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A review by literallykalasin
Lost in Babylon by Peter Lerangis
3.0
Cas, Aly, and Jack pursue the missing Marco to Iraq where they discover that the key to finding the second loculus is not in the present, but to traveling back in time to visit the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
This is the first audiobook I've listened to in probably five years, and I forgot how much they force you to pace yourself. There's no speeding up at the good parts or skimming over boring bits; you "read" at the discretion and timing of your narrator.
With that said, I liked this book as an audiobook. The story itself is fast paced and action packed, and the narrator was good at capturing the tones and attitudes of children on the cusp of adolescence. Where it was weak was character differentiation -- the adults all had their own voices, but the only one of the kids that really had his own characterised voice was Marco. Cas, Aly, and Jack all blended together in their similarities, forcing you to wait for the verbal cues telling you who was speaking.
This is the first audiobook I've listened to in probably five years, and I forgot how much they force you to pace yourself. There's no speeding up at the good parts or skimming over boring bits; you "read" at the discretion and timing of your narrator.
With that said, I liked this book as an audiobook. The story itself is fast paced and action packed, and the narrator was good at capturing the tones and attitudes of children on the cusp of adolescence. Where it was weak was character differentiation -- the adults all had their own voices, but the only one of the kids that really had his own characterised voice was Marco. Cas, Aly, and Jack all blended together in their similarities, forcing you to wait for the verbal cues telling you who was speaking.