A review by migrex
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston, Mario Spezi

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

This refers to the audiobook. At first I found the fake Italian accents of the narrator off putting, and still did somewhat by the end, but I can understand why the narrator, who has a pleasant voice, did this, as it seemed to be a way to differentiate the voices. A full-cast recording would solve this problem but surely create others. But one thing that still did annoy me was the lack of incorrect pronunciation, primarily placement of accents, in the Italian. Other than this, which accounts for the lower star rating, the book is an incredible look into this true crime story and the astounding events which happened when Douglas Preston and Mario Spezi investigated it. One plus in the audiobook is a phone interview with Douglas Preston at the end (I don't know if this same information is included in the print copy).
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