Dawn Michelle's Reviews > The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands

This was just not my jam. I was expecting this great big adventuring train-travel fantasy - well, I got a train and a lot of tedium [seriously, nothing happens for much of the book, so that when something does happen, its so anticlimactic and meh, you just don't care] instead, along with very one dimensional characters that just stay out of reach of one ever caring much about [and I won't even go into that ending ::eyeroll:: ]. Its just been such a huge disappointment for me.

I was excited about Katie Leung [of Harry Potter fame] being the narrator [I remember her having a lovely lilting voice in the movies] for this, but unfortinately, that also didn't work for me. She speaks very quickly [with little regard for pausing, periods, or even a breath here or there it felt like at times], pauses little, and at times seemed more monotone than anything else. Even during dramatic times there seemed to be little emotion and the whole experience [for me] was very underwhelming, and my disappointment was pretty high in this regard as well.

Thank you to NetGalley, Sarah Brooks, and Macmillan Audio for providing the audiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review.