Slay Ride

This book is much darker than the Ceepak & Boyle series but well written and suspenseful. He has jumped to the ranks of my favorite authors list quickly!

I loved this book – I almost didn't get it because I had never listed to this author/reader - I'm so thrilled I listened to the sample and gave the book a try. As other reviewers have said - it can be quite dark and gruesome in some parts but very funny in others - oh, and not very PC in some - but I like the fact the author didn't back down. I’m going to check out the other 3 books by this author and see if they come close – they have the same narrator (and I plan on seeing what else this narrator has done – he’s fantastic!)

Slay Ride starts in low but quickly shifts into high gear as you are introduced to a sociopathic cabdriver who escalates a minor disagreement with a fare into full blown life and death conflict with the lives of innocent people hanging in the balance. This is a very good tale of what can happen when two people have an unhappy ride to the airport for one of them to catch a flight. This kind of confrontation happens thousands of times a day in modern America, road rage that starts innocently enough and then boils over in senseless retribution and revenge. Hang on to your seat and go along for the ride with the cabbie from hell.

I listened to this book after Tilt-A-Whirl. Where TAW was written in a Carl Hyancinth style with characters that were entertaining this book tried to be more "realistic" . The result was for me the typical formula thriller. The characters were stereotypical, the dialog was atrocious, the story moved slowly. While I would recommend TAW to anyone who is a fan of Christopher Moore, Carl Hyacinth, this one should be left on the shelf (virtual shelf)

Excellent read.I was pleasantly surprised and now I have found a new author that I can follow. I am anxiously awaiting his 2nd novel. This one certainly kept you on the edge.

The plot's nice, and the author handles the characters and details well. The suspense reaches high levels, but for me it did not become unpleasantly grisly or morbid. I would have liked a longer book (8 hours is great reading but a little too short for my money), but despite that I am just about to download my next Chris Grabenstein book. The narrative in this book is among the best ever. Woodman is excellent with foreign accents (including the brief Asian one). I might download an audiobook just for this narrator!

I totally enjoyed Slay Ride, by Chris Grabenstein. The narrator, Jeff Woodman, did a wonderful job as well, and although I am French, I really loved listening to his Russian words :)

I would totally recommend this book to anyone looking for a good audiobook. It's only 8 hours long, for those listeners who don't like long stories, which of course wasn't long enough for me. I love a good 15-20+ hour long audiobook as I listen quite often in my car. Although some parts of the story have some graphic language and scenes, it all went with the story quite well.

A+ to you both - I will definitely listen to more books written by Chris Grabenstein and narrated by Jeff Woodman!

MJ Allaire

I love this combination. The book was terrific and the narration was the best!!!

Thank you and please team up on more books.

I'm not much into thrillers but I can say the story was thrilling and kept me listening. All characters are well-drawn. The story is rather violent at times though.
The narration was fine, I particularly liked the different accents.

This is a grisly novel with no endearing characters, although the good guy is truly good. Not badly written, but not Chris Grabenstein's genre.