looming around the corner. Like how when the seasons change you can smell fall in the air right before the leaves change and the wind turns cold.'
In January 2020, as people started dying from a new virus in Wuhan, China, few really understood the magnitude of what was happening. Except, that is, a small group of scientific misfits who in their different ways had been obsessed all their lives with how viruses spread and replicated - and with why the governments and the institutions that were supposed to look after us, kept making the same mistakes time and again.
This group saw what nobody else did. A pandemic was coming. We weren't prepared.
The Premonition is the extraordinary story of a group who anticipated, traced and hunted the coronavirus; who understood the need to think differently, to learn from history, to question everything; and to do all of this fast, in order to act, to save lives, communities, society itself. It's a story about the workings of the human mind; about the failures and triumphs of human judgment and imagination. It's the story of how we got to now.
©2021 Michael Lewis (P)2021 Penguin AudioWhat listeners say about The Premonition
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- Anonymous User
- 28-09-2024
Didnt love the narration
It was too paused and read like a children’s book. I liked the story, found it interesting but I also felt it jumped a lot without notice.
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- Frustrated
- 30-05-2021
Narration was boring
Good story, pity about the narration, Worst narrated book I have heard. Won't be buying anymore she narrates
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- David
- 14-05-2021
Great story, Poor narration
After listening to the first chapter of this book on Michael’s podcast I set out to download it straight away. I started listening and had to double check that I had downloaded the correct title. The narration of this book was very disappointing, particularly after hearing Michael Lewis read the first chapter.
The story itself is very well written and keeps you listening for what is happening next. It still a very worthy listen/ read. After a while you become used to the drone of the voice and just accept it.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-07-2021
At 1.5 speed, the narration is lovely.
Not Lewis, sure, but still listenable.
The pandemic modelling on U.S.A. school density and transportation makes far more sense on why schools were closed on the assumption that children would be better vectors of disease than adults as is often the case with colds and influenza. Australian schools are not quite the same, but also, while SARS-CoV-2 isn't spread like influenza, it makes far more sense why schools were closed. It also explains why they will be closed next influenza pandemic.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-04-2022
Good book, terrible automated reading
Shame because the book and story is excellent. Very timely but the audio really takes away from the experience
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- Anonymous User
- 16-05-2023
Ruined by a bad narrator
What makes it even worse is that I can picture Lewis reading the book himself, the writing screams to be read in the authors own voice.
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- Brenton cullen
- 01-06-2021
The right leaders are required
Great book and shows how it is necessary for leaders to get out of the way and let the teams do their work. If the main people had the right leaders the out come would have been different.
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- Philippa Foster
- 01-02-2022
Riveting and scary story
loved this book ,it could have been such a dry subject but it raced along like the best detective fiction.Some truly remarkable personal stories and a damning indictment of the USA pandemic response .
The narrators rhythm was a bit off putting but not enough to spoil this great listen
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- Anonymous User
- 10-08-2022
interesting, very detailed
an explanation about how it all went wrong in America's response to the Covid pandemic.
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- Adam
- 10-05-2024
Fascinating Deconstruction
Such great characters, set up to fail by a flawed system made for compelling listening.
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