Mary Rose
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Narrated by:
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Henrietta Meire
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Written by:
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Geoffrey Girard
About this listen
Mary Rose Moreland and Simon Blake are the perfect couple: successful young professionals in Philadelphia, attractive, madly in love, and ready to start a life together. When they travel to England for Simon to ask her parents' permission to marry Mary Rose, he learns an unsettling secret: Mary Rose disappeared when she was a little girl while the family was vacationing on a remote Scottish island. She reappeared mysteriously 33 days later in the exact same spot without a scratch on her and no memory of what had happened.
After Simon hears about this disturbing episode in Mary Rose's childhood, he becomes obsessed with finding out what happened. He proceeds to launch his own investigation and arranges during their honeymoon for them to visit the island where she disappeared. But as Mary Rose's behavior gets stranger after their engagement, the need for Simon to unlock the truth about her past grows even more urgent. What he uncovers is beyond his most terrifying fears.
Mary Rose is author Geoffrey Girard's chilling and modern take on a classic ghost story originally written by J. M. Barrie. And, for years, master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock attempted to adapt Mary Rose into a film but was never successful. With this novel, Girard taps into the nightmarish fears that inspired both Barrie and Hitchcock, while also bringing the story to the present day with his own unique voice.
©2017 Adaptive Studios (P)2017 HighBridge, a Division of Recorded BooksWhat listeners say about Mary Rose
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2024-10-30
Commendable Update/Interpretation
Playwright J.M. Barrie - the creator of 'Peter Pan' - wrote this story in 1920 (about a woman who disappears and reappears on a mysterious island with no knowledge of what had happened). Geoffrey Girard brings it into the 21st century.. adding modern investigation/forensics for a possible abduction, modern societal concepts/pop-culture references, embedded expletives (no author would even dream of dropping F-bombs in a book written between the Wars), and casual sexual innuendo.
Girard's writing is capable, his description is mind's-eye vivid, and he zeroes in on the intriguing (and creepy) paranormal/occult aspects of the tale that prompted Alfred Hitchcock to want to make a film version (Barrie's focus was more philosophical and concentrated on "lost time" effects between realities). As a fan of the Suspense genre, there was plenty to like.
Unfortunately, Girard's prose is occasionally almost unreadable, the repeated letdowns were annoying ("Oh, it wasn't spirits, it was a bunch of high schoolers smoking pot", for example) and the story never really captivated me.
As to presentation: This is one of the best performances that I have heard from Henrietta Meire. To be certain, she displays subpar Texas accents.. but also a flawless generic "American" accent. Her voice-acting complements admirable enunciation, timbre, cadence, and tone. The narration is the strongest aspect of the audiobook.
Altogether, 'Mary Rose' rates 7 stars out of 10. It was a serviceable free listen and possibly worth a Credit.
[Note: A 'Sixth Sense'/'Woman In Black'-like twist ending almost saves the book, but can't manage it]
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Tam-Lynn Coxworth
- 2024-08-25
Very slow story and a bit all over the place
Fails at attempting to be mysterious. Instead is unclear and slow. Does have consistent creepy vibe
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