For at least the first hour the narrator's nasal voice annoyed me. His voice fit that of a professional lawyer nicely but the nasal sound just annoyed me. As I got further into the book the narrator's voice was no longer an issue, I got used to it. The storyline of the rest of the book is what saved it for me. I wanted to continue, I wanted to know what was going to happen to Jacob. Parts of the story were disturbing but oddly normal especially if you are a parent but was an excellent read.

I purchased this book a "few" years ago and just finally decided to listen to it. Great plot and a wonderful narration. The courtroom drama, a little longwinded, but otherwise a good story.

Both story and characters are well fleshed out. You are definitely not sure what you are participating in. Well worth a listen or more than one.

Amazing, didn't expect the twists and turns. Love it!!!! I'm going to follow this author from this point

I loved this book, it was very engaging. I would highly recommend to anyone looking for a good read.

Excellent narration, possibly even a tad too slow for my taste. But the story drags on, very drawn out.

Story was suspenseful and kept my attention. Being a parent, I found it difficult to consider some aspects of the story, and yet it raises some good moral questions!

No.

The story seemed for the longest time to be about whether Jacob murdered his classmate, but the author focuses so much on the question of whether his father believed he did it, that the reader almost comes to not care whether he did or didn't.

The only really likable character was Jonathan, the boy's lawyer.

No.

This book requires a real suspension of disbelief. If Jacob committed the murder, how could his father live with him, not only before, but during the entire year after, without suspecting it? And if his father does at some point suspect, he is lying not only to the other characters in the book, but to the reader as well.

I don't know. I just listened to it.

It maintained my interest.

No I haven't heard any others.

I would take the narrator. He would be the only one I would trust.

No

I didn't know what to expect when I started this even after reading the synopsis but after the first chapter or two I couldn't stop listening. The story was very relatable and captured the reader with the emotions expressed by the main characters. I imagined this as a movie so I'm hopeful this too will come to the big screen!