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A review by tirwinreads17
214 Palmer Street by Karen McQuestion
3.0
Thank you so much to NetGalley, Bookoutre, and the author for an advance listener’s audiobook of 214 Palmer Street in exchange for an honest review. I listened on my iPhone from 3/29 - 4/2.
The description of this book interested me so I was a little upset to have been denied from the ebook arc of this title first. I think it worked out for the better, though, because I am not sure my attention would have stuck in physical reading form for this particular title.
At first, the story captivated me. There’s a girl at 214 Palmer where she doesn’t belong. There is a shift to “before” where she was attacked at her own home by an unknown person. And an “after” where she is hiding away from everyone in her friend’s house without permission…. for what reason? What is it about this house? And the attack? I was excited to find out how it all fit together. I enjoy the types of stories that don’t make sense but you stick with it all falls into place. It was a great set-up, but the execution fell a little flat for me when we shifted from “then” vs. “now” to only present term and was unrealistic.
This book left me with so many unanswered questions, and not in a good way. More in a I need to know this for the story to even make sense way. I’m not going to list them here for the sake of spoilers!
I did enjoy the narrator. Often I find it difficult to listen to audiobooks of stories written from multiple perspectives, especially those including male POVs, with one female narrator. But she did a good job without making it weird or confusing.
Overall, I would rate this audiobook 3/5 stars. It was okay, but it didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I might still recommend to some others.
-@tirwinreads
The description of this book interested me so I was a little upset to have been denied from the ebook arc of this title first. I think it worked out for the better, though, because I am not sure my attention would have stuck in physical reading form for this particular title.
At first, the story captivated me. There’s a girl at 214 Palmer where she doesn’t belong. There is a shift to “before” where she was attacked at her own home by an unknown person. And an “after” where she is hiding away from everyone in her friend’s house without permission…. for what reason? What is it about this house? And the attack? I was excited to find out how it all fit together. I enjoy the types of stories that don’t make sense but you stick with it all falls into place. It was a great set-up, but the execution fell a little flat for me when we shifted from “then” vs. “now” to only present term and was unrealistic.
This book left me with so many unanswered questions, and not in a good way. More in a I need to know this for the story to even make sense way. I’m not going to list them here for the sake of spoilers!
I did enjoy the narrator. Often I find it difficult to listen to audiobooks of stories written from multiple perspectives, especially those including male POVs, with one female narrator. But she did a good job without making it weird or confusing.
Overall, I would rate this audiobook 3/5 stars. It was okay, but it didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I might still recommend to some others.
-@tirwinreads