A review by carriethis
The Good Son by Michael Gruber

3.0

I listened to this on audiobook, and it actually took me two attempts to finish it. That’s really atypical for me with a Michael Gruber book. His Jimmy Paz books are some of my favorite reads ever. He’s brilliant. This was a difficult book to settle into because I really struggle to comprehend international politics, and to me, The Good Son is heavy for a political thriller. Throw in some torture and executions, an ending that’s wrapped up too quickly, and some of Gruber’s less impressive character development (too unbelievable), and even though I learned quite a bit, I can only give this one 3 stars. The narration was good, especially with several accents required, but still could have used some extra oomph. All the characters sounded drowsy. I got drowsy listening.