I personally consider that a huge No-no, but RRM somehow pulls it off. There are times in this book when the POV shifts mid paragraph and even one sentence to the next. Some want you to pick one POV for a whole book and never change it. in a 3rd person narrative like this most editors never want you to change the point of view in chapters, even with clear breaks. My favorite thing about the Listener is how many "rules" McCammon breaks in telling this story and it doesn't suffer for it. Over all I had a great reading experience and consider it a four out of five star book despite major issues.
For each element I didn't like there were elements I loved. It is interesting because some of this review is going to sound negative but that has to do with the super high bar RRM has set for himself. Don't get me wrong his worst novel is probably 100 times better than most. Is it a favorite of mine? Compared to McCammon's past work I would say - not even close. This is an excellent way to approach this story as it has a few twists that benefit from having no preconceptions. I went into this novel entirely cold on the plot, knowing nothing at all and reading it based on McCammon's strength of work in the past. While we are talking about the cover it is as boring of a design as I can remember which is too bad because it is an expensive book. I would personally consider the Listener a novel or horror, released by a horror publisher in Cemetery Dance, I am not sure exactly why it was labeled on the cover as a "Novel of Suspense." I mean it is a novel of Suspense sure, but it is a novel filled with genuine moments of horror, and even supernatural elements. I Travel by Night was a neat little monster/horror/western that I enjoyed. It was a hell of a read Stephen King even called it McCammon's best. The Five was an action driven suspense novel about a Rock and roll band that mixed the music world with something like the Hitcher. Those were both returns to earlier styles of McCammon novels of the 80's and 90's. While I am not as big of a fan of his Matthew Corbett historical mysteries recent novels like The Five and I Travel by Night have hit my sweet spot. When I heard about this book coming out from Cemetery Dance I was beyond thrilled.
Gone South, Mine and of course Swan Song are some of my favorite books of all time.
I am not sure it is possible for him to write a bad book. His ability to tell a story effectively in the novel format is pretty much unmatched. McCammon is one of my favorite living writers. Published February 2018 by Cemetery Dance PublicationsĪnyone that follows my reviews knows that Robert R.
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