Metropolitan

The Metropolitan Series, Book 1

By: Walter Jon Williams

Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller

Aiah has fought her way out of poverty and discovers a limitless source of plasm, the mysterious substance that powers the world-city. Her discovery soon involves her with Constantine, the charismatic, dangerous, seductive revolutionary who plans to overthrow the government and upend the cosmic order.

©2012 Walter Jon Williams (P)2019 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Riveting!

Thoroughly enjoyable, kept making excuses to go for walks so I could listen more. Emily Woo Zeller did a fantastic job bringing the characters to life!

Alright premise, but poor execution

The plot seemed interesting enough but the narrator was not a good pick.

Her voice was too airy and soft spoken and I found myself constantly wondering off. I had to restart the book around 6 times because she didn't hold my attention and I kept getting lost.

Just didn’t care; not reading the sequel

Had a hard time getting into this. Barely finished. The world, the characters, and even the reading. Nothing clicked. Finished it. The end got a tad more interesting, but it wad really just a huge world being built that never went anywhere. Very, very small desire to read the sequel even knowing it was award nominated.

Not a bad read

Good story and well read.
The gratuitous sexual parts did nothing to move the story forward and could have been left out

Too long for my taste

The story felt thin, cutting it down to two thirds would have improved it.