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Doughnut

By: Tom Holt
Narrated by: Ray Sawyer
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The doughnut is a thing of beauty, a circle of fried, doughy perfection - a source of comfort in trying times, perhaps. For Theo Bernstein it is far, far more. An accident at work lost Theo his job (and his work involved preventing a Very, Very Large Hadron Collider from blowing up, so he's unlikely to get it back).

His wife has left him; he doesn't have any money; and news arrives that his good friend, Professor Pieter van Goyen, renowned physicist and Nobel laureate, has died. By leaving the apparently worthless contents of his safety deposit to Theo, however, the professor has sent him on a quest of epic proportions. A journey that will rewrite the laws of physics. A battle to save humanity itself.

This is the tale of a man who had nothing and gave it all up to find his destiny - and a doughnut.

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As always such a clever book although you have to concentrate to follow it all!

Love Tom Holt!

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I love Ray Sawyer's narration as much as Tom Holt's humour - dry. I'm having trouble getting to grips with this story, however. It's a great idea, but I'm not gripped. Will try again.

Need to take another bite of this Doughnut...

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What did you like most about Doughnut?

A typical Holt-ian story that takes what you know and twists it through 28 degrees to make you look at the world in a different way. The possibilities that this book opens up will keep you thinking. And then you'll want a doughnut.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Theo grows throughout the story from a character that has lost everything but never gives up, to a pawn in someone elses game to heights even he could never imagine. You stay on his side as he grows and discovers what is shaping his destiny

What about Ray Sawyer’s performance did you like?

The voice characterisations.are superb and paint a picture of the main players in your mind's eye with precision

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I was moved by the ending; no spoilers!

Any additional comments?

A great story that takes you in unexpected dimensions

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The author can certainly write. He just can't come up with any sort of story what so ever. The meandering style is entertaining..at first. But nothing ever happens and what "doesn't" happen doesn't make sense. Not even in a surreal, funny sort of way.

It's as if the author is trying to copy Douglas Adams and is hiding it by removing any sort of story and not being particularly funny.

Technically well written but devoid of any story

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you really have to think about this one, there are lots of twists, just when you think you've got the hang of it off it goes again. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

intresting

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