5/31/2023 0 Comments 56 Days by Catherine Ryan HowardI will actively avoid any other books ‘narrated’ by this person again as she simply doesn’t have the vocal range, dynamism & creativity to bring the story to life. Well don’t expect that here!!! This was a narrator in the most basic sense - the equivalent of seeing an author read an excerpt from her book at a book launch. I’ve listened to several audiobooks over the last couple of years and a narrator can really create an immersive experience for the listener by making an effort to make characters sound different. But those efforts seemed pointless when the ‘Taoiseach’ was referred to several times - as those references won’t help the Yanks! The most grating part was the narrator. The author went to some lengths it seemed to make the language more US appropriate with several mentions of sneakers, carts, etc. Just remember to breathe - Jo Spain Magnificent. If you read one thriller that captures the start of lockdown in all its surreal and terrifying uncertainty, let it be this. The back & forth of the timeline was exasperating at times when the same content was trotted out verbatim, just from the perspective of another character. Catherine Ryan Howard has become my go-to writer for utterly absorbing, original stories with a killer twist and 56 Days delivers all this and more.
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