![]() ![]() This one in particular has an unusual surprise: I liked the second half much more than the first half, which is not usually the case. I am happy to let a long book take some time. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Winslow's description of the heat in the "tube" makes you claustrophobic, just antsy to get out of there. All the British accents he does! He separates the Cockney from the House of Lords and everything in between. It is far beyond just his gravelly voice, which is always pleasing. What does Joe Barrett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book? You just want him to get his comeuppance, as they used to say, and you are glad when he does, although this requires a couple of plot tricks that strain credulity a bit. Colin, the bad guy, is a truly nauseating bad guy. He takes on the global mess that is Ally and her twisted family, complete with her heroin addiction, as just a teenager, and her scuzzy lifestyle (read: prostitution) and her scuzzier friends. Neal, the protagonist, is clearly the man whom Mr. ![]() It's hard for me to even think of all the audiobooks I've listened to. Not to be boastful, but my library contains about 1000 audiobooks, so it is hard for me to make judgments like this. ![]() Where does A Cool Breeze on the Underground rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? ![]()
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