The Exit Facility
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The Exit Facility
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Konstantina Scott-Barrett Braoudaki
About this listen
In Scotland, in the not too distant future, Elaine, a partially sighted woman in her 60s, enters an exit facility. Down on her uppers, she is in search of a swift, free, and dignified death so that she can preserve her last remaining asset–a small flat–for her daughter to inherit. But once Elaine has checked in and finds her “Exit” delayed, the enforced wait leads her to question her choice and, more importantly, the state’s motives….
“We have different categories of client here. The first are the Facility’s original category, terminally-ill clients who are in urgent need of Compassionate Closure. Then we have the voluntary clients–people such as yourself who have chosen Closure for their own personal reasons,” the Administrator said.
“What about the third category?” Elaine asked.
“There is no third category.”
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The story is fascinating as Fiona creates a perfectly realistic dystopian future with perfectly feasible scenarios interwoven with horrifying nightmare pictures of how society could easily go. Romance, intrigue and adventure are cunningly developed to enfold us in this controversial subject of the right to die and assisted death.
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The storyline for this novel is excellent. It avoids any obvious easy outcomes that might seem too facile in our cynical world. So it leaves the reader with plenty of ideas to digest and offers a start to a debate on all the issues dealt with. It is well structured and the pacing too is pretty good, with some excellent dramatic moments. I did think, however, that it lost some of it's momentum after the climax of the story. I also liked the fact that the story is seen through the eyes of the main protagonist, which means the reader/listener is as unsure about what is going on (and why) as the main character herself. There is a good cast list of interesting and diverse characters.
Two general criticisms though: I found the dialogue very clunky as it was used as an efficient way of filling out details and forwarding the plot. This meant that a lot of the conversation felt clumsy and unnatural. Secondly, in the descriptions of the facility itself and its routines, I found myself with a lot of unanswered questions.
The reader made an excellent go at conveying the very diverse collection of characters and accents. There were only a few occasions when one didn't quite identify a speaker straight away. It was altogether a good listen that kept me hooked.
A great escape
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