Reviews of Irish Audio Books

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

The Book of Lost Things
Author: John Connolly
Reader: Steven Crossley
Short Review: A decent book with a major flaw, read beautifully by Steven Crossley. Connolly’s book starts out as a promising depiction of the interior life of a bookish, depressed boy with apparently undiagnosed epilepsy and OCD. Unfortunately, it continues on into an all-too-familiar [...]

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The Likeness by Tana French

The Likeness
Author: Tana French
Reader: Heather O’Neill
Short Review: Tana French’s strong second novel read beautifully by Heather O’Neill. In this sequel to In the Woods, we follow Cassie Maddox in a strange undercover murder investigation. Cassie gets back on her feet and then gets knocked right back off balance imitating her deceased doppelganger while looking [...]

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In the Woods by Tana French

 In the Woods
 Author: Tana French
 Reader: Steven Crossley
Short Review: This Edgar Award winning novel traces a murder in Ireland, following the detectives investigating the case and flashing back to an earlier, similar unsolved case. It is a good novel beautifully read by Crossley, but the novel itself annoys me in a few spots (which [...]

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The Young Wan by Brendan O’Carroll

 The Young Wan
 Author: Brendan O’Carroll
 Reader: Donada Peters
 Short Review: A sweet, funny prequel to O’Carroll’s earlier trilogy about Agnes Brown, read with great energy, humor, and personality by the incomparable Donada Peters.
 Long Review: The Young Wan tells the story of Agnes Browne’s early life and her parents’ romance and marriage. Set in a [...]

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Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney

 Beowulf, translated by Seamus Heaney
 Translator: Seamus Heaney
 Reader: George Guidall
 Short Review: Heaney’s excellent translation read well, though not perfectly, by Guidall.
 Long Review: You know already whether or not you want to listed to Beowulf as an audiobook. There are those of us who perk right up at the thought of listening to epic poetry read [...]

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My Dream of You by Nuala O’Faolain

 My Dream Of You
 Author: Nuala O’Faolain
 Reader: Dearbhla Molloy
 Short Review: A beautiful first novel from one of Ireland’s best memoir and non-fiction writers, gorgeously read by Dublin’s excellent Dearbhla Molloy with just the right accent and diction. The novel interlaces a story of a woman approaching menopause while re-awakening her sense of romance, rethinking her [...]

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Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle

Paula Spencer
Author: Roddy Doyle
Reader: Ger Ryan
Short Review: A novel featuring the engaging lead character from Doyle’s The Woman Who Walked Into Doors gloriously read in the perfect Dublin accent by Ger Ryan.
Long Review: Paula Spencer is a recovering alcoholic, recovering longtime victim of domestic violence, widow, house-cleaner, and mother weighed down by a lot of [...]

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