BY ERICA FERENCIK
NARRATED BY JOY OSMANSKI
THE DETAILS⇣
⤏ RIVER-RAFTING ADVENTURE⤏ GONE WRONG...WAY WRONG⤏ SINGLE POV⤏ I THINK I HEAR A BANJO PLAYING...⤏ SOMEWHAT HORROR-IF-IC⤏ LENGTH OF AUDIO - 8 HOURS, 26 MINUTES
⤏ I LISTENED ON LIBBY THROUGH MY LIBRARY
MY THOUGHTS⇣
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ The River At Night has top-notch action (once it gets going anyway), a Deliverance-themed storyline, and...unfortunately, not so likable characters.
Despite not having an affinity for these characters, I still found the story to be engaging...at least the second half is. That's when things get crazy...did-I-hear-a-banjo-playing-in-the-distance kinds of crazy. Once the suspense gets ratcheted up, I didn't worry too much about how mundane I found these characters to be. This is being optioned for film and I think it could do quite well actually. I think Winifred could be a whole lot more appealing if you got someone like Sandra Bullock to play her.
The narration wasn't necessarily bad, I just didn't gel with her voice. I'm trying not to let my feelings for a person's voice influence my rating too much...but it's inevitably going to. I wonder though if it's the reason I didn't care much Winnie (the MC) all that much. Could be...maybe...But then I didn't really care for the rest of her friends either.
MY REVIEW IN ONE SENTENCE⤏ The River At Night has top-notch action (once it gets going anyway), a Deliverance-themed storyline, and...unfortunately, not so likable characters.
Despite not having an affinity for these characters, I still found the story to be engaging...at least the second half is. That's when things get crazy...did-I-hear-a-banjo-playing-in-the-distance kinds of crazy. Once the suspense gets ratcheted up, I didn't worry too much about how mundane I found these characters to be. This is being optioned for film and I think it could do quite well actually. I think Winifred could be a whole lot more appealing if you got someone like Sandra Bullock to play her.
The narration wasn't necessarily bad, I just didn't gel with her voice. I'm trying not to let my feelings for a person's voice influence my rating too much...but it's inevitably going to. I wonder though if it's the reason I didn't care much Winnie (the MC) all that much. Could be...maybe...But then I didn't really care for the rest of her friends either.
BREAKDOWN⇣
Narration Rating ⇢ 3¾ STARS
Plot ⇢ 4.2/5Characters ⇢ 3/5The Feels ⇢ 3.5/5Pacing ⇢ 4/5Addictiveness ⇢ 3.5/5Theme, Tone or Intensity ⇢ 4.3/5
Originality/Believability ⇢4/5Flow (Writing Style/Ease of Listening) ⇢ 4/5Ending ⇢ 4/5Summation ⇢ 3¾ STARS
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