When I read the print version of Joan Long‘s The Finalist, I immediately felt it would make an excellent movie. She makes you feel you are right there on the island with Risa trying to survive. When I discovered the audio version of The Finalist had become available, I couldn’t wait to listen to it. The narrator Petrea Burchard does an outstanding job performing all of the characters. Add in the visual and you’d have the movie. Excellent in print and audio.