I don't do many reviews, and usually only ones where I loved it. I'm glad I only paid $4.95, and to be fair this book might be a lot better read than listened to. It was really hard to follow at times, and made no sense at others. The people were not that likeable, not well developed. The underlying story was merely an annoyance and turned out to really have nothing to do with anything. I was looking for more of the supernatural angle, and the ending was just flat. It passed the time, but that's about all.

I enjoyed this listen. The narrator did a good job with the characters and intonation which kept things interesting. The story had nice little intricacies and was woven together well.

I enjoyed the story of the book, although some pretty unlikely coincidences seemed to wrap up the story in some places. My biggest ick, however, was the fact that the chosen storyteller did not fit the story. I loved her way of telling and she would be a perfect voice for, say, Miss Marple or the likes. The storyteller's voice was in fact too old for the story, if that makes any sense. One guy, I will not say who so as to not give a spoiler, seemed to me to be around 50 years old, and I could not understand it when the book suddenly refered to him as "the kid". Same with the main characters; I thought this was a story about people in their 50-60's due to the storyteller's voice and performance, and even when I understood that they were supposed to be younger I could not "see" it due to her voice/performance. I'd love to her her voice in a different type of book, though.

I spent most of my time with this book trying not to figure out the lame whodunit plot (the author pretty much tells you who did it in the first chapter), but rather why the narrator used an Irish accent when most of the book took place in America with American-accented characters. A woman narrator's attempt to portray male voices is rarely successful but this was particularly bad. If you want an Ireland-based novel, go with one by Tana French.