The Silence in Her Eyes

A Novel

De: Armando Lucas Correa

Narrado por: Suehyla El-Attar Young

In the vein of Paula Hawkins and Ruth Ware, a bold and suspenseful psychological thriller about a young woman with a rare neurological condition who is convinced her neighbor is going to be murdered—from the author of the “timely must-read” (People) The German Girl.

Leah has been living with akinetopsia, or motion blindness, since she was a child. For the last twenty years, she hasn’t been able to see movement. As she walks around her upper Manhattan neighborhood with her white stick tapping in front, most people assume she’s blind. But the truth is Leah sees a good deal, and with her acute senses of smell and hearing, very little escapes her notice.

She has a quiet, orderly life, with little human contact beyond her longtime housekeeper, her doctor, and her elderly neighbor. That all changes when Alice moves into the apartment next door and Leah can immediately smell the anxiety wafting off her. Worse, Leah can’t help but hear Alice and a late-night visitor engage in a violent fight. Worried, she befriends her neighbor and discovers that Alice is in the middle of a messy divorce from an abusive husband.

Then one night, Leah wakes up to someone in her apartment. She blacks out and in the morning is left wondering if she dreamt the episode. And yet the scent of the intruder follows her everywhere. And when she hears Alice through the wall pleading for her help, Leah makes a decision that will test her courage, her strength, and ultimately her sanity.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Narrator Suehyla El-Attar Young gives an expressive and engaging performance, capturing the complex, often confusing way Leah experiences the world. Her delivery of the intricate narrative yields a riveting listening experience." (Lauren Hackert)

Sooooo disappointed!

I even marked my calendar so I could get this book as soon as Audible had it! Made it halfway through. Boring. NOT what I was expecting at all. I listen to 3-4 books per week. Just couldn’t force myself to stomach one more chapter.

meh - not worth it

This was unsatisfying overall. The premise was unique, but ultimately I felt the story was odd and not fully realized. The conclusion was dumb and felt out of sync with the story. The narrator's performance was uneven. Her range of voices was not distinctive and her delivery seemed to speed up and slow down erratically throughout. At many times, she came across as simply bored and reading out a text she had no interest in.