The Prediction

By: Faith Gardner

Narrated by: Raquel Beattie

A new marriage. A perfect home. A machine that says it’s all a lie. Welcome to Silicon Valley, where the weather is perfect, the income is high … and Rowena Snyder is miserable. A transplant from New York, Rowena moved into her husband Jacob’s idyllic childhood home with their new baby. But suburbia isn’t Rowena’s cup of Starbucks. And she’s got serious anxiety and depression to boot. Jacob, worried about their marriage, scores a new product currently in beta testing from his tech job: Maxine, a “digital friend” that bonds with an individual by continually gathering their personal data. Along with functioning like an upscale digital assistant, Maxine has “advice” and “prediction” modes that have shown promise for patients with mental health issues. To Rowena’s shock, the device turns out to be not just helpful, but eerily accurate, predicting events before they occur. It’s a godsend until Maxine offers a series of increasingly bone-chilling predictions that will change Rowena’s life forever. This domestic suspense novel set in a near-future dystopia asks, who do you trust more—your mind, your man, or your machine?

©2022 Faith Gardner (P)2023 Faith Gardner

I had so much hope but it was bad

I saw a tik tok review and was super excited to read this book but was super disappointed. I love the voice of the narrator and the way the story started but it just took a turn that was bad and made the sorry just awful. The random hints at things never came together so therefore were pointless. Not a good book

Loved it

A little predictable in some parts, but overall an amazing story. The end was a little weird, but I like weird

My first audiobook and I’m glad I chose it

I can’t say I had anything I disliked. I went in with low expectations and was extremely surprised. I didn’t see where the story was going, it was a new fun story line, and I had a hard time pausing between chapters. It was so interesting. I’ll suggest those that like books like gone girl.

Not predictable but not great

Ending felt abrupt but the concept was interesting. Boring characters and too many red herrings.

The title

I thought it was good, not a wow book but it kept my interest, it all came together in the end which I thought was great