The Loop

By: Ben Oliver

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Life inside The Loop - the futuristic death row for teens under 18 - is one long repetitive purgatory. But when news of the encroaching chaos in the outside world reaches the inmates and disorder begins to strike, the prison becomes the least of their worries. Perfect for fans of The Fifth Wave and The Darkest Minds.

It's Luka Kane's 16th birthday and he's been inside The Loop for over two years. Every inmate is serving a death sentence with the option to push back their execution date by six months if they opt into "delays", scientific and medical experiments for the benefit of the elite in the outside world.

But rumors of a war on the outside are spreading amonst the inmates, and before they know it, their tortuous routine becomes disrupted. The government issued rain stops falling. Strange things are happening to the guards. And it's not long until the inmates are left alone inside the prison. Were the chains that shackled Luka to his cell the only instruments left to keep him safe?

In a thrilling shift, he must overcome fellow prisoners hell-bent on killing him, the warden losing her mind, the rabid rats in the train tunnels, and a population turned into murderous monsters to try and break out of The Loop, save his family, and discover who is responsible for the chaos that has been inflicted upon the world.

©2020 Ben Oliver (P)2020 Recorded Books

AMAZING BOOK! GREAT NARRATOR!

The narrator was amazing, I had read this book previously when I was in 9th grade and enjoyed it so much. This narrator made the book even better than I remember

The Loop it was decent

The audiobook really helped me get through this but not to spoil the ending but it felt very inconclusive and lacked closure I did enjoy most of the book but idk was a second book really necessary

Interesting but full of flaws

Protagonist not like able, he continuously makes bad decisions and the ending is quite unsatisfying. As I stated the story was interesting and so was the world building but plot wise it really suffers. I begrudgingly gave it 3 stars but too much good work would not allow me to rate it lower.

Dark but riveting adventure

Wonderfully griping adventure with a main character that is wholly likeable. Excellent social commentary and all the more relevant as AI becomes ever more prominent in our lives.

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I couldn't "put this down" and because of it had to get all the books that follow. love the narrator!!