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The Sisters
by Dervla McTiernan, Aoife McMahon
This review is also available on my blog: Wine Cellar Library
I selected this book from the free Audible Originals selection for September 2019.
This audiobook was a quick "read" at a mere 3 hours 8 minutes, making it a novella, though it is not advertised as such. (Comparatively, the next--and official first--book in the series, [b:The Ruin|36588482|The Ruin (Cormac Reilly, #1)|Dervla McTiernan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1516121922l/36588482._SX50_.jpg|56669056], has an audiobook run time of 10 hours 25 minutes.)
Sisters Aifric and Carrie alternate as narrators from chapter to chapter. Aifric is a junior barrister (lawyer) who is troubled by the case that has been dumped in her lap. It appears that no one cares about this case--despite it being a murder case--and that everyone is casually going to allow a quite possibly innocent man to go to prison for life on the word of a single, unreliable witness. She shares her file with Carrie, a new garda (police officer), who breaks all sorts of rules to get information that might clear the accused, even if it puts her career and reputation, as well as her sister's, in jeopardy. Shockingly, a reference to the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey" (released in 2015) and its leading man Jamie Dornan is made, despite this story being set in 2004. I hadn't even realized that I had reached the end until I noticed the timer on the screen, showing a mere 14 minutes of narration remaining, as the story seems to progress at a standard rate until the final chapter, which is insanely rushed to conclusion.
The characters are likeable, as is the style of writing. I admittedly enjoyed listening to the story despite its weaknesses, and have chosen to give it 3/5 stars. I hope that the length of the next book in the series is evidence that the author spent much more time fact-checking and developing her story.
I selected this book from the free Audible Originals selection for September 2019.
This audiobook was a quick "read" at a mere 3 hours 8 minutes, making it a novella, though it is not advertised as such. (Comparatively, the next--and official first--book in the series, [b:The Ruin|36588482|The Ruin (Cormac Reilly, #1)|Dervla McTiernan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1516121922l/36588482._SX50_.jpg|56669056], has an audiobook run time of 10 hours 25 minutes.)
Sisters Aifric and Carrie alternate as narrators from chapter to chapter. Aifric is a junior barrister (lawyer) who is troubled by the case that has been dumped in her lap. It appears that no one cares about this case--despite it being a murder case--and that everyone is casually going to allow a quite possibly innocent man to go to prison for life on the word of a single, unreliable witness. She shares her file with Carrie, a new garda (police officer), who breaks all sorts of rules to get information that might clear the accused, even if it puts her career and reputation, as well as her sister's, in jeopardy. Shockingly, a reference to the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey" (released in 2015) and its leading man Jamie Dornan is made, despite this story being set in 2004. I hadn't even realized that I had reached the end until I noticed the timer on the screen, showing a mere 14 minutes of narration remaining, as the story seems to progress at a standard rate until the final chapter, which is insanely rushed to conclusion.
The characters are likeable, as is the style of writing. I admittedly enjoyed listening to the story despite its weaknesses, and have chosen to give it 3/5 stars. I hope that the length of the next book in the series is evidence that the author spent much more time fact-checking and developing her story.