BY T. KINGFISHER
NARRATED BY HILARY HUBER
THE DETAILS✎
❐ FOLKLORE-ISH, WEIRDLY HORROR-IF-IC AND ODDLY ENTERTAINING❐ BONGO...A GIRLS BEST FRIEND IS HER DOG❐ LAUGH OUT LOUD MOMENTS❐ DEER EFFIGIES, CREEPY DOLLS & DISAPPEARING HILLS❐ LENGTH OF AUDIO ➯ 11 HOURS, 4 MINUTES❐ I LISTENED ON LIBBY THROUGH MY LIBRARY
This started out really well...I was loving the humor from the MC, I laughed out loud several times. I was loving Bongo, he was a pretty lovable dog. Things started getting fairly creepy and mysterious. Then just past the half-way mark, things went a little too wonky, and the humor got a little monotonous...she was obsessed with semi-colons, the dog's vet not finding out how unwell she's feeding Bongo, and basically with repeating herself, a lot...but, hey I still loved Bongo. Dogs are cool...what can I say.
Apparently, this is some sort of retelling of Arthur Machen's The White People, which I learned from Char's review, and I have no clue what that is about...well, except for what I gleaned from this book. All I can say is it's definitely on the freaky side. Seriously, deer effigies, creepy dolls, and disappearing hills are just a few of the elements you'll find within this story...if you're a fan of the weird and unexplained this might be perfect for you.
I always like Hilary Huber's narration...her voice is so pleasing, I can't imagine anyone not liking her...but I did notice while listening to this that sometimes she does have some weird pronunciations of words, ones that make me wonder if it's actually me that doesn't pronounce it right...“¯\_(ツ)_/¯“.
BREAKDOWN✎Narration ➯ 4½ STARSPlot ➯ 3.7/5Characters ➯ 3.5/5The Feels ➯ 3/5Pacing ➯ 4/5Addictiveness ➯ 3.7/5Theme, Tone or Intensity ➯ 3/5Originality ➯ 4/5Flow (Writing Style/Ease of Listening) ➯ 4/5World-Building ➯ 3.7/5Ending ➯ 3.7/5SUMMATION ➯ 3½ STARS
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