I have not read this book, and maybe that’s where the disconnect for me is… but I could not get engaged in this story at all. I didn’t feel any real depth to the characters, and I could not find any spark between the MC’s. This is a new author/combo for me, and I saw it mentioned in a thread. But, I have to be honest: I bought the audiobook because Joel Lesley was one of the performers.
This was my first experience with two narrators. I have to say with the way this book is done, I’m not a fan. I wanted to hear a performance, not two very different performers switching based on the POV. I don’t believe I have listened to Bruce Cullen before, but I think he could have done a passable job; IF he wasn’t doing the back and forth with a performer like Mr. Lesley. The main problem with the way they chose to do this book, *in my opinion*, is that each person is doing an entire chapter. This means that when the other narrator’s character *speaks*, the wrong narrator is doing the voice. Hence, you end up with two characters, with two voices…
And, although I’m sure Mr. Cullen would have been just fine, after hearing Joel Lesley perform his character, it’s hard to reacclimate yourself to the fact that there is still, in fact, someone else you will have to listen to doing the same characters with an entirely different sound.
I finished the book, but I played games through most of the second half… the book has to be REALLY terrible for a DNF. But, as my title says, this is a very uncomfortable 4 star review. That’s the overall rating, and I only rounded up because I thought Mr. Lesley did fantastic with the Russian accent. The story was humdrum…3 stars from me.