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Notes on an Execution
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen, Mozhan Marnò
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours. But this is not his story.
Ansel doesn't want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. Yet now he awaits the same fate he forced on those girls, years ago.
This is the story of the women who survive.
As the clock ticks down, three women—a mother, a sister, a detective—reckon with the choices that culminate in tragedy, the impact on those in its wake, and the possibility of redemption.
WINNER OF THE MWA EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2023
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- Jane Williams
- 12-02-2022
Complete and satisfying
While initially sceptical about reading a serial killer story, I was won over instantly by the variety of story lines. All roads led to why what happened actually happened, rather than dwelling on the acts themselves. The women's voices were powerful and plausible. Highly recommended.
I have another of this author's books to read . . . and I can't wait.
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- Luana Holloway
- 23-02-2022
Brilliant
An extraordinary story bought to life so well by the voice actors. The best audio book experience I think I’ve ever had
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- Christine Rowlands
- 29-12-2022
A fabulous experience.
This was an original, captivating, clever novel. The performances were terrific. I’ll be hunting down other writing by this author.
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- Sophia
- 27-08-2022
Brilliantly written
In depth characters and a gripping plot line, showing the linebetween good and evil is not black and white. Brilliantly narrated too!
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- Eleske
- 01-05-2023
Brilliant intention, but didn't hit the mark
This book has a strong premise, that we see both sides of unspeakable acts performed by someone who is wounded and monstrous. But I felt so much that the sympathy for Ansel was too readily from his own perspective and the overall tone of the book to be blamed on the women around him, that if his childhood hadn't happened as it had, his mother hadn't done what she did, that the women hadn't done things so minor (compared to the way he reacted), he wouldn't have become the person he became. Negating that he had a lifetime to change, introspectively and intentionally, and that he is largely portrayed to be a victim of circumstances he was at no strength to alter, despite multiple chances to do so. The voice acting was brilliant, narrative tone was weighted and tonally appropriate for the themes of the book, but the story felt apologetic for someone who didn't need sympathy or understanding as the book had tried to imply a reader should.
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- stephen wills
- 23-08-2022
I loved this book
I couldn’t put it down (metaphoric since it was an audio). The thoughts and feelings of the sociopathic Packer are credible and insightful. The author casts a mirror on our potential dark side. The 3rd person narrative for most of the characters casts them in normal status while Ansell speaks in 2nd person casting him as a troubled, evil and pathetic character. Although at some level you feel sorry for him, his troubled past, and his feeble attempts at redemption. Highly recommended.
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- AMcG
- 10-03-2023
Beautifully written
Loved it. So wonderfully weaved between characters with perfectly explored internal lives. Stunning descriptive phrases.
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- Layla Sacker
- 10-06-2023
Breathtaking
This book was beautifully written . Parts almost poetic. Tender … harsh… exquisite … brutal . What a wonderful journey it was and the narration was outstanding
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