A review by crystal_reading
The Lord of Opium by Nancy Farmer

4.0

I had a hard time caring about the main character this time at least in the beginning. I didn't find Matt all that interesting for quite a while. He was just like a dear in the headlights and that is not the most exciting thing to watch. About half-way through it got better. I loved the reader for the audio and the interview at the end between the reader and the author. The reader didn't exaggerate the accents, but did include some. He also helped to keep the tension present throughout the book. There were quite a few stand out characters that helped make the book way more interesting. Listen is fabulous and Cienfuegos is also pretty amazing. The Mushroom Master was another very unique character. The book grew on me as it went, but I am not sure that I would have finished it if I was reading the hard copy myself. The one thing that is a negative about having listened to it was that the appendix isn't on the CDs so I missed the extra things at the end.