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A review by saareman
The Boy in the Iron Box: The Complete Serialized Novel by Guillermo del Toro
4.0
The Complete 'Boy'
Review of the Brilliance Audio audiobook edition (July 1, 2024) of the serialized collection of "The Boy in the Iron Box" stories as released by Amazon Original Stories (July 1, 2024).
The 'Boy' is watching. Illustration by [a:Fabrizio De Tommaso|13708139|Fabrizio De Tommaso|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] for the audiobook collection. Image sourced from Goodreads.
I'm not going to repeat my comments from the individual reviews of the six stories. You can read them under the review titles as follows. 1. Teaser for a Series, 2. The 'Boy' Released, 3. The 'Boy' Hunts, 4. Something Will Rise, 5. Fighting the Undead, and 6. And Then There Was One.
I will say that gravelly voice of reader [a:Ralph Ineson|18938075|Ralph Ineson|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] was just outstanding in the audiobook and added an extra layer of military gravitas to the proceedings. I've never encountered a narration by Ineson previously, but with the right sort of material he would be perfect in many roles. Narrator [a:Nina Yndis|19037540|Nina Yndis|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] has more of a cameo role and only appears in the final episode.
I still think this was inspired by F. Paul Wilson's [b:The Keep|62571|The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1)|F. Paul Wilson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386925088l/62571._SY75_.jpg|3354329] (1981) with Russian black-ops mercenaries instead of Nazi SS soldiers being trapped in a fortress with an 'entity,' so not an entirely original concept which kept it out of 5 star territory for me. But del Toro and Hogan kept the chills coming and it was all very well done otherwise.
Review of the Brilliance Audio audiobook edition (July 1, 2024) of the serialized collection of "The Boy in the Iron Box" stories as released by Amazon Original Stories (July 1, 2024).
The 'Boy' is watching. Illustration by [a:Fabrizio De Tommaso|13708139|Fabrizio De Tommaso|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] for the audiobook collection. Image sourced from Goodreads.
I'm not going to repeat my comments from the individual reviews of the six stories. You can read them under the review titles as follows. 1. Teaser for a Series, 2. The 'Boy' Released, 3. The 'Boy' Hunts, 4. Something Will Rise, 5. Fighting the Undead, and 6. And Then There Was One.
I will say that gravelly voice of reader [a:Ralph Ineson|18938075|Ralph Ineson|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] was just outstanding in the audiobook and added an extra layer of military gravitas to the proceedings. I've never encountered a narration by Ineson previously, but with the right sort of material he would be perfect in many roles. Narrator [a:Nina Yndis|19037540|Nina Yndis|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] has more of a cameo role and only appears in the final episode.
I still think this was inspired by F. Paul Wilson's [b:The Keep|62571|The Keep (Adversary Cycle, #1)|F. Paul Wilson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386925088l/62571._SY75_.jpg|3354329] (1981) with Russian black-ops mercenaries instead of Nazi SS soldiers being trapped in a fortress with an 'entity,' so not an entirely original concept which kept it out of 5 star territory for me. But del Toro and Hogan kept the chills coming and it was all very well done otherwise.