The Burial Tide

De: Neil Sharpson

Narrado por: Aidan Kelly

“A real page turner. Every time I thought I had it figured out, the plot twisted into a different shape. Thoroughly enjoyable, delightfully grotesque, and an absolutely satisfying read.” —T. Kingfisher, New York Times bestselling author of What Feasts at Night

Drawing on the creatures and horrors of Irish folklore, The Burial Tide unearths our darkest truths: how far we’d go to win our freedom, and how quickly our desires can become monstrous.

A woman who can’t remember her death.

On an eerily quiet island off the coast of Ireland, a woman with no memory claws her way out of her grave and back to life. But not everyone welcomes the return of Mara Fitch.

An island with a terrible secret.
Inishbannock. Where strange misshapen figures watch from the trees and the roads are covered in teeth. Where two brothers gamble for nothing, the doctor only treats one patient, and the pub owner speaks in riddles. Where a poet loses and finds his soul. And a man without a heart claims he's the key to unlocking Mara's secrets.

A past that refuses to stay buried.
As Mara returns to her life on this upside-down island, her memories begin to leech their way back to the surface. The more she remembers, the more the village will do anything to stop her . . .

But the sea remembers it all.

love folklore 🖤

Liked it all!! Loved it honestly, I enjoyed all the twist and turn the story took

Interesting start, strong finish

I went into this knowing nothing about it, and it turned out to be pretty interesting! It kicked in for me about halfway through. I'll admit, I sort of tuned out for part of it, just because the narrator was a bit one-note for my taste, though his accents were excellent. I'd read another one from Sharpson, for sure.

Horrifying folklore

I was expecting an Irish noir, an atmospheric Island story filled with evil men and gruesome murders, common in the Scandanavian noir I crave. What I listened to was so much worse. The lack of humanity was startling, the monsters real. Enjoy this one with the lights on.

ehhh

different but not necessarily good. Took forever for the story to actually start. I felt that there were more characters than needed to make the story work. The entire book was more or less the last three chapters.