Scott Graham
An interesting gates of hell apocalyptic story was adversely attected by an overwrought narration. An emotionally unhinged young woman accepts a subjectively princely sum for the responsibility of caretaking a waterfront property (and perhaps unbeknownst to her, the world), for a weekend with mysterious tasks disclosed in increments as supernatural threats accumulate and the remedies grow from quotidian to more onerous and life threatening.
Granted, the author stacks the deck against the antihero, and trust me, the MC is not an easy person to root tor. To add to the general feeling of antipathy toward the MC, the narrator performs the MC as a screaming lunatic, from when the listener is just hearing her thoughts up through her ramblings toward other real and otherworldly characters. Even her more rational moments are read with a snide sarcastic voice that grows irritating quickly. Take an ativan before listening. Better yet, read the physical or ebook version and give the MC the voice you deem best because it will most definitely be a better choice than Simon & Schuster's choice foisted on the insuspecting audiobook consumer.
An interesting gates of hell apocalyptic story was adversely attected by an overwrought narration. An emotionally unhinged young woman accepts a subjectively princely sum for the responsibility of caretaking a waterfront property (and perhaps unbeknownst to her, the world), for a weekend with mysterious tasks disclosed in increments as supernatural threats accumulate and the remedies grow from quotidian to more onerous and life threatening.
Granted, the author stacks the deck against the antihero, and trust me, the MC is not an easy person to root tor. To add to the general feeling of antipathy toward the MC, the narrator performs the MC as a screaming lunatic, from when the listener is just hearing her thoughts up through her ramblings toward other real and otherworldly characters. Even her more rational moments are read with a snide sarcastic voice that grows irritating quickly. Take an ativan before listening. Better yet, read the physical or ebook version and give the MC the voice you deem best because it will most definitely be a better choice than Simon & Schuster's choice foisted on the insuspecting audiobook consumer.