{"id":4346,"date":"2019-08-28T01:29:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T05:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/?p=4346"},"modified":"2019-06-22T19:29:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T23:29:52","slug":"audiobook-review-after-im-gone-by-laura-lippman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fridaynirvana.com\/fiction\/2019\/08\/audiobook-review-after-im-gone-by-laura-lippman.html","title":{"rendered":"Audiobook Review : After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTitle : After I’m Gone
\nAuthor : Laura Lippman
\nNarrators : Linda Esmond
\nGenre : Mystery
\nPublisher : Harper Audio
\nListening Length : 10 hours 34 minutes
\nRating : 2.5\/5
\nNarrator Rating : 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I\u2019m Gone\u201d is my first Laura Lippman, and I am kind of disappointed. This book was average; \u201cmeh\u201d describes it best.<\/p>\n

Felix Brewster, small time conman with illusions of grandeur, trying to escape the law disappears mysteriously leaving behind wife Bambi, 2 daughters, and a mistress Julie. Julie disappears 10 years later, presumably to join Felix. Much later when her body is found in a remote park thicket, retired detective Sandy Sanchez investigates this cold case.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter I\u2019m Gone\u201d has an intriguing premise, but the characters are so flat that I don\u2019t care about them. What we do know about them makes them unlikeable \u2013 they are either plain dumb, arrogant or shorn of common sense.<\/p>\n

The book is slow-moving with details thrown in that don\u2019t impact the story or build nuance \u2013 like why do I care about the detective\u2019s back story? His character does not shape the case (not like Tana French\u2019s books<\/a><\/strong>) so it is rather frustrating to wade through so much description for nothing. Bambi is swept off her feet by Felix but is still reserved, \u201cholding back a piece of herself\u201d \u2013 and what does that do to the story? Absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n

This book felt like it hadn\u2019t been fully thought through. In bits, the events and characters probably made sense, but as a whole this just didn\u2019t have the momentum or excitement of a mystery\/thriller. Also some skillful editing was called for.<\/p>\n

I have heard Lippman books recommended to me, so I must try other books by her \u2013 which I\u2019m currently loath to do.<\/p>\n

Linda Edmond\u2019s narration passed muster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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