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A review by emjay2021
Exit by Belinda Bauer
4.0
I really enjoyed this. You may note that I have tagged it as “funny,” which probably seems like an awfully weird way to describe a novel about medical assistance in dying with a slightly depressed main character. However, Exit is really quite humorous at times! I was surprised at how often I laughed while listening to it. The narrator, Rupert Degas, does a very good job, doing different voices for different characters but not being over the top about it. I particularly liked the bits about Felix’s dog Mabel.
The mystery is almost beside the point, although it was fine. If I’m being honest, I kind of lost interest a little once the mystery was revealed about two-thirds of the way through. But really, the best parts are spending time with the characters. Felix, despite his sad sack nature, has a lot more feistiness than you might think at first. Calvin the policeman, too, has more depth than he seems to when you first meet him. Even the minor supporting characters are well drawn, like the cleaner, Hailey, and Felix’s neighbour Miss Knott. There is a scene with Hailey in her chaotic family home that features a parrot which is utterly hilarious but also kind of heartbreaking. (I’m probably spelling the characters’ names wrong because I listened to the book and never saw them written down.)
Anyway, it’s a well done audiobook, not too long, and really engaging, especially at the beginning. I would recommend it to someone looking for a good audiobook mystery who likes a bit of lightness in their mysteries.
The mystery is almost beside the point, although it was fine. If I’m being honest, I kind of lost interest a little once the mystery was revealed about two-thirds of the way through. But really, the best parts are spending time with the characters. Felix, despite his sad sack nature, has a lot more feistiness than you might think at first. Calvin the policeman, too, has more depth than he seems to when you first meet him. Even the minor supporting characters are well drawn, like the cleaner, Hailey, and Felix’s neighbour Miss Knott. There is a scene with Hailey in her chaotic family home that features a parrot which is utterly hilarious but also kind of heartbreaking. (I’m probably spelling the characters’ names wrong because I listened to the book and never saw them written down.)
Anyway, it’s a well done audiobook, not too long, and really engaging, especially at the beginning. I would recommend it to someone looking for a good audiobook mystery who likes a bit of lightness in their mysteries.