AUDIOBOOK REVIEW ➯ THE LESSER DEAD

 

BY CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN

NARRATED BY CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN

❐SYNOPSIS FROM GOODREADS❐

THE DETAILS✎

❐ HORROR OF THE VAMPIRIC KIND

❐ SINGLE POV --JOEY PEACOCK

❐ NARRATED BY THE AUTHOR

❐ BLOODY, GRITTY, UNFORGIVING, AND ODDLY HUMOROUS

❐ LENGTH OF AUDIO ➯ 9 HOURS, 40 MINUTES

❐ I LISTENED ON LIBBY THROUGH MY LIBRARY

I've been saving this one for Halloween Bingo since it was perfect for Vampires Square.  I'm so glad I finally got a chance to listen to this book because it blew away my expectations.  

When I see that a book is narrated by the author, I'm always a little wary...sometimes they don't make the best narrator for the story...since you kind of need at least some acting chops to give a decent performance.  Christopher Buehlman knocked this out of the park...both with writing and narrating.

This book is dark & bloody, with scary-ass vampires...it made me feel like maybe they really could exist and they are just erasing are memories so we don't know...

so creepy...  

Joey Peacock, what a dandy name for a blood-sucking vampire, his wit and candor rival that of Damon Salvatore.  And yet, he is one-of-kind...he made me laugh out loud which was both odd and endearing at the same time.  I felt like I shouldn't have been laughing when he got pummeled between a subway car and the tracks...but the lines were delivered so crassly, so blasé, that I couldn't help myself.  

If you think you've conceived vampires in every possible way...and this couldn't add anything to the genre...you're wrong.

BREAKDOWN✎

Narration ➯ 5 STARS

Plot ➯ 4.5/5

Characters ➯ 5/5

The Feels ➯ 5/5

Pacing ➯ 4.5/5

Addictiveness ➯ 4.5/5

Theme, Tone or Intensity ➯ 5/5

Originality/Believability ➯ 5/5

Flow (Writing Style/Ease of Listening) ➯ 4.5/5

World-Building ➯ 5/5

Ending ➯ 4.5/5

SUMMATION ➯ 4¾ STARS

I LISTENED TO THIS FOR THE SQUARE

FOR HALLOWEEN BINGO 2020