The Gordon Place was a solid first novel length audiobook from Isaac Thorne, and was an interesting story of a ghostly possession. I found the story quite emotionally effective, where I was feeling so bad for the main characters and their situation, all from the fallout both immediate and long term of an evil man who didn’t stop at death. How it wasn’t bad enough what he’d done to these people when he was alive, that NOW they ended up being even further damaged by him. It was just so tragic. I was hoping for a happy end.
As much as I liked the story, I personally found it a bit too strong in a social justice bent, which for escapist horror fiction, it was a bit too much. If I had taken a shot of whiskey each time I heard “toxic masculinity”, I would have passed out long before the end of the novel… I did get this book as a review copy for an unbiased review, so to be honest, I’d have to say that this personally detracted from my enjoyment of the tale.
Narration was very smooth and easy listening, high clarity, and I was easily able to immerse myself in the story without the need to rewind when I missed bits or drifted off.