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The Family Experiment

By: John Marrs
Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Clifford Samuel, Eilidh Beaton, Joshua Riley, Justin Avoth, Thomas Judd, Nneka Okoye
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From the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and brilliant speculative thriller about families: real and virtual.

Some families are virtually perfect…

The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, the breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families, let alone raise them.

But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality TV show called The Substitute. It will follow ten couples as they raise a Virtual Child from birth to the age of eighteen but in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child, or risk it all for the chance of a real baby…

Set in the same universe as John Marrs's bestselling novel The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and twisted thriller about the ultimate Tamagotchi—a virtual baby.

©2024 John Marrs (P)2024 Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
Dystopian Family Life Technothrillers Exciting
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The ending...!!!

This ending could have gone so many different ways, and they picked the worst one. It should have left a cliffhanger; we didn't need the ending. Great performance and storytelling. I enjoyed this book and still recommend it.

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So astute about human experience

This author is so gifted at representing complex psychologies and encouraging readers/listeners to ask meaningful questions about what it means to be a parent ing and attachment, about “real” vs real life, and about deception in families and couples. So thoughtful, clever, and exciting to read ! S. LAMB (author, The Not Good Enough Mother)

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AMAZING!!!

John Marrs just out did himself which I thought was impossible! This book was outstanding! I am left speechless and have no idea what I can read /listen to next that could come close. LOVED IT!

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He’s done it again

Amazing book. How the author comes up with these stories is beyond me but loved the book and story lines and the performers

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Entertaining and written well!

This book has it all! it's modern, scandalous and written well. There are lots of characters and narrators to bring them to life. The plot is interesting and there is depth to the stories.

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Another amazing book!

John Marrs is an amazing writer and I love this book as well as the other books in this genre of his!

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Wow! Just wow!

This book is nothing short of brilliant. The twists and turns were beautifully written. The readers did a wonderful job. A must read for sure

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Fans of Black Mirror, enjoy!

I love this whole series. I read them all in order but I don't think you really have to.

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Exceptional: like a movie

This was like a movie with a perfect ending that wasn’t a bow but rather a series of little gifts. People reaping what they sowed and those who suffered finding each other or themselves. All the connections at the end was exquisite. Sadly, this is a perfect depiction of humans, they claim high morals, while feeding off of the suffering of others. I could see so-called reality TV such as this coming to fruition and it’s horrifying. This is a must read

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Master story teller

It was a great book. Oh my God it kept you on the edge of your seat. I read it in two sittings and that’s only because I had to work. Thank you Mr. Mars can’t wait until I believe it’s January 2025.

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