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A review by ksweeney915
Argylle by Elly Conway
5.0
I'm... confused. My MO is reading a book right before the movie based on it comes out so I can read the book before spoilers are out in the world (and let's be honest, also so I can say I read the book first). I saw the trailer for this movie and it looked like a fun comedy-adventure and I was intrigued by the author of the book being a character in the movie. Who is Elly Conway?! Everyone wants to know and I was so curious about a book in which the author had inserted herself as a character! Well, she didn't. The book does not feature Elly Conway as a character at all (or any cats), and is a fairly straightforward, but still super fun, thrilling, and engaging spy/adventure novel. The cover of the book reminds me of the Kingsman movies for some reason, and I know the director is the same, and I feel like there was a Kingsman reference in the story, though I can't remember it now. Also the movie was made SO FAST. So maybe the author is someone involved with the Kingsman movies? I hope the mystery is revealed someday soon. I kept waiting for a twist revealing the author hadn't finished the story yet (like the trailer!) but it never came. That said I still really enjoyed the story.
This was my first audiobook and it was not the best experience. I gave the book five stars because it still kept me engaged and interested even though the narration was really not my favorite. I'm again confused—why did they get an English actress to narrate a book with a male main character in an American accent? Why? Her pronunciation of MANY words was wildly distracting and annoying because there were points I actually had to stop and puzzle out what she was saying. We're talking pronouncing comrades like com-raids, swathes like swaythes, the pronunciation of anything with an "o" in it was super weird. I get the feeling most of this would have been alleviated if she had just been allowed to use her regular accent. There were one or two side characters who were British and it was like a breath of fresh air. Why did they do this? Does it tie into the movie? I guess I shouldn't complain because I listened to it for free on Spotify but it was really just so super distracting and frustrating. Not really excited to listen to more audiobooks based on this experience.
This was my first audiobook and it was not the best experience. I gave the book five stars because it still kept me engaged and interested even though the narration was really not my favorite. I'm again confused—why did they get an English actress to narrate a book with a male main character in an American accent? Why? Her pronunciation of MANY words was wildly distracting and annoying because there were points I actually had to stop and puzzle out what she was saying. We're talking pronouncing comrades like com-raids, swathes like swaythes, the pronunciation of anything with an "o" in it was super weird. I get the feeling most of this would have been alleviated if she had just been allowed to use her regular accent. There were one or two side characters who were British and it was like a breath of fresh air. Why did they do this? Does it tie into the movie? I guess I shouldn't complain because I listened to it for free on Spotify but it was really just so super distracting and frustrating. Not really excited to listen to more audiobooks based on this experience.