Book description
The opening line of Dennis Lehane's Mystic River isn't heard-it's felt. In the audiobook, the narrator's voice, low and weathered like old pavement, drops you right into that childhood moment: "When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends." You hear the innocence crack before the sentence ends, the thump of a car door slamming too hard, the silence that follows. This isn't just a story told; it's a memory you're pulled into, the rain-slicked streets of Boston thick in the air around you.
The magic here is how the audiobook makes the unsaid scream. You hear Sean's detective calm in his voice, but also the weight of years in the way he pauses before asking a question. Jimmy's voice, rougher, carries the rasp of a man who's spent too long in the shadows of his own choices. And Dave? His voice, when it finally comes, is a whisper over the sound of rain hitting a window-fragile, desperate. The narrator doesn't just read the words; they let the silence between them echo with everything left unsaid: the fear, the guilt, the way a single night can poison a lifetime.
You feel the damp chill of the Boston rain as Sean walks the crime scene, the sticky heat of Jimmy's corner store where the air smells of stale coffee and regret. You hear the sharp click of a phone hanging up too hard, the distant wail of a siren that never quite fades. Lehane's prose is already vivid, but the audiobook strips it bare, letting the raw emotion land like a physical thing. When Dave walks home "covered in someone else's blood," the narrator doesn't shout it-the words hang, heavy and quiet, as if the air itself is holding its breath.
What elevates this beyond a great novel is how the audio makes the past feel immediate. The childhood trauma isn't a flashback; it's a ghost you hear in the background of every conversation, a sound like a child's laughter suddenly cut off. You're not just learning what happened-you're hearing the echo of it in the characters' voices, in the way Jimmy flinches at a car door slamming, in Sean's measured tone when he's trying to hold back the storm inside him.
This isn't just a thriller. It's a slow, devastating unraveling of how we carry the past in our bones. The audiobook's pacing is perfect-never rushing, never lingering too long, just letting the tension coil tighter with every word. You'll find yourself leaning in, not just to hear the next line, but to catch the tremor in a voice, the shift in a breath. The ending? It doesn't hit you like a punch. It settles in your chest, a quiet, aching truth you carry with you long after the final word fades. This is the kind of story that doesn't just play in your ears-it lingers, a cold hand on your neck, long after you've shut your eyes. You don't just hear Mystic River; you feel it in your bones.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience