Cameron Chaney's Reviews > Stay Out of the Basement

I read this book aaaaaages ago and used to watch my VHS copy of the TV episode on a weekly basis, but I decided to revisit it in audiobook form since it was free on Hoopla. The book is still pretty good, though the television episode may be a tad better. Both explore themes of playing God, having a workaholic parent, having a parent who is going through a midlife crisis, and themes of marital issues through a supernatural/science fiction lens. I'd give the book four stars now, maybe four and a half.

The audiobook itself... it's okay. The narrator did a fine job, but there's this thing she often did that got on my nerves. Whenever a character shouted, the narrator would... I don't know how to phrase it. She would whisper yell? It was this fake yell that really irked me because it occurred so frequently. I wish she had just yelled the words and then adjusted the volume as many narrators do. Other than that, I would give the overall listening experience 3.5 stars. I'll definitely reread the book again in the future, but I can't say I would listen to it again.