Unreliable narrators those slippery customers who are determined to mislead, confuse and plain lie to the reader are not a new phenomenon. The sky was filled with the stars of the voiceover community on november 16, 2016 and the power of acknowledgement and possibility. Gone girl is a 2014 american psychological thriller film directed by david fincher and with a screenplay by gillian flynn based on her 2012 novel of the same title. I felt myself listening without distraction as i would if reading a book which for me is the best test of a really good audio book. A story by the author of gone girl audiobook by gillian flynn. She is perhaps best known for her acting work on abcs once and again and her awardwinning narration of over 300 audiobooks including gillian flynn s gone girl, tara westovers educated, and kristen hannahs the great alone. Through her two ultimately unreliable narrators, flynn masterfully weaves the slow trickle of critical. Download gone girl audiobook by gillian flynn audiobooksnow.
On a warm summer morning in north carthage, missouri, it is nick and amy dunnes fifth wedding anniversary. I love a book that has different narrators for different characters. The reader comes to discover their layers of deceit through a process similar to. Gone girl by gillian flynn darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted, gillian flynns gone girl will be published june 5. Kirby heyborne et julia whelan sont dexcellents narrateurs, jamais. Gone girl the book is a huge hit, and the audiobook has been a big seller on audible. And in the same way as gone girl, this book ended leaving me annoyed. When something is as well written as gone girl, it almost makes it harder to narrate, because you wonder what you could possibly add to the. What other book might you compare the good girl to and why. Kirby heyborne award winning narrator of audiobooks. After a healthy career as a child actor, whelan attended middlebury college and oxford university. Voicing bestselling psychological thrillers such as gone girl and an anonymous girl, american actress julia whelan lends her low tone and fantastic american drawl to a vast selection of audiobooks. This book has been compared to gone girl, and in the way that it is told moving fluidly around a timeline from different characters perspectives as well as the inclusion of seriously narcissistic characters, it is akin. Flynn masterfully lets this tale of a marriage gone toxically wrong gradually emerge through alternating accounts by nick and amy, both unreliable narrators in their own ways.
Gardners advice to aspiring narrators is to take a digital recorder and a book, sit in a quiet room, and read aloud for an hour without stopping. Before i read this book i went back to read her first. Feb 04, 2016 16 audiobooks with sexy narrators just in time for valentines day. Browse audiobooks read by julia whelan sorted by best selling this month page 1 sign up login. It was the first audiobook that i really just burned through. Audiobooks, in my humble opinion, are the best way to consume thrillers. Sep 18, 2012 i cannot recommend the audiobook of gone girl by gillian flynn enough. Gone girl a novel by gillian flynn audiobook youtube. Oct 29, 2012 whats the process of creating an audiobook like. Listen to gone girl a novel by gillian flynn available from rakuten kobo. First person central narrator as the protagonist, nick is this tales primary storyteller, but gone girl isnt your average, everyday firstperson narrative. I would compare the good girl to gone girl for the many plot twists but also to harlen coben books.
After several years as a child actor, whelan began a career in audio narration when a friends mother, an audio producer, approached her about a job at her college graduation. That is the questionthe challenge of writing from the perspective of an unreliable narrator. Valentines night of your life is an audiobook to fall in. I have only found a couple books that had multiple narrators that i thought worked well with the story and created a more enjoyable listening experience over a single narrator. Jan 16, 2020 husbandoftheyear nick isnt doing himself any favors with cringeworthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wifes head, but passages from amys diary reveal the alpha girl. I cannot imagine two better people to narrate amy and nick. I loved circe, i think almost entirely because of the narrator s voice.
Experienced narrator kirby heyborne takes on the role of nick, adding it to his extensive repertoire of fiction and nonfiction reads. Gone girl by gillian flynn read by julia whelan kirby heyborne. This post caused me to look her up perdita weeks and put another of hers on my wish list. I have listened to many audiobooks that might not have seized my attention so thoroughly if it hadnt been for the voice of the narrator or the creepy production music. A single mothers life is turned upside down when her best friend vanishes in this chilling debut thriller in the vein of gone girl and the girl on the train. Through her two ultimately unreliable narrators, flynn masterfully weaves the slow trickle of critical details with 90degree plot turns. The narrators here though were completely rave worthy. It has dual narrators julia whelan reads the amy chapters and kirby heyborne reads the nick chapters. They are able to portray amy and nick through the various stages of the book with such precision you. Aug 24, 2017 the 2016 voice arts awards warner bros studios, burbank ca. The trope of the unreliable narrator is one that persists through plenty of literary fiction not just crime fiction, pulpy or otherwise, but postmodern literature, modernist experiments, all kinds of iterations of narrative prose. Gone girl audiobook by gillian flynn 9780307990402 rakuten.
Gone girl the book is a huge hit, and the audiobook has been a big. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download. Like her conarrator kirby heyborne, julia whelan delighted us, thrilled us, and thoroughly creeped us out in gone girl before. Known for his ability to breathe life into any book he lends his audio skills to, dale is the proud narrator of the harry potter audiobooks for american audiences. The girl on the train audiobook paula hawkins youtube. Portrait of the voice in my head the village voice. In 2012, she became a breakout new voice, reading gone girl by gillian flynn. This is one of the few audiobooks where i can say the narrators are the characters. Gone girl well, im late to the party, but i finally read gone girl random house. Starting there on, the story moves along in powder barrel design.
Gone girl a novel by gillian flynn author julia whelan narrator. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Gone girl was a great audiobook, i really liked the way they used two different narrators for the two stories. Perfect for entrepreneurs and anyone seeking the most out of life each audiobook. The best audiobook narrators of all time so far kobo news. But, as difficult as it is for a narrator, i think its. It has dual narrators julia whelan reads the amy chapters and. When a fellow bibliophile told me that this years gone girl was the dinner, it would be a suspenseful read that would keep me up late into the night and leave me nursing a book hangover come morning. I used that strategy in the first part of this book as the author withholds vital information as to what is really going on. Gone girl by gillian flynn overdrive rakuten overdrive. The reader comes to discover their layers of deceit through a process similar to that at work in the imploding relationship. Told from the alternating perspectives of amy and nick whose marriage is falling apart in smalltown missouri, this is first a story of perfect young love in manhattan, followed by its slow disintegration. Gone girl is a fastpaced, always surprising pageturner of a book gone girl is a superbly crafted novel by a talented and daring young writer and it will keep you guessing until the very last sentence. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite.
Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. There are times when different narrators read the same book. Thriller books similar to gone girl, the girl on the train. Leaving the multi narrator story theme, the short drop was good and comes up on sale often. I was expecting the same mood and deep sense of suspense as gone girl. This book has mistakenly been compared to gone girl. Gone girl deserves its best seller status because it is good old fashioned story telling where the journey is just a thrill and ride and the destination a. Gillian flynn actually gives us a twofernot only do we get nicks narration of his experiences, but we get amys side of the story as well. Julia whelan is an actor, writer, and audiobook narrator. Best audio narration best performance by a narrator. I cannot recommend the audiobook of gone girl by gillian flynn enough.
Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. He has a wide range of voices, dialects, and characters and is known to deliver raw emotion. Considered one of the best audiobook narrators by far, jim dales audio credentials are staggering. She is perhaps best known for her acting work on abcs once and again and her awardwinning narration of over 300 audiobooks including gillian flynns gone girl, tara westovers educated, and kristen hannahs the great alone. Narrator kirby heyborne begins this suspense novel when nick comes home on his fifth anniversary to an empty house that shows signs of a struggle but. Narrators can really make or break an audio book and these two did an excellent job. Mar 27, 2018 the best thriller audiobooks are enhanced, too, by the audio production. Apr 04, 2018 i interviewed top audiobook narrator julia whelan gone girl, the wife between us. Having been immersed in so many mystery books and television plots you usually go with the strategy of who is the least likely suspect as a mystery unfolds. But, as difficult as it is for a narrator, i think its harder on the author. The analysis of sentence structure variety, average sentence length and syntactic stylistic peculiarities of utterances aims at ascertaining i. Out of necessity, gone girl features two narrators. It starts with a simple favoran ordinary kindness mothers do for one another.
Get more helpful free book marketing information in the build book buzz email newsletter. Reading a plentiful of genres, julias voice always works to serve the author best while offering her unique style of audio with every book. Browse audiobooks read by julia whelan get your free audiobook. Kirby heyborne is considered one of the finest narrators working today. Jun 05, 2012 both the male and female parts were well done. Please list the narrator in the comments field when you enter your book.
Through her two ultimately unreliable narrators, flynn masterfully weaves the slow trickle. But those are the only things that make the book even remotely similar. Gone girl s toxic mix of sharpedged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nervefraying thriller that confounds you at every turn. Kirby heyborne is an awardwinning narrator of audiobooks. Timely, poignant and emotionally rich, gone girl will peel away your comfort levels even as you root for its protagonistsdespite your best intuition. Julia whelan narrator, kirby heyborne narrator, gillian flynn author get audible free. Gone girl do not waste your money on this terrible book about two narcissistic people one with a sister who has enabled his narcissism since birth.
Which, yes, we have a missing person situation with a couple of twists at the end. Gone girls toxic mix of sharpedged wit and deliciously chilling prose creates a nervefraying thriller that confounds you at every turn. Gone girl by gillian flynn penguin random house audio. What about the narrators s performance did you like. When her best friend, emily, asks stephanie to pick up her son nicky after school, she happily says yes.
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