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This was a book club pick.
I honestly didn’t want to read it, which is a bit odd because I liked ‘The Lost City of Z’ when I read it years ago. I think my reluctance is due to my overall disinterest in murder mysteries especially when they are real. (I know, is so popular, I think I might be broken)

The truth is, I am still listening to the last hour presently, at 2x speed. Which, after listening to so many audiobooks, I can surprisingly still follow. But the fact that I am writing this review while it’s still playing shows how much I am paying attention.

The book is fine. I think this book will be a far better movie. I might even go as far as to say this book was written to become a movie. Grann’s ‘The Lost City of Z’ was made into a movie. This book was obviously made into a movie and I heard whispers that Grann’s newest book ‘The Wager’ is also being adapted for the theaters.

I am looking forward to watching this movie but the book was extremely boring for me. Sorry! I know that’s not popular and slightly crazy due to all the murders and explosions.

** The first narrator was, in my opinion, oozing, lyrical and hideous. The second narrator, Will Patton, is always a pleasure to listen to and I feel a bit guilty for having it sped up to 2x during his performance but the story is dragging for me.