It rarely happens anymore, I am so taken in with a podcast, that even when I am done reviewing it, I continue to listen. What is it with 7th son that did it? What makes it all the more a mystery is that neither am I too good at listening to fictional podcasts, I am not much of a fan of the SciFi and thriller genres. The thriller genre, however, works with cliffhangers, and if you are caught, the thriller is working for you. 7th son managed to catch me, surprise me, keep me engaged and what is most important, had me identify with the main characters.The main characters are the seven men that one day find out they are clones and must set out to stop their original. Hutchins works the thriller masterfully and had me surprised on many instances, but also invested sufficiently in the psychology of the clones, especially the 7th clone. It should not come as a surprise therefore this listening sensation is going to be published as a book soon and a movie should be expected. In the mean time, I am on to book 3.
More narration and fiction podcasts:
7th Son - book 1,
Night's Knights,
New World Orders,
Namaste Stories,
Forgotten Classics,
Celtic Myth Podshow.
2 comments:
Anne, thanks for ANOTHER killer review! I'm tickled that you're still digging the series, and I really appreciate the support. Thanks so much!
Usually thrillers turn me off, because in the effort to build tension the writers contrive plots that are so impossible, I just fail to connect. Even though you did have a couple of details of which I thought they were a stretch, or even wrong (like the sundown in Arctic Village - in November?), especially the psychology of the main characters (not only John, also Father Thomas - I liked his dream at the very beginning) give a very lively feel to the story.
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