BY MEGAN GOLDIN
NARRATED BY BAILEY CARR, JANUARY LAVOY, & SAMANTHA DESZ
THE DETAILS⇣
❱ A MYSTERY WITHIN A MYSTERY❱ A TRUE CRIME PODCAST❱ RAPE & RAPE CULTURE❱ TIMELY & POIGNANT WITH A SATISFYING ENDING❱ LENGTH OF AUDIO - 9 HOURS, 59 MINUTES
❱ I LISTENED ON LIBBY THROUGH MY LIBRARY DESPITE HAVING AN ARC VIA NETGALLEY IN EXCHANGE FOR A HONEST REVIEW
MY THOUGHTS⇣
I am a fan of any kind of Podcast element added to a story. If I read the word "podcast" in the synopsis...I'm totally there for it. I actually should have read this since I received an ARC...but since The Covid hit, I haven't been able to read much of anything...but I've still been listening to a boatload of Audiobooks, almost double what I had been. So, I recommended this to my library to purchase and I was the first one in line for it.
I'm super glad I went with the audio because the narration was perfectly performed by all three narrators. I'm also relieved that I didn't have to complain about how it needed more narrators because I'm beginning to feel like a broken record on that one. If you're put off by the reviews that say this is slow-moving...you should try it on audio...because this story was made for that format.
The Night Swim is more of a mystery than a suspense thriller...actually, a mystery within a mystery, both of which take place in the same town. One currently, which is the courtroom drama of a rape trial and the other one in the past which was never reported or looked at as a crime. Overall, this is equal parts slow-burn mystery, courtroom drama, and a girl trying to get justice for her sister. It deals with rape, slut-shaming, and being poor in such a realistic and heartbreaking manner that this should not be missed or overlooked. Whether you read it or listen to it...although obviously, I definitely recommend the latter.
I am a fan of any kind of Podcast element added to a story. If I read the word "podcast" in the synopsis...I'm totally there for it. I actually should have read this since I received an ARC...but since The Covid hit, I haven't been able to read much of anything...but I've still been listening to a boatload of Audiobooks, almost double what I had been. So, I recommended this to my library to purchase and I was the first one in line for it.
I'm super glad I went with the audio because the narration was perfectly performed by all three narrators. I'm also relieved that I didn't have to complain about how it needed more narrators because I'm beginning to feel like a broken record on that one. If you're put off by the reviews that say this is slow-moving...you should try it on audio...because this story was made for that format.
The Night Swim is more of a mystery than a suspense thriller...actually, a mystery within a mystery, both of which take place in the same town. One currently, which is the courtroom drama of a rape trial and the other one in the past which was never reported or looked at as a crime. Overall, this is equal parts slow-burn mystery, courtroom drama, and a girl trying to get justice for her sister. It deals with rape, slut-shaming, and being poor in such a realistic and heartbreaking manner that this should not be missed or overlooked. Whether you read it or listen to it...although obviously, I definitely recommend the latter.
BREAKDOWN⇣
￮ Narration Rating ⇢ 5 STARS￮ Plot ⇢ 5/5￮ Characters ⇢ 5/5￮ The Feels ⇢ 5/5￮ Pacing ⇢ 5/5￮ Addictiveness ⇢ 5/5￮ Theme, Tone or Intensity ⇢ 5/5￮ Originality/Believability ⇢ 5/5￮ Flow (Writing Style/Ease of Listening) ⇢ 4.8/5￮ Ending ⇢ 5/5￮ Summation ⇢ 5 STARS
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