Details:
- author: Mario Giordano
- full title: Auntie Poldi and The Lost Madonna
- series: Auntie Poldi
- narrator: Matt Addis
- genre: mystery
- topics: #cozymystery #sicily #italy #vatican
- publisher: Recorded Books
- publish date: 18.05.2021
- timing: 10:07:00
My Rating of the Audiobook:
- content: 💙💙💙.5
- narration: 💙💙💙💙.5
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Excerpt from the Book:
The Sicilian summer was bringing out the abs and pecs again. It would once more reduce all movement to the consistency of molasses while enervating people with the sirocco, plague the countryside with tiger mosquitos and forest fires, and make people closet themselves behind their shutters even more suspiciously than usual. But summer belongs to Sicily like mountains to Switzerland. It's only during the long, hot months from May to October that the island is entirely at ease with itself, rediscovering its rhythm like a cat that has strayed and found its way home again. Summer would also bring mulberry granita, silken nights filled with promise and the scent of jasmine, and days bathed in the sand-colored light of which you can never get enough. The coffee would again taste as it does nowhere else - in fact everything would again taste like the first time, for that is the Sicilian summer's hypnotic trick: everything feels pristine, over and over again.My Thoughts:
First, I should write: this is not a typical book that I would read. But I gave it a try in an audiobook form anyway. So my rating won't be the same as if I would regularly read this kind of genre.
Auntie Poldi and The Lost Madonna is the fourth book in a series, but you don't have to read previous books to enjoy this one. The main focus is on an improbable sleuth aunt Poldi. A lot of things in a plot aren't too probable to really happen. But still, it is a nice cozy mystery. You get a feel of Italy with mentions of music, cars, places, words, and swearing.
As mentioned, it is not a book that I would normally pick up. But despite that, I enjoyed this audiobook. And I can clearly see what fans can see in it.
The narration made it better for me. It was excellent, except for one remark: I would prefer if Italian characters wouldn't have a British accent. Even though this audiobook is more than 10 hours long, it is still quite a quick listen.
If you are looking for a lightweight beach read that will make you laugh and you like mysteries, then this is a book/audiobook for you.
About the Author:
Mario Giordano (born 30 May 1963) is a German writer. His novel Black Box (1999), which is based on a true occurrence (Stanford prison experiment) was adapted to a film under the name Das Experiment directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. The film was acclaimed and Giordano received for it among other prizes the Bavarian Film Award for Best Screenplay.
