Ek het 'n bietjie gehuiwer voordat ek hierdie boek gekoop het. Ek hou baie van Deon Meyer se boeke, en ek het al sy boeke gelees (behalwe Kobra, wat ek hou vir die Kers vakansie!). Maar ek het my betwyfelinge oor die produksie gehalte gehad. Gaan dit so goed wees soos die Engelse boeke op audible? Of gaan dit meer soos die RSG produksies wees? (Moenie my verkeerd verstaan nie --- hulle is ook baie lekker. Maar dis net nie dieselfde nie.) Ek moes nie bekommer het nie! Die boek is puik gelees deur Nic de Jager. Dis 'n klein ding, maar die spoed waarmee hy lees is net reg --- vinnig genoeg om my belangstelling te hou, maar stadig genoeg om lekker gespanne te word. Ook, ek het nie onthou dat hierdie boek snaaks is nie, maar hy bring die humeur van die boek uit. Daar is een of twee plekke waar die klank gehalte verander in die middel van 'n hoofstuk, maar oor die algemeen is dit regtig goed. Hy lees ook baie duidelik, wat belangrik is vir my wat in die kar luister.Die boek self is my gunstelling Deon Meyer boek. Dis spanningsvol, interessant, snaaks op plekke, en vol verrassings. Ja, daar's baie vloekwoorde, so as dit jou afsit, dan los maar. Anders, koop hierdie boek en luister! 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
"Blowing against the wind"
I got this book for a recent road trip based on all of the positive reviews. I don't like writing negative reviews, but feel a need to do so when my experience is so at odds with the prevailing wisdom. I had to turn it off about 1.5 hours into the story because I was literally struggling to keep from falling asleep while driving. The story begins very slowly, and I didn't see any of the humor that other reviewers refer to. Perhaps it gets better later, but I will never find out. The reader was OK, but wasn't lively enough to make up for the slow pacing of the book.My 12 year old daughter and my wife agreed with me. We have listened to close about 50 books aimed at children and young adults over the last 5 years, and this is the first one that none of us was interested in continuing. We turned on Divergent afterwards, and within 5 minutes were already more invested in the characters than after 1.5 hours of Howl. 0 of 1 people found this review helpful
"Too long by 1/3"
Wife and I enjoyed the book. This is the second series read by Kellgren that we have listened to, and we are going to look for her in the future. The story was interesting, albeit somewhat slow. My 12 year old boy (just finished 7th grade) and 10 year old (just finished 4th grade) girl both complained the whole time that it was on during a recent long car trip. In that regard, it reminded me of The Graveyard Book, another book that was just too slow for my kids, while very interesting for the parents.There are a couple of places in the book that I was just as glad that my 10 year old daughter wasn't listening. There is an attempted rape of a prepubuscent girl, which was foreshadowed throughout the story. The language of the attack isn't too explicit, but explicit enough to have been troubling to my daughter, had she been listening. She did listen to a description of a hanging, and was troubled by the language. Bottom line: I wish we would have gotten a different book for the car ride. We will not be listening to the sequels as a family, even when the children are older.
Hilarious book that the whole family enjoyed. (Kids 8 and 10.) Kids had both already read the book, but loved listening to the stories anyway. Mom and I laughed so hard! 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
We listened to this on a long car trip with our kids, ages 8 and 10. My wife and I LOVED it!! The author did a fantastic job with the voices, and we were sad when it ended. The kids, however, weren't able to follow the story and complained about it being on. They much prefered Lightning Thief, the other book we listened to on the trip.