A review by jessicaroot
The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill

2.0

I genuinely feel like the author has no clue how to write a convincing and compelling female character. All of the characters lacked nuance, they all felt flat, including our protagonist. The plot was very redundant, it felt cyclical in a boring way. I feel like this story needed a massive revision to be more enticing. The bones of it feel good, but the execution just isn’t it for me. Also I can’t get behind the lack of quotations. I had to reread many lines as I was confused if the character was speaking out loud or not. Maybe that was intentional - blurring the lines between what’s going on within us and what is being perceived, either way i’m not a fan.

If you want a compelling story dealing with strangers brought together by paranormal phenomena - look no further than the tv show The OA. I feel like it has most of the elements that this book tried to accomplish and more.