The Inverted Mask

By: Izzy Doroski

Narrated by: Daniela Acitelli

The Inverted Mask takes the listener on a thrilling adventure through the pine barrens of eastern Long Island, the heights of the Catskill Mountains, and the depths of subterranean particle-beam tunnels hundreds of feet below Long Island.

Physicist Dr. Jon Sanborne, and his fiancée, psychiatrist Dr. Marta Padlo, are drawn into an intrigue that spans decades, continents, and the nature of reality when they begin to look into the mystery of Dr. Emery Hilcraft, a renowned physicist who disappeared from a research lab many years ago. Jon's explorations through restricted buildings at the Ridgewood National Laboratory lead him to discover the secret and unspeakably evil history of experimentation at the lab, and bring Jon and Marta into the sights of the paramilitary force that is charged with protecting those secrets. Along the way, they decipher the hidden mysteries of Dr. Hilcraft's amazing research, which brings them face to face with parallel realities.

©2014 Isidore Doroski (P)2016 Isidore Doroski

Boring

Would you try another book from Izzy Doroski and/or Daniela Acitelli?

Not likely

Any additional comments?

I kept falling asleep while listening to this book. It happened enough that I stopped going back to where I fell asleep and just kept listening. The narrator spoke slowly. I had to upped the narration speed just so I could listen to it. I received this audiobook for free through Audiobook Boom for my unbiased review.

I can't ...

Note: In exchange for an unbiased review, the author, publisher, and/or narrator were kind enough to provide an audio version of this book at no charge via AudiobookBlast.

I gave this book nearly 2 1/2 hours and when it didn't get any better (either story-wise or narration), I finally had to pull the plug. I didn't feel I was able to take 10+ more hours of it. Maybe the premise of the story would have been good ... if said premise had become clear by the two-hour mark. Instead, we were treated to countless incidents of clunky dialogue and science/tech narrative that did little to nothing for the overall story. I understand all too well that narrating an audiobook is gruelling work - and the material in this novel was a mouthful, but the narrator wasn't a good fit for the story at all (perhaps any fiction work in general at this time). We have a combination here that just didn't work very well and it's unfortunate. I hate to abandon a book before I'm done but after giving it many chances to get better it was past time to pull out.

For the love of Science

TARGET AUDIENCE: Individuals with a love of science and details. This book delves deeply into quantum physics. If science is not your strong suit, skip this book. Also because of the author’s love for details, the first half of the book was very slow for me. I can see how some readers would enjoy this, but it just wasn’t for me.

PROFANITY & SEX: None. It alludes to such, but stays out of the bedroom. Thank you! This book is appropriate for all ages.

STORY LINE: As previously noted, the book was heavy on the details - way too detailed for me. If you have four theories and only one of them pertains to the story line of the book, I only want to have one explained to me. The book would have been better if an editor had of cut about 1/3 of it out. I think in that case, I would have really enjoyed it. Once again if you love science, you may just disagree with me, and I can respect that.

VOICE: The voice was overly precise. In Idaho when we refer to the Idaho National Laboratories, nobody calls it by its full name. We either call it “the site” or “INL.” To use the formal name for everything over and over again is redundant and repetitive. Nobody says 430 feet down over and over again. We say “I can’t believe we are 400 feet down.” There were times when I got frustrated and wanted to yell, “People don’t talk that way.” Much of the time, I felt like I was reading a scientific journal and not a novel.

NARRATOR: Unremarkable. The narrator neither made or broke the story.

OVERALL: I can only think of a handful of people to whom I could recommend this book.


“This audiobook was given by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review via Audiobook Boom.”

storry is interesting, narrator is horible!!!

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The story was good, for the most part. there were a few times that I felt that the authormade some of the responces from marta to john or in reverse a bit condescending. I don't think the author ment to, but and I think the narrator is mostly at fault for this.

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the science fiction and the fantastical physics :)

What didn’t you like about Daniela Acitelli’s performance?

everything. She was absolutely horrible. She made everyone sound so incredibly stupid. Characters that had accents sounded like they were mentally chalanged. Her version of a change of character voice was to speak slower. She only really did well with john's voice, and that still was a horrible listen. I will never buy any books or even listen if they are given to me any books with her as a narrator.

Was The Inverted Mask worth the listening time?

yes and no. as a story on its own I had fun listening to it. but the story was made horrible because of the narrator.

Any additional comments?

do not allow Daniela Acitelli to read any books. well maybe user manuals for electronics, and such, boaring stuff.

story is interesting, narrator is horrible

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Get a better narrator

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Did not do a good job

Any additional comments?

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher