USERS

It takes some doing to get inside Miles, this audiobook's screwed-up protagonist (using the term loosely). Yet narrator Justin Price smoothly dissects this lead character as he unravels. Miles has been coasting as a star creative at a virtual-reality corporation, but then he becomes a pariah receiving death threats, thanks in large part to a change in company policy. A person who can't abide conflict, he ends up losing his job and his family. Price's narration is full of Miles's confusion and paranoia. Listeners may have trouble tolerating Miles, but thanks to Price, they understand why he sinks into an abyss as his life gets away from him. Price's vocal skills make this troubling portrait of a flawed man required listening. D.E.M. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2023]