Sweet Harmony, Claire North
Sweet Harmony, Claire North
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Sweet Harmony

Author: Claire North

Narrator: Lucy Rayner

Unabridged: 3 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 10/27/2020

Synopsis

From the bestselling and award-winning author of The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August and 84K, a darkly inventive novella about the dangers of pursuing perfection.
Harmony is tired. Tired of working so hard, tired of the way she looks, tired of being average.
But all that changes when she decides to splash out and upgrade her nanos. And why not? Everyone's doing it now. With a simple in-app purchase, you can update the tech in your bloodstream to transform yourself - get enhanced brain power, the perfect body or a dazzling smile. Suddenly, everything starts going right for her. She's finally becoming the person she always wanted to be.
But as Harmony will find out, there's a limit to how many upgrades a body can take . . .
Previous books by Claire North:The First Fifteen Lives of Harry AugustTouchThe Sudden Appearance of HopeThe End of the Day84K
By the same author, writing as Kate Griffin:A Madness of AngelsThe Midnight MayorThe Neon CourtThe Minority CouncilThe Glass GodStray Souls

About Claire North

Claire North is a pseudonym for Catherine Webb, who wrote several novels in various genres before publishing her first major work as Claire North, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. It was a critically acclaimed success, receiving rave reviews and becoming a word-of-mouth bestseller. She has since published several hugely popular and critically acclaimed novels, won the World Fantasy Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and been shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award, the Arthur C. Clarke Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. She lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jamie

A heartfelt look at some of the applications of nanotech within the human body and its chilling implications. Used to treat disease and save lives it can certainly be a positive, but it can also quickly become a slippery slope into the realms of vanity and obsession. Not only do the endless options......more

Goodreads review by Lukasz

I’ve been doing a lot of reading over the past few months. Short stories, long stories, pacey thrillers, you name it. Most of my reading choices go by whim, but, luckily, only a few disappointed me. I hope to read more exciting titles this year but I doubt more than one or two will top Sweet Harmony......more

Goodreads review by 8stitches 9lives

Despite being just over 100 pages in length, Sweet Harmony is a powerful gut-punch of a novel and a damning indictment of our obsession with our appearance, self-improvement and remaining youthful-looking in whatever way we can, including surgical enhancements. The plot revolves around Harmony Meads......more

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