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Where the Bodies are Buried
- Narrated by: Sarah Barron
- Series: Jasmine Sharp & Detective Catherine McLeod, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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- Kirstine
- 05-04-17
Too many characters confuses the stories
I’ve enjoyed two of the author's Jack Parlabane novels (notably Black Widow) and so thought I’d try the first of his Jasmine Sharp series. This book follows two separate stories that run in parallel until the 23rd of 45 chapters. One thread involves Jasmine in the early days helping her uncle in his private investigation business. He disappears and she endeavours to find him. The other follows Detective Catherine McLeod pitting her wits against drug dealers and murderers in the Glasgow criminal fraternity.
Jasmine's story is easier to follow than DI McLeod’s as the latter flits back and forth among the names of the numerous criminals and good and bad policemen: by the end I wasn’t sure who was which. There are two interesting story-lines, but they are blurred by not only having too many characters, but also diversions into side issues of the personal relationships among the characters and their spouses and too much psychological navel-gazing.
I see that some reviewers are critical of the narrator. I thought she was very good and captured the Glasgow accents well, but then, I’m from Edinburgh and may not know any better!
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- Vincent
- 23-12-13
"This is Glesga"
Would you listen to Where the Bodies are Buried again? Why?
Instantly listen-able, draws you in and postpones your sleep.
What did you like best about this story?
Great contemporary story that manages to capture Glasgow and all its idiosyncrasies. A city where a short walk can take you from the fattest cats to the scrawniest rats of modern life.
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Sarah's reading shows great characterisation and range in a story that uses most of Britain's social ladder, her performance is excellent.
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- Lorraine
- 13-08-11
Great characterisation and a hot plot
I'm a BIG fan of Brookmyre and was excited to see that this title was on Audio just in time for the mid-year holidays.
Jasmine Sharp is the fragile herione of this novel and her character is brilliantly written. Insecure and more than a little bewildered with the world, Jasmine carries half of the plot with her through the fast paced action, piecing together a cold-case mystery as she escapes bullets and double-dealing thugs alike. The other half is carried by a top female cop in the Glasgow poe-liss who, with her family problems and hostile male counterparts, has her own set of problems. The depth of these two leading ladies' characters is enriched by contrast with a bunch of Glasgow underworld drug dealers and bent cops.
The plot moves along at a rattling pace and resolves neatly, if a little sweetly, and is excellently narrated by Sarah Barron. A wide range of accents, tones and pitches keeps the Glasgow voice alive, perfectly portraying youth & age, regret and joy, fear and peace. Though I am not Scottish and am therefore possibly not qualified to judge, all the characters accents sounded genuine and brought the location of the action alive.
Excellent stuff, Chris Brookmyre! Keep it up!
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- brummiedude
- 20-04-16
Good story but too much introspection
The story starts slowly, but picks up pace in the second half when it became more interesting. Too much navel gazing by the police woman about her domestic and sex life which was tedious. The narrators voice was quite monotone and although she did try to put on some different voices it didn't quite work for me.
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- traveller
- 12-12-11
A different Brookmyre
All of the Brookmyre novels i've read/heard have been slightly surreal - flying bodyparts, schoolkids helping capture terrorists, clowns robbing banks, etc etc. This is more of a 'straight' crime novel,, but is just as good as everything else he's written, and just as good as the other stuff I read - heartily recommended
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- c
- 16-11-16
Good story spoiled by some awful narration
Would you consider the audio edition of Where the Bodies are Buried to be better than the print version?
NO.
What other book might you compare Where the Bodies are Buried to, and why?
Sorry I don't think I properly understand this question. Too much ambiguity for me so I won't try.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Sarah Barron's rendition of the leading male character's voice was for me, truly dreadful. I almost gave up listening but this was a very interesting storyline (well it is a Chris Brookmyre novel) and her other 'voices' were pretty good BUT not this particular one. So laughably monotone and expressionless it became absurd.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
The Biggest Gang In Glasgow?
Any additional comments?
Good, original storyline and clearly there's a follow-on from this which I will sadly not be buying because I can see that the same male character appears and Sarah Barron narrates-so not for me. For sure I'll be buying the paperback next time.
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- Alison K
- 11-04-21
Couldn’t get into it
Had to give up on this after a few hours as it didn’t hold my attention and I found it it difficult to keep track of all the different characters so found my mind wandering
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- Anonymous User
- 04-02-21
gave up after nothing happened
struggled with this. the narrator was doing her best but the writing was quite weak, clumsy and laboured. got a few hours in and nothing was happening and the characters all felt flat.
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- Sandra Gibson
- 24-09-20
Dreadful narration
What was probably a good book was spoilt by the narration. I didn’t even finish it.
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- Patrick
- 09-10-13
Don't worrry, the bodies are buried very slowly !
The author, first, pedestrian, predictable, cliché-ridden.......sounds a bit harsh, how about fails to hold the reader/listener's attention?
Sarah Baron, well, some narrators have the uncanny knack of a different voice for each main character, I can be 5 minutes into a new chapter before I realise Jasmine is back and the female DCI has debated the existential possibilities of the villains possible reactions or non-reactions.
The book drags, some well written insights mired in verbal diahorrea.
Niver agin.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-08-12
Brookmyre for beginners
What did you like best about Where the Bodies are Buried? What did you like least?
The central mystery is really clever and the various story lines weave together nicely. The characters are well imagined. Jasmine Sharp, the wannabe private investigator around whom the story unfolds, is sure to be with us for a while. Having said that, everything is a little too contrived. Brookmyre (who claims to have moved into a more serious, less anarchistic mode - he now writes as "Chris" as opposed to "Christopher") seems to be trying too hard to be conventional. "Where the Bodies are Buried" lacks some of the irreverence and exuberance of earlier works like Quite Ugly One Morning and the Unsinkable Rubber Duckies, but is still well worth the effort.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
A little too predictable.
What does Sarah Barron bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The book is really well read with Sarah Barron's Scottish lilt adding a level of atmosphere and intensity that a reading of the book would lack.
Was Where the Bodies are Buried worth the listening time?
Yes.
Any additional comments?
Brookmyre has long been a favourite author and I have both read and listened to all his books. Here's hoping he finds the groove he is looking for.
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- Barbara
- 24-09-11
perfect package!
Great story! I don't know why mr. brookmyre lost the topher to his chris, but i was delighted to find a new book by him, as i`ve read and hugely enjoyed his previous ones. The characters are, as usual, very rich and the storyline comes together nicely. the narrator did, in my humble opinion, an excellent job of giving life to the story, with a nice bit of scottish inflection, not so thick that non-native-speakers like me don't get it, but adding a nice bit of authenticity to a story set in glasgow. an extra bonus to this recording is its length. with a little more than 11 hours, it isn`t over too fast and gives the plot enough time to tighten to the end. and the ending is great, by the way. it ends on a sentence that isn't there....
enjoy!