Something No One Knows

By: Joshua Gayou

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne, Vikas Adam, Khristine Hvam

From the award-winning author of the Commune series and All Gifts Bestowed comes this mind-bending new science fiction novel.

As a high school sophomore, Aiden Kelly's biggest problems should be his failing grades, his abusive father, being a self-proclaimed loner, or getting pummeled by the football team. Instead, Aiden's number one dilemma is a guy named Tony, a senior who seems to know all sorts of things that should be impossible to know.

Oh, and he may also be a sociopath. So, you know: No. Big. Deal.

When Aiden crosses Tony's path in the vice-principal's office, they form a mysterious connection, and only Tony knows the truth about it. But as their friendship grows, the strings of destiny tying their lives together slowly begin to unravel with deadly consequences.

Now, Aiden must decide which is worse: to return to his degenerate, loner existence, or experience the friendship of a lifetime - where one of them might not survive.

With a heavy foot grounded in realism and characters that leap out of the audio, Something No One Knows is perfect for fans of The OA, Sense8, and The Butterfly Effect.

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Worth the wait!

I was concerned due to the slow start and the other reviews. But wow! I’m so glad I hung in there once the story picked up it was really worth the wait. The performances were great also.

On and on I listened

Interesting most of the time but tediously drawn out and almost boring. I ploughed thro some rather than exciting and well written stuff to get truely over the continual shifts and changes to plot and characters towards the end. Probably got more out of the ending - well relief the craziness and drawn out whatever was over

Moving, Feeling Will Be Had

I have come to love the writing style of Josh Gayou. Has a way of making character development interesting. His style is usually in a first person narrative format and when he does that he shines. This book is not Commune or Udo the Digger. This book is about people and it has an interesting scifi twist that doesn't overshadow the characters who you will empathize with. Gayou taps into all of our formative years in high school. He adds a coming of age story that at times feels so personal I wanted to tell the character it would be OK. Just as I started to empathize with Aidan and worried he would become a school shooter, in came Tony. I felt for Tony. His last letter to Karen was amazing. As I fell into the writing and the heartbreak excellently narrated by the trio of actors(actress) I was surprised how much I needed to hear more about them to make sure they made it.

It isnt a simple story. It is deep, beautiful, and deserves the credit it is due. Josh Gayou's stories are inventive and human, which is what draws me to his characters, even those as alien as Udo or as sociopathic as Jake.

I would give this book 10 stars if I could.

Powerful coming of age tale

There are books that you should read (or listen to), and this is certainly one of them.

My review

The book struggles from a slow beginning and a very poor ending. Everything in between was fantastic but it just seems that it crawled over the finish line at the very end.