This was a really good story. The execution felt real even though the premise was a
bit silly or hackneyed. This could have been a short story but was long enough to
be considered a novella, it did not however feel dragged out or padded with filler.
When the story felt like it would be over soon it kept going but was never
unwelcome and never got stale. The last part was great and totally unexpected, you
thought the suspense was over and everything had been tied in a nice bow and then.
boom, the rug gets pulled out from under you and you're back on the edge of your
seat.
Now about the audiobook reader. At the beginning I felt her voice was unsuitable
for the story. She reads almost as if it were a children's story or a wistful
romance novel. Her voice she uses for the husband sounds like a sick frog and never
sounds right, which is picky I know since audiobook readers never can read the
opposite sex well. But during the main chunk of the book which is the wife's long
internal struggle she really nails the part. I think someone else could have done a
better job with the overall story but she was good enough. I actually started this
book and 15 minutes in I gave up on it because of the narrator. Eventually though I
ran out of audiobooks on a long road trip and gave in to this story and am glad I
did, even if the beginning is horribly read.
