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Black Sun Rising
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Black Sun Rising
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Publisher's Summary
Barcelona, summer 1909. When the scientist and explorer Randolph Foulkes is blown up in a random terrorist bomb attack, Private Detective Harry Lawton is hired by the man's widow to identify the beneficiary of a large payment Foulkes had made shortly before his death. Lawton's arrival in the Catalan capital coincides with a series of unusual killings that appear to have been carried out by a blood-drinking animal in the Ramblas district and adds another element of instability to a city already teetering on the brink of insurrection. Lawton soon meets and teams up with Esperanza Claramunt, a young anarchist whose lover was one of the victims of the "beast of the Ramblas", and the Catalan crime reporter Bernat Mata, who has begun investigating these crimes.
So what begins as a straightforward investigation into presumed marital infidelity turns into something far more sinister, as Lawton probes Foulkes' connections to the mysterious Explorers Club, the Barcelona political police, and an eccentric Austrian hypnotist. Adrift in a city gripped by rebellion and lawlessness, Lawton enters a labyrinth of murder, corruption, political conflict, and crazed racial pseudoscience where no one's survival is guaranteed.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Genevieve Paquette
- 2021-02-08
slow
Nazi eugenics, anarchists, and an epileptic detective with PTSD. Shockingly, not as strange or thrilling as it sounds, especially based on the blurb, but still a satisfying listen.
First, a note on the narration. The narrator was very good, but often fell into some intense vocal fry. Which isn't my favorite sound ever, but you do kind of get used to it.
The story was slow, but solid. The plot was interesting enough (I'm not a huge fan of stuff set in this time period, but it was so atmospheric and the setting so well drawn that I was sucked in, anyway), and the main character was bland but relatable, and quite likable, even. The secondary characters were hit or miss in terms of development, and I feel like the other hero of the story, the female anarchist (and her brother, who served as little more than a plot device, which was not cool) got short changed a bit.
The ending was satisfying. A little anticlimactic, maybe, but that actually suited the tone of the book. There was this underlying theme of fighting against the inevitable, and knowing that bad things are coming, but still not giving up. It was less inspirational and more of a bit of sad realism. I appreciated that.
This is a case where you can judge a book by its cover, at least a little. The grey, dreary, fog covering the city also permeates the story.
It was good, but I think the reader has to be in a certain mindframe to get the most out of it. I listened at work, which probably was not the best choice, but I still enjoyed it.
Oh, also, I love that Gaudí made an appearance :)
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