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Follow the Money

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About the book:

Follow the Money is a collection of novellas that follows the lives of different bank notes on their respective journeys, as they pass from one person to the next through London and New York. In a twist of fate, both of these bank notes transform in the second installment of each story. It sends them on a completely new journey into the unknown. So fasten your seat belts, and brace yourself for the ride of your lives. Your journey awaits you.

About the author:

David Fuentes has been successfully writing for many years having achieved sales of his books worldwide. Most recently, he has worked in promotional marketing, producting a number of nonfiction books in the Win Competitions Online series, helping people to find and win free-to-enter competitions on and offline. He has now gone on to create this series of fictional crime drama novellas following the lives of a variety of different bank notes as they pass from one person to the next with future plans to release many more fascinating tales in the future. He currently resides in Hertfordshire, England, with his family.

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Intriguing concept of the different circumstances and people a bank note travels through. The audiobook is formed of four novellas. The first two follow the journey of a £20 in London. The second two follow a $20 in New York. The first two stories have the same starting point and as proceed give a different aspects of the same situation.The second two also follows this format but takes a different direction immediately. There is a fast pace to the books with several characters appearing for cameo parts and others with a more central role. I liked the first two stories but the second two did not sit right with me and was

The writing is British which suits the first two stories but doesn’t quite feel right for the second two. In my opinion there’s some minor errors in the language used, for example, I'm sure an American would still use the word cookie even when describing a Jammie dodger. Biscuits are a very different over there. There was also an odd word used in book one. I’m sure I heard the narrator say ‘turncoat’ above the wound. I think it was meant to be tourniquet. Not sure how much this is the narrator or that the book might not have gone through professional editing?

The narrator, Matthew Kerslak, is British and completely suits the first two stories. The second two are in New York. He does give some characterisation and accents. By the last novella the narrator sounded tired. But then again it could be just my perception. Just to make the reader aware that there is a lot of swearing in the story. It all feels in context but better to be aware if not to your taste.

Intriguing concept

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A compelling set of stories, drawing the reader into the world of single bank notes, as they travel on from place to place, from hand to hand, from honest citizen to violent criminals.
However, I did find some of the dialogue unbelievable, I couldn't imagine using British colloquialisms like "mate" or "bloody" as much as they do here.

Compelling story, slightly let down by dialogue

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The different stories of the traveling bank notes was an interesting and original storyline . I throughly enjoyed listening to the narrator and thought he portrayed the various characters extremely well.

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Where have the bank notes in your wallet been before arriving in your pocket? Follow the Money is several short novellas which trace the travels of a twenty pound note, or dollar bill, as it moves around a small part of London or New York City, giving a snapshot from the lives of kind people and villains, locals and tourists, thieves, prostitutes, gangsters, bar workers and the police. But it is made more interesting by sometimes returning to the same people in a later story and, by reworking the time line slightly, changing the story. Confusing? Well, yes, initially, but nicely satisfying.

This was a challenging book from the narration point of view as, being very largely told through conversation, it requires not only many different vocal timbers and distinctions but also the fast changing of accents, from East London, American, Irish, Carribean, Asian, Polish and German, amongst others, and Matthew Kerslake does pretty well to fulfill the task. Not always, but mostly. It is a pity that the variation in British accents is mostly unexplored - the Oxford University students in New York, for example - but understandable given the already great pressure upon him. His reading is fast and with understanding of the text: a good performance overall.

The way that the stories are presented, a sort of circular reworking, is fascinating. It does seem a pity that the only people, with very occasional exception, who use paper money here seem to be on the illegal side of the line: I guess this is what makes it an action filled story base but still...
And that bad language is universal and sex very much on display. The former was a necessary part of the conversation, of course, but the fairly graphic sexual descriptions, not so much needed, just an added titillation which wasn't really necessary (though no doubt it brought someone somewhere some pleasure!). Definitely a book for more adult consumption.

I'm not sure what I expected when I requested this book, via Audiobook Boom, from the rights holder, but it wasn't this. But my thanks for the free gifting to me of the complimentary copy which I received. I did enjoy the book, the more so as it moved beyond the first of the stories, and the merry-go-round of the action began to shift. But I would have to be careful to whom I recommended it, given the fairly adult nature of the writing. Personally, however, I'll be looking out for further work by David Fuentes

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Really liked this story and found myself not wanting to pause it! Really good story.

Interesting Tale

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