The Reservoir

De: David Duchovny

Narrado por: David Duchovny

The Reservoir follows an unexceptional man in an exceptional time. We see our present-day pandemic world and New York City through the eyes of a former Wall Street veteran, Ridley, as he, in his enforced quarantined solitude, looks back upon his life. He examines his wins, his failures, the gnawing questions - his career, his divorce, his estranged daughter - and questions what it all means and who he really was.

Sitting and brooding night after night, gazing out his huge picture window high above the Central Park reservoir, Ridley spots a flashing light in an apartment across the park as if a lonely quarantined person is signaling him in Morse code. His determination to find out who this mystery woman is, this fellow quarantine damsel in distress trapped in her own Fifth Avenue tower, leads him on an epic quest that will ultimately tempt him with either delusional madness or the fulfillment of his own mythic fate. Is he a dying man going mad or an Everyman metamorphosing into a hero? Or both? We accompany Ridley as he leaves the safety of his apartment window to save the Fifth Avenue femme fatale and descends into a dangerous, increasingly surreal world of the global conspiracies, madness, and sickness of this viral time; beyond that, into the enduring mysteries of love and fatherhood; and deeper still, into the bedrock mystery of life itself. As Ridley's actions grow more and more uncharacteristic, he realizes the key to all the mysteries of now and even all of history seem to lie deep beneath the freezing waters of the reservoir.

The Reservoir is a twisted rom-com for our distanced time when the merest touch could kill and conspiracy theories propagate like viruses - a present-day union of Death in Venice, Rear Window, and The Plague.

©2021 David Duchovny (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC.

Fun, fast-paced, and intelligent!

This was a really well-written story that requires your full attention…but it’s well worth it! This isn’t one of those stories where you can pre-occupy yourself with something that will pull your attention away from the story and it won’t be a huge deal. Lol. You have to stay with this one! But luckily it’s not hard, the pacing is fabulous, heart-pounding, and you’ll want to listen hard…you’ll find you haven’t even blinked in like 3mins at times!!! Lol. It’s a cool story and like I said, intelligently written. There were more than a few gems dropped in there that made me smile. You know what I mean. Lines that make you go “THIS, this line right here, is why I read…..how did this author do that?!.” So beautiful, smart, and amazing. I love when that happens in a book. There are a few of those in here but for the most part listen to this one for the story, the fast-paced style, and the perfect performance of Dunchovy. You won’t regret it. SO worth your time. Enjoy!

The Reservoir

A chronicle of the inner life of a New Yorker during COVID. This short work is haunting and timely. Duchovny has a real talent for scene setting. Great narration.

Thank you David Duchovny

Thank You David Duchovny for putting the nightmare that was 2020 where it belongs, on the pages of a short story that captures the nightmare so succinctly in your beautiful short story. Good job getting all the angst, pain, paranoia and horror that was our reality on to the page as a short story so we can grasp it. I wish I was in a book club so I could discuss all the imagery you wrote.

Made me long for X-files

A decent effort. Good start, but the story went off the rails. Narration was good, though.

A look into human longing and loneliness

Great audible story, gives you the reader a glimpse at the longing and loneliness of all of us during the covid-19 lockdowns. The story is fast paced, you go places with the protagonist, David Duchovny voice as narrator offer great insight and emotion to our trip on the protagonist head, in a surreal NYC.

Very Good

Loved it. Duchovny narrates it as only he can. a short, bleak, and contemplative story.

of course it’s a self indulgent pandemic story, shut up

I was expecting a rough emotional time and it delivered. Great bits of silliness and laughter to alleviate the bitter sting of the reality we’ve lived the last year and change. The murkiness of “is this a delusion or just a strange reality?” tugged at my heartstrings more than I was expecting, because for so many of us, the last year was certainly just a big strange reality that bordered on seeming delusion with no solid, healthy, realistic baseline to center our lives around. And the absolute terror of ultimately not being able to independently distinguish “am I living in the real world?”

It was a joy to listen to DD narrate, the voice and interactions with Ursa tickled me in the worst (and best) ways possible. I’ll need to listen a second time to absorb more of the nuances because I am at best an enthusiastic but hyperactive daydreamer

Thank you for all your efforts and for sharing your artistic visions with us.

Solitude, Sinking and Sweetness

I liked this story more than I expected.

It takes place in New York City in the middle of the pandemic and while it touches on so many uniquely New York experiences, anyone can connect with the feelings of isolation and loneliness. Some of it brought about the by pandemic but some of it also a result of character and choices.

It takes this loneliness and plants it alongside the crises and plages of our time, or more specifically those of New York.

Well done and an easy listen.

Who knew David Duchovny could write like this?

I remember about ten years ago that David Duchovny was accused by some people of icky behavior. I don't recall all the details, but it was enough to make me hesitant to listen to this (or any) audiobook by him. Today, I decided to just get over my prejudices and give it a try. I'm glad I did. This short story demonstrates that Duchovny is a very gifted writer. The story is imaginative and beautifully told from the perspective of an old man who has lived too long in isolation.

A little weird

Maybe I broke up my listening into too many segments, but the whole ending was just odd.