Burning Soul Volume 10

De: John Connolly

Narrado por: George Guidall, Tony Ward

New York Times bestselling author John Connolly brings his “visionary brand of neo-noir” (The Irish Times) to this “riveting and chilling” (San Francisco Examiner) thriller in the Charlie Parker series about buried secrets and haunted lives.

There are some truths so terrible that they should not be spoken aloud. Here is one of those truths: after three hours, the abduction of a child is routinely treated as a homicide.

When a girl goes missing from a small Maine town, her neighbor—a recluse named Randall Haight—begins receiving anonymous letters referencing a different teenage girl, murdered years ago. Unknown to many, Randall has been hiding a secret: at fourteen, he was convicted of killing that girl. Now, his past resurfaces, and he hires private detective Charlie Parker to make the torment stop.

But in a town built on blood and shadowed by old ghosts, where too many of the living are hiding secrets, the past cannot be dismissed so easily. As Parker unravels a twisted, violent history involving a doomed mobster and his enemies, the police, and the FBI, his search returns again and again to Randall Haight. Because Randall is still telling lies…

Another great Charlie Parker story

I found that listening to two narrators was a bit confusing. Of course, George Guidall was excellent, but switching back and forth wasn't really my thing

Does Anyone Actually Listen?

Does anyone actually listen to these performances before they are published for consumption. Wow! This may be one of the worst performances of audio book EVER! The story was fine, but the performances were horrendous. Boring and uninspired. Keeping characters straight in a conversation was nearly impossible.

Thankfully, this book didn’t seem to suffer the bloat of previous books. There was no 5 page description of a character’s appearance, and he seemed to keep the chapter long brooding sessions to a minimum as well. And there was no mention of “the honeycomb world” - a concept I never understood nor found interesting.

Connelly is a master of character development

Switch ing of narrators felt disjointed. Do you an effing review or a book. Jeeez !

Tony Ward's voice does not fit

Their voices alternate every chapter, and we go from this soft fitting voice to this harsh voice that seems like it hates the book

Why do they change readers?

Did George Guidall and Tony Ward do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

I love the Charlie Parker series and so looked forward to this newest book. Jay O. Sanders was perfect for the part of Charlie Parker. George Guidall is a great reader, but I was disappointed when he replaced Sanders. (You come to know a character, almost like an old friend. A new voice severs that relationship.) Tony Ward is a good reader, but so different from Sanders and Guidall. He sounds too young, naive, and optimistic. Charlie Parker calls for a reader that can project a hard boiled, burnt out character. The series is dark. Ward cannot produce that voice.

Guidel saves book

If it weren’t for George Guidal narration of certain characters this book would have to go down as the worst book I e ever listened to to end. Other narrator very very flat, there’s an issue with audio where 2nd narrator changes his tones like he went back and re-recorded passages and the quality of recording better. By the end of the book you can tell this poor narrator has learn from Guidal and definitely improves. But story writing is flat with too much detail like Connelly always does.

A narrator too many.

Good story. The 2 narrators are recorded at different volumes. Should have been only 1 narrator for comfortable, enjoyable listening.

Excellent book, flawed performance

While I enjoyed the story enormously, I found the transition between the two narrators off-putting. I would have preferred George Guidall as the sole narrator.

Charlie Parker is great...narrators not so

Would you listen to The Burning Soul again? Why?

Possibly. I really enjoy the Charlie Parker series and have reread many of the books in the series. I am starting to build my Audible library with this series and have re-listened to one or two just because of time.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Charlie Parker is my favorite followed by Angel and Louis. I think they are great characters with great thoughts, exchanges and actions.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

I was VERY hesitant about two narrators and subsequently it took awhile for me to be able to listen and tolerate the two. Eventually, I grew to understand the difference in the two narrators being who they were speaking for in the book. However, I did not hear a real difference with Louis or Angel.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

When I realized who Randall Haight was.

Any additional comments?

I grew to tolerate the narrators; however, I am not sure I would listen to them again...unless for a book I HAD to listen to and they were my only choices.

Narrator drove me crazy!

I usually enjoy John Connolly books but the narrator Tony Ward drove me crazy. It took me awhile to listen to this book.