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The Remedy

By: Suzanne Young
Narrated by: Rebekkah Ross
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Can one girl take on so many identities without losing her own? Find out in this riveting companion to The Program and the New York Times best-selling The Treatment.

In a world before The Program...

Quinlan McKee is a closer. Since the age of seven, Quinn has held the responsibility of providing closure to grieving families with a special skill - she can become anyone.

Recommended by grief counselors, Quinn is hired by families to take on the short-term role of a deceased loved one between the ages of 15 and 20. She's not an exact copy, of course, but she wears their clothes and changes her hair, studies them through pictures and videos, and soon Quinn can act like them, smell like them, and be them for all intents and purposes. But to do her job successfully, she can't get attached.

Now 17, Quinn is deft at recreating herself, sometimes confusing her own past with those of the people she's portrayed. When she's given her longest assignment, playing the role of Catalina Barnes, Quinn begins to bond with the deceased girl's boyfriend. But that's only the beginning of the complications, especially when Quinn finds out the truth about Catalina's death. And the epidemic it could start.

©2015 Suzanne Young (P)2015 Simon & Schuster

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Book hangover!

Now that I've read all three, this is really still swirling in my head! I couldn't put it down and really wish it wasn't over!!

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Wow! Simply dreadful.

Apparently the previous reviewer and I did not read the same book. This book was ridiculous (in a bad way).

It shouldn't be too hard to suspend disbelief with sci fi/speculative fiction/whatever you want to call it, but I couldn't.

The premise was absurd: teens doing hard-core role play as the dead child of whatever family they've been assigned to, so the parents can gain "closure" (in a couple of days). But the parents are supposed to alternately believe the "closer" is their kid but also realize they are not. Further absurdity ensues in that the closer is in danger of literally forgetting who s/he is from this immersion into the dead person's life for a couple of days. Please. The author tries to get us to buy this premise--this extreme danger to the closure by making up a bunch of rules the closers have to follow (e.g., one assignment a month) and telling us of others who have completely forgotten who they are, and constantly shoving it down the reader's throat to try to convince us. But I wasn't buying it.

I enjoyed the author's previous books, and this one was well written with an interesting storyline, characters, good audio narrator, so I kept listening. But always in the back of my mind was the thought of many different things that the author could have done to make this book work, which led to thoughts of "Uh, didn't her beta readers think this was silly? Didn't her editor say, 'well, why don't you try X instead?'"

Not sure why I'm bashing this one so hard when I really should have tried to save people from Perfected by Kate Jarvik Birch, because that one was one of the worst I've ever listened to--to the point I had contempt for the author for writing such tripe and the publisher for publishing it and didn't want to spend another 30 minutes suffering by writing down all the reasons to avoid that wretched book.

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Wow!

I loved it! Not only did I love the story but the narration as well. One of the best audiobooks I've listened to.

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must have

perfect. kept me listening. a great book for my kids and I to share. thank you

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Interesting story!

This was a great book! Kept me intrigued the entire time. It was different than the average teenage fiction story being published today. I highly suggest it.

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  • 06-01-15

Fans of The Program Won't be Disappointed!

I bought this prequel to The Program series on a pre-sale and anxiously awaited its release. What is always hard with a new book in a series is comparing it to other well loved books which is somewhat unfair. At first I wasn't sure I was going to like it. As the author has said, this book is the "same world" as The Program but a different story. It was new and different with a very intriguing plot that stands alone nicely. The author really understands the teenaged voice without alienating an adult audience. There were many nods towards the future story, so I spent a lot of time thinking, "OH! So that is why..." which was lots of fun. The most fun was the patented Suzanne Young "turn everything you think you know on its head" twist. Delicious!

The hard part now is waiting for the next book in the series. Write faster, Suzanne Young!

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This story is full of twists and turns. Loved every second of it.

It is a totally submerging story. Highly recommend the read. Hard to put down. You won’t want to stop reading every page, and the character is compelling.

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Absolutely Amazing!!

This is my absolute favorite book series! I have never felt such an honest connection to the characters and their stories as I have in these books. The story of Quinnlan is an absolutely beautiful one that is equally heartbreaking. You witness a girl struggle with her sense of identity while searching for a place where she can call home and feel safe. The story between her and deacon and frankly all of the characters is captivating and beautiful written. Definitely worth a listen and read as are all the other books in this series. These books will always hold a special place in my heart. They describe the importance of mental health and our memories beautifully and the terrifying realization of what we would be without them or if they were altered. Absolutely amazing. The reader for these stories also did an absolutely amazing job captivating the story and the characters. 10/10

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  • 11-08-22

Its ok if you have nothing else to listen to

The story is decent, but it's very romantically focused instead of on the story. Its like the author put a lot of detail into the sex scenes versus the rest of the story.
The performer also does amazingly offensive stereotypical voices for pocs and all her voices sounds the same.
Its meh overall.

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📖🤯

Very good book liked it better then the program. The book starts off good and finished even better!

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