Uncaged

The Singular Menace, Book 1

By: John Sandford, Michele Cook

Narrated by: Tara Sands

A New York Times best seller! John Sandford and Michele Cook debut a high-octane thriller series about a ruthless corporation, unspeakable experiments, and a fight to expose the truth. Perfect for fans of James Dashner's The Maze Runner.

Shay Remby arrives in Hollywood with $58 and a handmade knife, searching for her brother, Odin.

Odin’s a brilliant hacker but a bit of a loose cannon. He and a group of radical animal-rights activists hit a Singular Corp. research lab in Eugene, Oregon. The raid was a disaster, but Odin escaped with a set of highly encrypted flash drives and a post-surgical dog.

When Shay gets a frantic 3 a.m. phone call from Odin - talking about evidence of unspeakable experiments, and a ruthless corporation, and how he must hide - she’s concerned. When she gets a menacing visit from Singular’s security team, she knows: Her brother’s a dead man walking.

What Singular doesn’t know - yet - is that 16-year-old Shay is every bit as ruthless as their security force, and she will burn Singular to the ground, if that’s what it takes to save her brother.

©2014 John Sandford and Michele Cook (P)2014 Listening Library

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Would you try another book from John Sandford and Michele Cook and/or Tara Sands?

Probably not, a little too much background on the minor characters. A lack of action in between two action filled events.

What was most disappointing about John Sandford and Michele Cook ’s story?

Not your usual Sandford book, not enough action. The bad guys identified a bit too early.

What three words best describe Tara Sands’s performance?

Not Richard Ferone

Could you see Uncaged being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

No

Any additional comments?

No

Great story

Did not know what to expect, but a great believable story. Good narration. Would definitely listen again and look forward to the next edition.

Great

Loved it. Was upset when it ends so abruptly. Now I have to get the next one.

Love the 2nd book

Would you consider the audio edition of Uncaged to be better than the print version?

I can feel Sandford in the flow of the book but the narrative is his wife. I do hate that the book builds to a pitch then ends till the next book. I am enjoying them as a writing team and hope they do many more books. And I don't know how many books there will be.

Enjoyable, a bit disturbing

Complex plot of complete corporate moral bankruptcy and greed, loyalty, youthful naïveté, and interesting characters. Not all the good guys win but events are generally satisfying and keep you wanting more. I recommend it as a good read or story to hear.

Good story

I really enjoyed the story. I wasn't so impressed by the narrator. She's not bad, I just prefer male narrators in general & I didn't care for her accents. I will be starting book 2 tonight.

Grandma

It had it's moments. Maybe for someone younger then me . Worth listening to.

Enjoy listening

The story line is good - would make a great movie - but needs a better ending

Not my cup of tea

Sorry I didn’t realize this book should have been in youth section... Just not into Social Justice books. Love John Sanford books most of the time. Don’t care for female narration.

Not Bad for a Young Adult-Type Book

Would you try another book from John Sandford and Michele Cook and/or Tara Sands?

I would approach it with caution. The narrator detracts from the quality a bit... she is a good performer but has some annoying voice inflections and is a bit too "cutesy" at times.

Would you recommend Uncaged to your friends? Why or why not?

I would recommend it, particularly for a young adult and especially as a printed book.

What three words best describe Tara Sands’s voice?

Annoying. Grating.... but still, very Capable.

Did Uncaged inspire you to do anything?

Yes, I vowed never to mispronounce the name of a city the way they kept mispronouncing "Eugene" in this audio book. NO ONE out here says "U-gene" like Tara Sands kept saying it. The name of the town is pronounced Eugene, with the accent on the second syllable not the first. Her pronunciation sounded like someone from deep Appalachia saying it. Perhaps Tara Sands thinks people in Oregon are backwards hicks... most folks from the East do. Two other minor issues: Not everyone in Oregon wears flannel shirts and the woods are pronounced "fore-est", not "far-est".

Any additional comments?

I'm only disappointed that Sandford did not vet this a little better in terms of the continuous mispronunciation of Eugene and, basically,the accuracy of anything to do with the Pacific Northwest.
But the story was very enjoyable and moved along well and the plot was engaging and well engineered - as all of Sandford's are in my experience. And while I found a number of things about Tara Sands to be annoying (as mentioned above) she is very good at mixing male and female voices.. and there were quite a few characters involved in this story so she had to keep track of all this while at the same time handling the acting. She's obviously a real pro.