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The Weight of Silence
- Narrated by: Jim Colby, Eliza Foss, Cassandra Morris, Andy Paris, Therese Plummer, Tony Ward
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
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- Vivic
- 2021-05-17
Great story if you can get passed the narration.
I struggled with this at first. it was very slow, and seemed to be just like any other book I had read this year. nothing stood out.
I was even tempted to return the books, but I'm happy I didn't.
it doesn't help the narrator's are very monotoned and show little to no emotion in their readings. (this being a very emotion book, I feel that really hindered the immersion of the story)
Once you get 2/3 of the way through the novel, the author definitely plays a game of keep-away with you.
Taking multiple chapters to finally disclose literally one word. (that's just one example that really stood out to me)
It was infuriating, and almost caused me to skip chapters, but then I realized the author had done what he set out to do: captivate my attention.
it's a great novel to listen to, I would recommend it.
just be aware the protagonist's mother, Antonia, is a horrible mother. she's not violent toward her children, but she allows far too much to happen to her children and is too much of a coward to interfere.
Out of all the characters in this novel, hers angered me the most.
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- Budb
- 2021-05-13
Quite good overall!
I enjoyed this book! I found it exciting in places, emotional in places ... and predictable in places. Overall the narration was good.
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- Veronika
- 2024-03-04
No dogs need to die for any story
The one dogs passing away, didn’t add to this story whatsoever. I do not like a book that is fiction and where there is an unnecessary death of an animal. Enough cruelty in reality, if I am reading fiction, I want any animals within a story to have happy endings, so apologies for this author, because otherwise, it’s not a bad story, but I feel let down as a reader. 
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- Janice Hoy
- 2023-10-17
Highly recommend
Very much enjoyed the storyline and the narrators of this book. I couldn’t put down and want to know what was happening next.
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- Rachelle A
- 2023-07-08
Excellent story
This book was hard to stop listening to. Excellent performance by all readers . I recommend this book and author
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- Laura
- 2023-06-21
Great book
I really enjoyed this audio book, more so with more than one narrator. It’s a must listen.
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- Kare Bear
- 2023-05-27
Great Listen
Heather G delivers again a great book !
the twist and turns was great !
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-02-08
Entertaining Listen
The telling of the story is more interesting then uncovering of the "villian". It was a good listen and I found it to be the perfect length. There's alot going on that will keep you guessing.
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- Langer MD
- 2021-10-28
Engrossing
Heather Gudenkauf weaves together a thought-provoking exploration of psyches - expounding on a theme of keeping secrets: the "Silence" in the title. The disappearance of two girls is used as a matrix around which the author reveals the inner conflicts of multiple characters (parents, ex-lovers, and the girls themselves). Despite pedestrian characters (these people frankly aren't that interesting) I found myself drawn into their worlds. The book is essentially a stereotypical Lifetime Movie script, but I have to admit I was captivated.
Gudenkauf's writing is competent, her dialogue is realistic, and her characterization skills are masterful. Less fortunately, the "Child Disappearance" plot is resolved predictably & unsatisfactorily - it's clearly just a device to drive the character development.. and the story structure is baffling - Gudenkauf writes for multiple characters in multiple timelines and from multiple perpectives: First Person, Second Person, Third Person Limited, Third Person Omniscient.. seemingly at random. The book isn't crafted very well.
Luckily, the reading cast (different readers for each character) are excellent. Diction, timbre, cadence, and tone are spot-on. Jim Colby, Tony Ward, Therese Plummer, Andy Paris, Eliza Ford, and Cassandra Morris also perform with exemplary emotiveness (you can hear the fear and panic in harried parents, for example).
Despite being best consumed at 1.15X (all of the cast read slightly too slow) - Recorded Books hired the right people for the project.
This book isn't in my wheelhouse (I'm not a big straight Drama fan), but it was offered on sale.. and it was worth the $4.95 CDN I paid for it. It rates 6.5 stars out of 10 - it merits a Credit if you're into personality exposition.
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- Louise P.
- 2021-09-20
A great read
Wonderful book, delves into each character, interesting narration. The one immense problem I had with this book is the mother’s character. A weakling, an abused woman so disconnected from real life, that you want to shake her into action ! As a mother, she sucks big time ! Still, the other characters make up for her ineptitude !
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