Yannick Murphy

I listened to the recorded version of this murder mystery. I found it hard to follow because this book is written as a stream-of-consciousness novel. Because of the style in which it is written it is one of those rare books that doesn't translate well into the recorded format. The book is told from multiple points-of-view. Everything from the viewpoint of the water to the various people in the novel is part of the stream of writing. Every chapter, section, and sometimes even, the paragraphs start out with the phrase "this is ..." This made it hard to follow when listening to the book.

Generally I don't like stream-of-consciousness novels, and I did find this one confusing at times, however, once I became accustomed to the very different style and rhythm of the book, I found that it did work. It just wasn't what I expected from a murder mystery, suspense, thriller novel. It also helped that I got the print copy and was able to check on parts that I didn't understand using the printed copy. Reading it cleared up many of the ambiguous parts of the novel and I began to enjoy the story much more. I didn't really like the ending of the novel. The ending was satisfying in many ways, but it really didn't seem to fit and some elements were to fantastical to be believed.… (more)