Li'l Owl's Reviews > Shatter

Nerve shattering psychological terror!
Don't forget to breathe!

There is a moment when all hope disappears, all pride is gone, all expectation, all faith, all desire. I own that moment. It belongs to me. That’s when I hear the sound, the sound of a mind breaking. It’s not a loud crack like when bones shatter or a spine fractures or a skull collapses. And it’s not something soft and wet like a heart breaking. It’s a sound that makes you wonder how much pain a person can endure; a sound that shatters memories and lets the past leak into the present; a sound so high that only the hounds of hell can hear it. Can you hear it? Someone is curled up in a tiny ball crying softly into an endless night.

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*Audiobook Review*

Shatter by Michael Robotham is book three in the Joseph O'Laughin series and it's the best one yet!

One of the first things that struck me about this series is the hilarious sense of humor Joe has. Much of  it is "laugh out load" funny. It may seem like a strange combination, intense psychological suspence mixed with high humor but it works beautifully. I dare say that if it weren't for the humor to break the tension I'd have had a heart attack!
Cheers to Mr Robotham!
Joe is an incredibly loveable character and I am already hopelessly hooked on this series! There are many  other characters that make this series addictive including Joe's children and recently retired Detective Vincent Ruiz. I'm not sure if Ruiz will continue to appear in future books alongside Joe but I do hope so!

Michael Robotham's writing is scary enough but the audiobook edition ramps everything up another level, all the way up to absolute, scared stiff  terror! 
Narrator, Sean Barrett, made the events, characters, and emotions pop out of the story thus bypassing the paper and ink barrier between fiction and imagination and placing them directly into my brain and nervous system causing everything to feel absolutely real, alive, and terrifying! I'm really not exaggerating! By the end, my hands were cold and I needed more than one blanket to warm back up! Honestly, I didn't even realize I was so cold until the last words faded away.

I'm going to be listening to the remainder of this series on audiobook in close succession in the coming weeks so stay tuned!
If you're a psychological suspence lover, put this series at the top of your must read list! Especially in  audiobook format!