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Title: Abridgement is awful and undermines the story.
Review: I loved this book because it made a familiar story new and exciting. However, the abridgement on the audio version destroyed continuity and trivialized much of it. Two examples: (1) Ivan is circling the chasm avoiding the bear. The details of him getting across the chasm are edited out, so we're left wondering how. (2) Ivan finds a message in Kiev which later proves instrumental in a climactic scene -- all mention of the note is left out until suddenly, it appears when needed with no explantion. It's as if the editor simply excised parts regardless of content and made no effort to patch the holes in the plot. This is an example of a 5-star book turning into a 2-star audio book.
