Incomprehensible

This book is utterly ridiculous!!! The storyline difficult to follow. You only have one Ken to help you through the story . Waste of time and more importantly credit. I believe authors owe listeners their credits back! I liked the first book which is why I was waiting for authors second. Couldn’t care less about a third.

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Like an X-Files series.

I have enjoyed both books in this series. They are well told story lines that slowly sneak from the normal to the abnormal (for lack of a better term). I recommend both books and am awaiting another in this series.

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Very thankful.

Although not quite as good as "The Anomaly" I did enjoy this quite a bit though it took a bit too long for the story to really get going.

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Not as good as The Anomaly

I purchased The Possession after listening to the first book in the series, The Anomaly - which I very much enjoyed. The Possession is narrated by a different narrator, who often falls into a monotone and is terrible with the other voices - especially Ken's who is english. The narrator's english accent is painful to listen to. The characters in this book are the same as in the first, yet you would be hard pressed to recognize them. Without spoiling the story, these characters go through harrowing experiences in The Anomaly and develop very close relationships as a result of surviving terrible events together. I could not read/listen to that book fast enough. It was a good read. But The Possession made me question if these same characters were the same people or if the book had been written by the same author. Maybe it is because I was put off by the poor narration since I really hated it. However I think along with the bad character development that the plot for The Possession is very weak, muddled and made it difficult to suspend disbelief. I have read many of Michael Marshall Smith's novels (he is writing this series as Michael Rutger) and is the reason I bought these audio books. But this book does not compare to his other novels. I am not sure I will purchase anymore in the series.

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Enjoyed!

A solid 4 stars. The story didn’t flow as well as the first novel, with a few mild changes (it felt) to personality, or at least to how personality was presented within the main character). I did enjoy the plot and the introduction of a new character. The premise was very interesting and seeing how the different storyline’s came together was intriguing. There were a few spots that did get very “research papery” (none very long) I enjoyed them very much, but they were integrated into dialogue as in the first novel. Much more monologue ish. I liked the first narrator better, but this one was proficient.

Pretty Good

It's really hard to beat the first book in the Nolan series. The Anomaly was one of the best books I've read in years. Likable characters and an incredible story! As for this book, it was pretty good. Worth reading. Once again the author shows how well they can depict human nature, and I enjoy the continuing friendships between the main cast. The audible performance, however, was hard to swallow when it came to Ken's accent. It was so good in the first book!

Bland Narration and Slow Boring Story

The narration leaves a LOT to be desired. There’s no personality in the character dialogue and the narration is bland and monotone. Not to mention the narrator does very little to differentiate the characters and his accents are awful.

I was hoping this book would live up to how much I like The Anomaly, but it falls flat. The characters seem different and the story drags and drags and drags. Far too much exposition and pointless filler. I finally gave up on it after about 15 chapters of very little to nothing happening.

Great book, sometimes awkward narration

Great book! I can tell that the narrator was chosen because he really embodied Nolan, but his accent for Ken is so far from British that it sounds like a parody. It veers from Mid-Atlantic to bad imitation of an Australian accent.

Overall the narration is good, but I was occasionally taken out of the story due to this. If the accent had been consistent or closer to being British, I would have given 5 stars.

Narrator Ruins Story

This might have been a good story but I could not get past the narrator whose voice was lipid at best. I just couldn't listen anymore after 45 minutes. I guess I will try to read the book.

Good follow up to The Anomaly

These are fun works for sure - they certainly aren’t crafted to win any literary accolades but the author writes good banter (Ken and Nolan are great together).

It’s true, the performance is rough, especially Ken’s “accent.” Still, I will keep an eye on this series if more make it out.