What did you love best about The Last Good Place?
The book really has the feel of “The Streets of San Francisco” and other good TV police series you can think of:) It has a couple of detectives you get to like from their first appearance, a murder investigation – or two, rather – with a lot of clues and as many misguiding trails, and you have quite a bit of action, too… And it all described so vividly that you really have a feeling of watching a movie, not listening to a book:)
But that’s not surprising taking into account the author’s experience with the police work:) – it really shows in the best possible way…
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
The plot is very well developed; it moves fast, but still there is time for a few of Kellog’s inner monologues that allow us to get to know his character closer – which I personally liked a lot, as it made me relate to him better. I also think it was a good idea to have two murder investigations go on simultaneously, with some elements that intertwined them, as that made the story more gripping and action-packed. And although at some point I realized the who and the why (before the detectives did) it really didn’t bother me as the author was able to keep my interest in how they will come up with the solution and how they will approach the murderer:)
What does Travis Baldree bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Mr Baldree’s narration helped me visualise the story. I like his voicing of Al Krug especially; in this interpretation Al has all the qualities a good mentor should have: he is supportive, sometimes a little bit sarcastic, but never overpowering… He’s been written this way by Ms Burcell but comes to life excellently in Mr Baldree’s interpretation.
I generally liked all the male voices, no problems there; as for female voices, most of their parts were very well done, with only a few (really few) instances where I thought the woman sounded a little strange, but as these instances were few and apart, no star deduction for that:)
Generally, it’s a great police procedural by Ms Burcell very well read by Mr Baldree:)
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Come back to the streets of San Francisco… to solve new crimes:)
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DISCLAIMER: I was voluntarily provided this review copy audiobook at no charge by the author, publisher and/or narrator.