A review by quixoticreads
The Midnight Sea by Kat Ross

Did not finish book.

The Laughing Listener
June 2018
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Piper Goodeve
Length: 9 hours & 25 minutes

DNF at 35%

I actually feel kind of bad about this DNF because I think the potential is there. It's obvious every detail of this universe was thought out and I applaud Kat Ross for her attention to detail. But DAMN is it all thrown at you fast!! So much information within the first few chapters!! I was so dang confused—for a WHILE—and even had to go back and re-listen to giant chunks of audio to try and understand what was going on. Hell I'm STILL confused. Apparently the printed version has a glossary of terms, but I don't even think that would have helped if I had it.

Plus, everything is so rushed in the beginning. Not only are we being thrown all this information, but everything happens so fast! When it was revealed that Nazafareen was 17, I was genuinely shocked to learn that so much time had gone by without my even knowing. Things got a little more interesting when Darius showed up, but I suddenly realized that I didn't care enough about these characters to be putting in this much effort to keep up.

Sorry guys, just not for me.