

The Asylum
Author: John Harwood
Narrator: Rosalyn Landor
Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 05/21/2013
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Historical Fiction
Author: John Harwood
Narrator: Rosalyn Landor
Unabridged: 10 hr 15 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 05/21/2013
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Historical Fiction
John Harwood is political editor of the Wall Street Journal and author of the Journal’s “Washington Wire” column. He offers political analysis on NBC’s Meet the Press, CNN’s Newsnight, and PBS’s Washington Week in Review, among other programs.
I didn't enjoy The Asylum, a historical fiction about a woman who wakes up in an asylum with memories that don't match the identity that the staff have assigned to her. It's probably just me. I was listening to the audiobook on my way to and from work, so I took this story in pieces rather than all a......more
This might have been a better experience if Fingersmith and Sarah Waters didn't exist. But they do. And the complexity of writing and emotion and character development here pale in comparison. Probably not helped by the fact that the audiobook narrator, Rosalyn Landor, does better at voicing seconda......more
Goodreads tells me I have had this, John Harwood's third novel, on my wishlist since October last year. So obviously, when I received an ARC of The Asylum I immediately got stuck into it - despite the frustratingly late UK release date of 20th June (it comes out in May in the US) - and I couldn't pu......more