The Paris Apartment / Lucy Foley.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063003088
- ISBN: 0063003082
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (12 hr., 25 min., 51 sec.)) : digital.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York] : HarperAudio, 2022.
Content descriptions
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Clare Corbett, Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, Charlie Anson. |
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Subject: | Brothers > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Apartment houses > Fiction. Paris (France) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. |
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Electronic resources
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2022 April
With its outstanding cast of narrators, this audiobook immediately draws listeners into the messy lives of the inhabitants of an elegant-looking Paris apartment building. Narrator Sofia Zervudachi masterfully portrays the edgy Jess, who is on a mission to uncover what has happened to her half brother, Ben, who has mysteriously disappeared. Residents of the apartment building alternate chapters, sharing aspects of their relationships with Ben and, ever so slowly, their own backstories. The narrators perfectly portray their characters--who range from the imperious Madame Sophie, portrayed by Clare Corbett, to the fragile Mimi, portrayed by Daphne Kouma. The well-pronounced French expressions throughout add to the atmosphere. While at times the details and descriptions get in the way of the action, the overall experience is captivating. E.Q. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine - Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2022 May #1
A late night arrival in the city of Paris sets the dark tone of this tale. Searching to find her missing brother, Ben, Jess is filled with concern and worry, which quickly turns to fear for both of them, leaving her to doubt the motives of everyone she meets. Building on an internal strength from her life experiences she is able, in a twist of fate, to bring redemption to the macabre apartment building into which she has stumbled. Heavy accents of the six narrators along with the use of colloquial phrases and oft-times colorful language causes this riveting novel to transport the listener directly into the French scene. Although transitions between characters are sometimes difficult to discern, the use of varying voices provides continuity to the story. Readers seeking the thriller-suspense genre will appreciate the intertwined character development of this intriguing and nightmarish epic. Copyright 2022 Booklist Reviews. - LJ Express Reviews : LJ Express Reviews
Featuring outstanding performances from six narratorsâClare Corbett, Daphne Kouma, Julia Winwood, Sope Dirisu, Sofia Zervudachi, and Charlie Ansonâthis twisty, atmospheric, locked-room mystery (whose film rights have already been picked up by Sony's 3000 Pictures) is a pleasingly theatrical listening experience, despite rapid-fire temporal and points of view shifts. Jess Hadley experiences some unpleasantries with her boss and hightails it out of her job at the Copacabana bar in Brighton, England. She arrives at a swanky but somewhat sinister Paris apartment building, where she hopes to crash with her brother Ben, an aspiring investigative journalist. When she can't get Ben on the phone, Jess finagles her way into the building and finds her brother's wallet and keys in his apartment, but Ben is nowhere to be found. The suspense builds as the first-person point of view moves among the building's other residents, with each narrator effectively portraying their character's growing dread over Jess's investigation into Ben's disappearance.
Copyright 2022 LJExpress.VERDICT While listeners must concentrate to keep track of the often dizzying point of view and time changes, Foley's (The Guest List ) many fans are accustomed to her style and will likely find this an engaging listening experience.âBeth Farrell