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Garnethill
- Narrated by: Katy Anderson
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
Maureen O'Donnell is a psychiatric patient, stuck in an affair with Douglas, a shady therapist. She’s about to end it with him when she wakes up one morning to find him in her living room with his throat slit. Viewed by the police as both a suspect and a witness, even Maureen’s family suspects her.
Panic-stricken, she retraces Douglas' last days, finding a trail of rape and deception at a psychiatric hospital where she’d been an inmate. The patients won't talk and staff are afraid. Then a second brutalised corpse is discovered and Maureen realises that her life is in danger.
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- Anne
- 19-06-20
Unable to finish the book
I am afraid that I was unable to finish this book due to the narrator. I found her voice too penetrating, and shouty. Not for me.
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- zoj
- 16-12-20
Frenetic narration. Mellow out and calm down
Commical voices, narrator's 'suicide tanya' is shockingly bad and offensive. Moustached cop and Irish mum are also farcical. This is no reflection on the novel.
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- Linda C
- 02-02-21
Sadly, you were right!
I persevered with this book, but the shouting was almost unbearable at times. I’m sure that the narrator was striving for authenticity and integrity with Denise Mina’s intentions, but it made for an uncomfortable listen.
The plot and quality of the writing were enough to hold my interest, but I did think that the swearing was overdone in some places... especially when it was being screamed through my headphones!!
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- Claudia
- 25-12-20
Good book, bad narration
This was a good story, but I think I would have enjoyed it even more if the narration would have been better. I almost stopped listening a few times because the narration was so bad. Overdone, often shouty, comical voices that bear no resemblance to real life. I found it distracted me and gave the whole story a ridiculous, comical undertone that didn't suit it at all. The story itself was good, with interesting characters and great development of the storyline.
Overall, an average experience. Not sure I'll get another one of these books though, certainly not with this narrator.
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- D L Campion
- 07-09-18
Brill
What a really good book. Gruesome and funny. Good characters and storyline. Should be a made into a film.
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- Anne
- 10-03-17
great novel
second time of listening loved the pace of the story and all the different charadters.
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- Nick Gilligan
- 26-05-22
No idea
I just couldn’t stand this readers voice. Just put my teeth on edge and hated the screeching so the story got lost. Just can’t finish it
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- Scott Howe
- 21-12-21
Bad Narration
The narrator wasn't great, very screechy and hard to listen to for long spells. I ended up having to stop the audio book because of it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-05-20
Glasgow dwellers will love this.
Katy Anderson brought the book alive in my mind. Perfect character descriptions along side the perfect performance made me laugh, gasp and hold a wee tear. Story kept me gripped. Loved it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-03-24
Pitch perfect narration and a brilliant story
Wow I have only read one other Denise Mina book but this one was fantastic. Funny, emotional, stuffed full of Glasgow humor and character. The narration is the best I’ve ever heard. Hilarious , scary and a great mystery with a native sense of place. Just brilliant. I love all the Tana French and Adrian McKinty detective ones but this was about what happens when the police and mental health services are not enough and women are in peril . No judgements on the characters.
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