BY TIM JOHNSTON
NARRATED BY SARAH MOLLO-CHRISTENSEN
THE DETAILS⇣
⤏ A LONG SLOWBURN MYSTERY⤏ WITH AN ICY COLD ATMOSPHERIC SETTING⤏ COMPLEX CHARACTERS WITH MULTIPLE POV'S⤏ SOME MOMENTS OF SUSPENSE/THRILLS⤏ LENGTH OF AUDIO - 14 HOURS, 28 MINUTES
⤏ I LISTENED ON LIBBY THROUGH MY LIBRARY
MY THOUGHTS⇣
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ This book was a slow burn, meticulously told, eerily atmospheric to the point of melancholy, with characters that you felt you actually knew at the conclusion of the book.
At first, I was completely lost as to what is going on...since this has two timelines. I didn't know what/who was the past story or vice versa. All I can say is, just go with it...this book is so long (or at least it feels long because it's so wordy) you will soon know all the characters and where they belong. The real tragedy of this book is the unanswered questions...or were they answered, just not in a way that's obvious...like you're meant to come up with your own interpretation of the events.
The river itself and the ghosts of the girls who lost their lives within felt like one of the characters in this story...it left a feeling of foreboding, chilling and hauntingly sad. I was actually thrown off by these bits...also by the dream sequences, too...was it a way of telling us (the reader) what actually happened or was it there to distract or maybe it was just there to set the atmosphere? IDK...
The narration, by Sarah Mollo-Christensen, was terrific...easily five stars. Her voices were varied and her tone was pitched perfectly. I only docked a half a star because it should have had multiple narrators. Overall, I don't think I could've finished this book if I had read it myself.
BREAKDOWN⇣
Narration Rating ⇢ 4½ STARS
Plot ⇢ 4/5Characters ⇢ 4.3/5The Feels ⇢ 4.2/5Pacing ⇢ 3/5Addictiveness ⇢ 3.5/5Theme, Tone or Intensity ⇢ 3.7/5
Originality/Believability ⇢4/5Flow (Writing Style/Ease of Listening) ⇢ 3/5Twisty-ness/Mystery⇢ 4/5Ending ⇢ 4/5Summation ⇢ 3¾ STARS
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