Gone, Baby, Gone

A Novel

By: Dennis Lehane

Narrated by: Jonathan Davis

Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

The tough neighborhood of Dorchester is no place for the innocent or the weak. A territory defined by hard heads and even harder luck, its streets are littered with the detritus of broken families, hearts, dreams. Now, one of its youngest is missing. Private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don't want the case. But after pleas from the child's aunt, they open an investigation that will ultimately risk everything - their relationship, their sanity, and even their lives - to find a little girl-lost.

©1998 Dennis Lehane (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishers

Great, but a tough story.

This was a fantastic story. Very difficult, especially the ending, really leaves you thinking what the "right choice is."

A Literary Thriller

Any additional comments?

I really liked this book and could not stop listening. Lehane writes genre fiction like fine literature (as does James Lee Burke, although their styles are completely different).Lehane's plots get complex and take some concentration in the last third, but they are always excellent. Great narrator as well.

The best Gennaro novel

Would you listen to Gone, Baby, Gone again? Why?

Yes - I think there are some clues in the narrative that I could have picked up on second listen

Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?

Yes - many twists and turns

What does Jonathan Davis bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Great job of characterization of the different personalities

Any additional comments?

I do not like the Gennaro novels. I like Lehane very much - but find the Gennaro novels silly. This is a great action/crime novel that just happens to have them in it. Also, Lehane doesn't write women all that well.

Grabs you and won't let go.

If you could sum up Gone, Baby, Gone in three words, what would they be?

Intense, compelling, addicting

What was one of the most memorable moments of Gone, Baby, Gone?

All of them.

Which scene was your favorite?

All of them.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, but I didn't want it to end. So I savored it.

Any additional comments?

I have listened to 3 Dennis Lehane books. Love this authors stories. Have another one waiting. Don't know what Im going to do when I run out of credits/stories.

Very good book, not for sensitive soul.

I love Dennis Lehane, I listen to almost all his books. Gone, baby, gone, was harder to listen than the other books from this series. The story is about child abductions and abuses. I found myself crying so hard at the cruelty of some man and women against children. The problem from this fictional book, is that it's not fictional at all.

Lehane has done it again...nice.

I became a "fan" of Lehane (Idk, do writers have "fans" OR, do their books actually have the fans by definition? like I said, Idk.) after Mystic River(the film) but I didn't know it yet, didn't know Lehane existed. Then The Wire(premium cable TV show) and then Gone Baby Gone(the film), Shutter Island(film), Boardwalk Empire (prem. cbl. TV show) and The Drop(film). Then I discovered Lehane here on audible(ty btw) with a book called Live By Night, unbeknownst to me there was a new gangster flick coming out w/the same name. So as I was reading/listening to it the film released and so I went to see it and loved it but NOWHERE NEAR as much as I loved the book. So I decided to find out which if any other novels of his became films, because that tells me if I like any of them I know I LOVE the books. I was floored by how many of my all time favorite movies and shows were Lehane novels first, or directly written by him. This is yet ANOTHER in a long list of great Lehane Novels turned films. Now I get to go explore the lives of the protagonists by reading the rest of the books in this series I have also found on Audible, it's THAT good!

Agree with Angie on this one

Great writing, as always. The moral dilemma: obey the law or break it to save innocent lives (and risk all potential complications and consequences). A very sad story. Great narration as usual. Highly recommended series.

Wow

All the books in this series are great but this one takes it to a new level! Gone baby gone is maybe his greatest one so far and a powerful statement to society.

Great listen

Very entertaining. Good plot, fast pace keeps you on the edge of your seat. Did not want to stop listening until finished

Good

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No

Any additional comments?

About the middle 1/3 of the book is just atmosphere filler. It could easily be deleted