Graveminder

By: Melissa Marr

Narrated by: Emma Galvin

Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins

Publisher's summary

Three sips to mind the dead....

Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the attention her grandmother Maylene bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the small town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn't a funeral that Maylene didn't attend, and at each one Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual: She took three sips from a silver flask and spoke the words "Sleep well, and stay where I put you."

Now Maylene is dead, and Bek must go back to the place she left a decade earlier. She soon discovers that Claysville is not just the sleepy town she remembers, and that Maylene had good reason for her odd traditions. It turns out that in Claysville the worlds of the living and the dead are dangerously connected; beneath the town lies a shadowy, lawless land ruled by the enigmatic Charles, aka Mr. D. If the dead are not properly cared for, they will come back to satiate themselves with food, drink, and stories from the land of the living. Only the Graveminder, by tradition a Barrow woman, and her Undertaker - in this case Byron Montgomery, with whom Bek shares a complicated past - can set things right once the dead begin to walk.

Although she is still grieving for Maylene, Rebekkah will soon find that she has more than a funeral to attend to in Claysville, and that what awaits her may be far worse: dark secrets, a centuries-old bargain, a romance that still haunts her, and a frightening new responsibility - to stop a monster and put the dead to rest where they belong.

©2011 Melissa Marr (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers

Just can't finish this...

What disappointed you about Graveminder?

The entire storyline is ridiculous in my opinion.

What could Melissa Marr have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

I'm not sure that this book could be saved, at least not for me. Just wasn't my thing.

Would you listen to another book narrated by Emma Galvin?

Absolutely. Love Emma Galvin's style, but even she couldn't hold my interest in this book.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Emma Galvin as the narrator.

Any additional comments?

This had several 3+ star reviews, so maybe it is just me. I tried several times to listen to this book, and it never held my interest. I found myself daydreaming, finding other distractions, anything but listening to this book.

Meh

Although it has an interesting premise and good narration, this book just missed the mark. There are plot points that lead nowhere, obvious villains and characters that lack complexity. Also, there are points where there is so little description it's easy to be confused as to where the characters actually are and what is going on. I think the author was trying to set this book up as the first in a series, but there's not enough here for me to want to read more.

Horrible narration

Can't finish. Flat tone. No voice differences between characters. Get James Marsters to re-record please.