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A review by philscottmayes
Gone to Dust by Matt Goldman
4.0
Goldman takes readers on a twisty ride with [mostly] engaging characters. I made guesses along the way, but this whodunit wasn’t as predictable as I initially suspected. It also wasn’t entirely unpredictable, but murder mysteries rarely are. My primary criticism of the story is that one of the female supporting characters doesn’t really get a proper resolution (unless I somehow missed it). It didn’t ruin the story, but it felt vaguely incomplete to me. Other than that, bits of dialogue do suffer from a tangy hint of cheese, but it feels more like the characters themselves can be a little cheesy than that Goldman can’t write dialogue.
The audiobook narrator does as good a job as could be reasonably expected, digging deep to generate more than a dozen characters with distinct tones, deliveries, and accents, but it took me a while not to be distracted by a few of his female voices. It’s a problem all narrators face, and one that he tackled well enough. Overall, Gone to Dust [audiobook] was an enjoyable listen, and was well worth the $3.99 price of admission.
The audiobook narrator does as good a job as could be reasonably expected, digging deep to generate more than a dozen characters with distinct tones, deliveries, and accents, but it took me a while not to be distracted by a few of his female voices. It’s a problem all narrators face, and one that he tackled well enough. Overall, Gone to Dust [audiobook] was an enjoyable listen, and was well worth the $3.99 price of admission.