🎙🎙🎙 Narrated by Deirdre O'Connell 🎙🎙🎙
Description from Goodreads:
"TO LEARN THE TRUTH
WOULD YOU DESCEND INTO HELL?
Off the west coast of Ireland lies a lonely island, isolated and wilfully forgotten. Some say there hasn’t been a child born on the island for thirty years. Others speak of strange deaths there, decades ago. But no one really knows what happened. Locals believe that the dark times are behind them.
They are mistaken.
Grace, adopted at four years old, has never known where she came from. A mysterious phone call leads her back to the island where she was born – and where a terrible evil has been disturbed.
As the evil starts to spread, Grace finds herself dragged back into a living nightmare that threatens to engulf anyone who steps into its path."
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Something about that island
I found Grace to be an okay listen. It had an interesting premise that kept me going until the end, but I did find the pacing a bit slow for my liking. Regarding the horror aspect, it didn't quite hit the mark for me—though there were a few moments that were surprisingly graphic, which certainly added a bit of a sting to the story.
The narrator was brilliant, though. They had a strangely soothing voice, which felt a bit unusual given the nature of the book, but I really enjoyed it. I have a lot of Irish relatives and have spent plenty of time there over the years, so that Irish accent was just lovely and soothing to listen to, even when things got a bit dark on the island.
To be fair, it’s not sold as a fast-paced thriller, so perhaps my expectations for the genre were a bit off. Even so, I just found myself wanting a bit more intensity from the plot by the time I reached the final chapter. It’s an atmospheric listen if you enjoy a slower burn, but it didn't quite leave a lasting impression on me.
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