Loved it! came right here after Cuckoo's

Great, for it being set in the 60s, like a time capsule! Well read and a nice story

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Quite good

No faults worth noting with the performance and the story was good. Just a little short and fairly uneventful.
I rather enjoyed the way it was portrayed, to keep you guessing about the nature of Choky. To be honest I expected a horror story from the description.
I was engaged from start to finish.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

An Enjoyable and Engaging Book

This is the second John Wyndham book I've listened to on Audible and I've really enjoyed discovering his work. His writing is excellent, and his characters are sympathetic, engaging and true-to-life. The story of Chocky was unknown to me and really kept me engaged wanting to know how things would turn out and what would happen to the leading characters. Very enjoyable and brilliantly read - Damian Lynch gave an outstanding reading, bringing every character to life.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

Logical Fantasy

Another great science fiction story from John Wyndham, I love his kind of scary logical Fantasy.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Great fun

Super little story… not unlike some other science fiction stories I’ve read over the years. But with Wyndham, even with sinister ploys, you can count on a satisfactory ending. In fact, this novel could be a little bit more sinister and threatening than it was… still…. No complaints on that score.
My astonishment was the way in which Matthew’s in other ways caring parents, were not at all worried about their twelve year old son cycling out for the day without any questions as to where. What! Weren’t there any paedophiles in those days??? Then he gets kidnapped for 10 days, and of course they are worried, and the police is looking out, etc. but there is nothing like the uproar and press coverage it would get these days. Mum finally has a first little cry when he’s found, brought home and tucked into bed. It lent a sense of unreality to an otherwise clever novel. Well read too.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Insightful and thoughtfully handled

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. John Wyndham often delivers some masterful ideas wrapped up in stories that preempt world events and this story is no exception. The narrator is top notch. I found some of the monologues thoroughly enthralling... and of course it is done so convincingly. It's like Wyndham can tap into what I have often thought as being true but haven't said it out loud... how does he do that??? Asking pointedly whether humanity has realised what its objective is...Dark matter as a source of infinite energy to enable us reach our full potential... and the power of the mind... Well of course it all makes total sense if you listen to a great story teller

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Loved it!

Thoughtful and human - no scares, fights, space ships or bad guys in sight. I've not read any Scifi like it before, but absolutely loved it. Loved the story, the characters, the ending - it's all good, and still resonates 60 years later.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Chocky

Apart from the obviously dated gender stereotypes, this was a lovely story, with Wyndham’s normal perceptive slant on human failings.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

A blast from the past

I remember this story from a tv program but was so long ago had almost forgotten.
Love the idea would have loved a sequel or series
Brilliant performance

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

good little listen

would of liked to have seen what happened if chocky stayed around. . . . .

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!