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Dare to Know
Dare to Know | James Kennedy
6 posts | 5 read | 10 to read
Dark Matter meets Annihilation in this mind-bending and emotional speculative thriller set in a world where the exact moment of your death can be predicted-for a price. Our narrator is the most talented salesman at Dare to Know, a prestigious (…more)
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natashalb
Dare to Know | James Kennedy
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Mehso-so

The narrator works for Dare to Know, a company who pioneered a technology to predict anyone's exact time of death. Employees are forbidden to look up their own death date. When he does though, it says he died 20 minutes ago. I enjoyed it but maybe I didn't quite get the allegories and it got more and more surreal as it went on...

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bookandbedandtea
Dare to Know | James Kennedy
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Mehso-so

This sounded so intriguing: our MC works for a company that will sell you the exact date/time of your death w 100% accuracy. His own life has been going downhill for a while so after a car accident he calculates his own death and finds it was supposed to be 26 minutes ago!
The story reads like a fever dream. It's just plain weird. I will say the author ties together all the people and bizarre occurrences at the end but this wasn't my cup of tea.

Ruthiella Cool premise though! 3y
bookandbedandtea @Ruthiella It really is! I was excited to read it and was sorry to be disappointed. 3y
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EmberIvyRose
Dare to Know | James Kennedy
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Pickpick

This is a trippy book. 🤔 It kind of opens your mind, turns it inside out, and hands it back to you. Elements of science and philosophy.

Yuki_Onna What a great review! 🙌 What a great sentence... 'It kind of opens your mind, turns it inside out, and hands it back to you.' Beautiful. 3y
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FelinesAndFelonies
Dare to Know | James Kennedy
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I got this early release finished copy by chance. It has serious Blake Crouch vibes. The beginning was amazing & there is a lot of suspense. The backstory is told in flashbacks & memories of the main character. The ending was a bit off-the-wall. Bonus! It is set in Illinois, which is where I live. A lot of references to Bloomington, Illinois which is a few miles south of me. I always like books set where I can picture it intimately.⭐⭐⭐⭐

MaleficentBookDragon Well this sounds amazing! Stacked. 3y
FelinesAndFelonies @TheAromaofBooks this was square #13 so my #bookspin, I think. I always forget I'm supposed to tell you when I read a bookspin and not just merrily check it off. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 3y
TheAromaofBooks This one sounds fantastic & I love that cover!! I'm totally stacking it!! 3y
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FelinesAndFelonies
Dare to Know | James Kennedy
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As I sit in Bloomington with my girls at dance class. 😂

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FelinesAndFelonies
Dare to Know | James Kennedy
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Putting my #bookspinbingo on hold to pick up this early release. I'm so freaking excited to start it! I think it releases 9/7. Is this book on anyone else's radar?

BeeMagical It is now!!! 4y
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