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A review by tobin_elliott
Blood Relations: The Fifth Book of the Aphotic by Tobin Elliott
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Yeah, it's the author of this book reviewing another one of his own books again. Hopefully the crazy person who freaked out over me doing this the last time won't do so again, but to be clear...
I'M REVIEWING THE NARRATOR, JENN JOHNSON'S PERFORMANCE. I WILL NOT COMMENT ON MY WRITING WHATSOEVER.
Okay, Lizzo? Don't call me a wet twig again.
Anyway, I just finished listening to the final audio files for this novel and I have to say that the narrator absolutely knocked this one out of the park. When I was searching for a narrator for this series, it was this and the final book, FLESH AND BLOOD that I had in mind the most for some reason, and when I heard Jenn's voice, I knew she was the one.
But she's done SO MUCH BETTER than I could ever have hoped for. The voice effects. The tone of her voice. The inflections at just the right time.
I think the highest compliment I can possibly give is this one: When the book ended, and there was the final "you have been listening to..." bit at the end, I have to say I was actually a little surprised when she said it was written by me. She had me so invested in the story, it literally pulled me out of the mechanics of it and into the actual story, so I could hear it the way every other person would. She made me forget that I'd written it.
And that, to me, is someone who excels at their job.
I'M REVIEWING THE NARRATOR, JENN JOHNSON'S PERFORMANCE. I WILL NOT COMMENT ON MY WRITING WHATSOEVER.
Okay, Lizzo? Don't call me a wet twig again.
Anyway, I just finished listening to the final audio files for this novel and I have to say that the narrator absolutely knocked this one out of the park. When I was searching for a narrator for this series, it was this and the final book, FLESH AND BLOOD that I had in mind the most for some reason, and when I heard Jenn's voice, I knew she was the one.
But she's done SO MUCH BETTER than I could ever have hoped for. The voice effects. The tone of her voice. The inflections at just the right time.
I think the highest compliment I can possibly give is this one: When the book ended, and there was the final "you have been listening to..." bit at the end, I have to say I was actually a little surprised when she said it was written by me. She had me so invested in the story, it literally pulled me out of the mechanics of it and into the actual story, so I could hear it the way every other person would. She made me forget that I'd written it.
And that, to me, is someone who excels at their job.