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Locke & Key
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Based on the best-selling, award-winning graphic novel series Locke & Key - written by acclaimed suspense novelist Joe Hill (NOS4A2, Horns) and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez - this multicast, fully dramatized audio production brings the images and words to life.
A brutal and tragic event drives the Locke family from their home in California to the relative safety of their ancestral estate in Lovecraft, Massachusetts, an old house with powerful keys and fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them. As siblings Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke discover the secrets of the old house, they also find that it's home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all....
Featuring performances by Haley Joel Osment (Entourage, The Sixth Sense), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black, Star Voyager), Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, and Stephen King (The Stand, 11-22-63), as well as a cast of more than 50 voice actors, this audio production preserves the heart-stopping impact of the graphic novel's astounding artwork through the use of richly imagined sound design and a powerful original score.
*Locke & Key contains explicit language and adult situations.
Based on the best-selling, award-winning graphic novel series Locke & Key - written by acclaimed suspense novelist Joe Hill (NOS4A2, Horns) and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez - this multicast, fully dramatized audio production brings the images and words to life.
A brutal and tragic event drives the Locke family from their home in California to the relative safety of their ancestral estate in Lovecraft, Massachusetts, an old house with powerful keys and fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them. As siblings Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke discover the secrets of the old house, they also find that it's home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all....
Featuring performances by Haley Joel Osment (Entourage, The Sixth Sense), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black, Star Voyager), Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, and Stephen King (The Stand, 11-22-63), as well as a cast of more than 50 voice actors, this audio production preserves the heart-stopping impact of the graphic novel's astounding artwork through the use of richly imagined sound design and a powerful original score.
*Locke & Key contains explicit language and adult situations.
14 pages, Audible Audio
First published October 5, 2015
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About the author
Joe Hill
492books28kfollowersJoe Hill's debut, Heart-Shaped Box, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His second, Horns, was made into a film freakfest starring Daniel Radcliffe. His other novels include NOS4A2, and his #1 New York Times Best-Seller, The Fireman... which was also the winner of a 2016 ŷ Choice Award for Best Horror Novel.
He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.
He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.
He lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales. His next book, Strange Weather, a collection of novellas, storms into bookstores in October of 2017.
He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.
He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.
He lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales. His next book, Strange Weather, a collection of novellas, storms into bookstores in October of 2017.
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November 11, 2015
How awesome was this audio book of the graphic novel series of Locke & Key? It was SO awesome, I'm almost rendered wordless.
This was a full cast production and it brought these characters to life. This cast were so skilled at their work; these characters seemed real to me and I even shed a few tears at the end, something I rarely do when reading anything.
All I can say is BRAVO! Bravo to the cast! Bravo to Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez for writing and illustrating the graphic novels in the first place, and BRAVO to whomever decided to give this away for free! Thank you so much, I had a blast!
This was a full cast production and it brought these characters to life. This cast were so skilled at their work; these characters seemed real to me and I even shed a few tears at the end, something I rarely do when reading anything.
All I can say is BRAVO! Bravo to the cast! Bravo to Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez for writing and illustrating the graphic novels in the first place, and BRAVO to whomever decided to give this away for free! Thank you so much, I had a blast!
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I am, most reluctantly, throwing in the towel at the halfway mark.
This started out so strong and had so much going for it. Written by Joe Hill who is one of my go-to authors and voice work by my favorite clone Tatiana Maslany, Stephen King (hisownself) & the fabulous Kate Mulgrew but as someone who has not read the comics I spent much of it in a state of confusion. This would probably be a five star production IF read as a companion piece to the graphic novels. But as a standalone piece it just didn't work for me. It's very imaginative but I'm going to read the graphic novels before ruining any more of this story for myself.
I am, most reluctantly, throwing in the towel at the halfway mark.
This started out so strong and had so much going for it. Written by Joe Hill who is one of my go-to authors and voice work by my favorite clone Tatiana Maslany, Stephen King (hisownself) & the fabulous Kate Mulgrew but as someone who has not read the comics I spent much of it in a state of confusion. This would probably be a five star production IF read as a companion piece to the graphic novels. But as a standalone piece it just didn't work for me. It's very imaginative but I'm going to read the graphic novels before ruining any more of this story for myself.
December 28, 2021
Actual rating is 4.5 stars.
This book is an audiobook that is based on a comic book series. It covers the entire run of the series. In this one a father is murdered and leaves behind a family. They decide to move into his childhood home. In this home there are various keys that open various doors. Each door has a special power which seems like fun at first but turns into a nightmare.
Before I start my review I have to share some insight to my reading of audiobooks. I listen to audiobooks in work and I maybe listen to them for an hour during a shift. In other words it takes me some time to complete a book. I also don't review them for this reason and because I am in work and I do not give a book my full attention. I had to review this book because I absolutely loved this. It contains a full cast with different actors. It has sound affects and a soundtrack. It was like a movie in my head.
I thought the story was terrific as I made me go through a series of different emotions. It deals with grief from a tragic loss and how we come to terms with it. I recently lost my mother and I identified with this easily. There were times in work while reading this that I did get emotional. Now with this concept you add in the supernatural and the horror aspect and you have an amazing story. This book worked on so many levels. It has the dealing with the grief. It also has the concept of family sticking together while we also have good versus evil with demons against humankind. It is a little bit on the graphic side but also made me laugh several times out loud at work. I enjoyed the characters and the different situations the author put these characters in. While I loved the production of this audiobook there was a flaw. Some of the action seemed to happen off screen and I had to infer what happened by the following scene. If they had the narrator just explain what is going on this would have received the full five stars.
This book is by Joe Hill who is Stephen King's son. He writes in the same genre as his famous father which must be daunting. I am here to tell you he holds his own. This is my second book from him and I am convinced. He is added to my list of authors I will read regularly. I had so much fun with this audiobook and it made the time in work fly by. I was so enthralled by it that I am not even sure if I did any work while I was listening to it.
This book is an audiobook that is based on a comic book series. It covers the entire run of the series. In this one a father is murdered and leaves behind a family. They decide to move into his childhood home. In this home there are various keys that open various doors. Each door has a special power which seems like fun at first but turns into a nightmare.
Before I start my review I have to share some insight to my reading of audiobooks. I listen to audiobooks in work and I maybe listen to them for an hour during a shift. In other words it takes me some time to complete a book. I also don't review them for this reason and because I am in work and I do not give a book my full attention. I had to review this book because I absolutely loved this. It contains a full cast with different actors. It has sound affects and a soundtrack. It was like a movie in my head.
I thought the story was terrific as I made me go through a series of different emotions. It deals with grief from a tragic loss and how we come to terms with it. I recently lost my mother and I identified with this easily. There were times in work while reading this that I did get emotional. Now with this concept you add in the supernatural and the horror aspect and you have an amazing story. This book worked on so many levels. It has the dealing with the grief. It also has the concept of family sticking together while we also have good versus evil with demons against humankind. It is a little bit on the graphic side but also made me laugh several times out loud at work. I enjoyed the characters and the different situations the author put these characters in. While I loved the production of this audiobook there was a flaw. Some of the action seemed to happen off screen and I had to infer what happened by the following scene. If they had the narrator just explain what is going on this would have received the full five stars.
This book is by Joe Hill who is Stephen King's son. He writes in the same genre as his famous father which must be daunting. I am here to tell you he holds his own. This is my second book from him and I am convinced. He is added to my list of authors I will read regularly. I had so much fun with this audiobook and it made the time in work fly by. I was so enthralled by it that I am not even sure if I did any work while I was listening to it.
November 27, 2020
I love love LOVE the premise of this story: After school counselor Rendell Locke is murdered during a horrifying encounter his widow and three children move across the country to the ancestral home of his family. Locke House is big and old and � the children start discovering � has scattered throughout it many mysterious keys. Each one, it seems, unlocks a unique skill or power that is amazing, often fun and potentially dangerous.
This specific review (and my rating) is based on the Audible audio production of this work.
Originally written and published as a serial graphic novel collection, I think I ultimately did myself a disservice by first experiencing this tale through an audio presentation. The adaptation opted for what felt almost like a straight read-through of the comic, which made this full-cast recording feel very much like a radio play, with fewer sound effects. Although it boasts some decent musical scoring and fantastically dramatic voice acting, it didn't feel like it introduced any additional narration. Now, my experience with graphic novels is that dialogue is only one key component of the storytelling, and it needs the accompanying illustrations for the whole presentation to be clear. In this audiobook, hearing only the dialogue without narration to replace the art from the panels in the book, the story seemed to feel incomplete. I felt like I was missing so much of the action and nuance that any complaints I might have about the actual movement of the plot feel unfair. Much of the wonder of the magic of the keys was still very clear, and I admire the way the creators addressed the grief and loneliness in the characters lives.
I'm looking forward to reading the original publication at some point. I also enjoyed binge watching the Netflix adaptation (and really appreciated the makeover that Mrs Locke received, which wasn't too heavy handed but made her a much stronger character). I suspect I'll enjoy the graphic novels most of all.
This specific review (and my rating) is based on the Audible audio production of this work.
Originally written and published as a serial graphic novel collection, I think I ultimately did myself a disservice by first experiencing this tale through an audio presentation. The adaptation opted for what felt almost like a straight read-through of the comic, which made this full-cast recording feel very much like a radio play, with fewer sound effects. Although it boasts some decent musical scoring and fantastically dramatic voice acting, it didn't feel like it introduced any additional narration. Now, my experience with graphic novels is that dialogue is only one key component of the storytelling, and it needs the accompanying illustrations for the whole presentation to be clear. In this audiobook, hearing only the dialogue without narration to replace the art from the panels in the book, the story seemed to feel incomplete. I felt like I was missing so much of the action and nuance that any complaints I might have about the actual movement of the plot feel unfair. Much of the wonder of the magic of the keys was still very clear, and I admire the way the creators addressed the grief and loneliness in the characters lives.
I'm looking forward to reading the original publication at some point. I also enjoyed binge watching the Netflix adaptation (and really appreciated the makeover that Mrs Locke received, which wasn't too heavy handed but made her a much stronger character). I suspect I'll enjoy the graphic novels most of all.
November 25, 2015
If, like me, you are a huge fan of the 'Locke & Key' comicbooks, you will probably love this dramatisation as much as I did.
The production quality is superb, the cast are all fantastic and I'd buy the musical score as an album if it was available (I haven't checked).
BUT!!!
I will also issue a warning to accompany my praise: if you have not read the comicbooks DO NOT BUY THIS DRAMATISATION! I loved it, but I know the source material inside out. If I'd never read the original comics I could not have made head nor tail of at least fifty per cent of the events in this story.
The dramatisation is like listening to a movie with the picture turned off and absolutely NO audio-description. If you already know the story, you'll be fine, but if you don't the lack of narration will leave you wondering what the Hell is going on most of the time.
I can only imagine that the people who created this dramatisation were so close to the source material that the suitability for people who would be coming at this without prior knowledge totally escaped them.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
As I say, though, if you already know and love the comicbooks, chances are you will love this too.
The production quality is superb, the cast are all fantastic and I'd buy the musical score as an album if it was available (I haven't checked).
BUT!!!
I will also issue a warning to accompany my praise: if you have not read the comicbooks DO NOT BUY THIS DRAMATISATION! I loved it, but I know the source material inside out. If I'd never read the original comics I could not have made head nor tail of at least fifty per cent of the events in this story.
The dramatisation is like listening to a movie with the picture turned off and absolutely NO audio-description. If you already know the story, you'll be fine, but if you don't the lack of narration will leave you wondering what the Hell is going on most of the time.
I can only imagine that the people who created this dramatisation were so close to the source material that the suitability for people who would be coming at this without prior knowledge totally escaped them.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
As I say, though, if you already know and love the comicbooks, chances are you will love this too.
January 17, 2020
I picked this one up to get me ready for the Netflix TV adaptation. I'd had it on my to-read list for a while because the blurb sounded fun but it was definitely the impending Netflix adaptation that pushed me to finally pick this one up. The sad thing is I ended up not enjoying this at all. I'm not sure that is because the story is bad. I listened to the Audible audio dramatization of this and just think I was a victim of a bad adaptation. Hopefully this translates much better to TV than it did to its audio dramatization!
The premise of this seemed intriguing enough. Some kids find magical keys that unlock doors to magical realms and places. Unfortunately a serial killer wants to get his hands on the keys and something inside the house wants to escape its bonds.
I blame a poor audio adaptation for me not enjoying this. Little effort was made by the Audible guys to fill the void left by the lack of visuals of the comics and the result was this ended up a confusing experience as we just bounced between random scenes filled with dialogue only. It made it difficult to picture any of the characters or happenings. I found that annoying and frustrating. I have previously enjoyed Horns by Joe Hill and I think the narrators did an OK job so I definitely think the team behind the dramatization was to blame. It was like they just lifted the dialogue from the comics but made no effort to transfer the visual elements of the comic to this dramatization which is as bizarre as it s stupid!
I quit around the 20% to 25% mark. I put it down and found I just had zero enthusiasm to ever pick it up again. I'll still watch the Netflix TV show as I feel like the story will fare a lot better in the TV medium than it did in the audio medium!
Rating: 2 stars.
Audio Note: Dramatization adaptation of the comics was awful but the individual performances of the narrators seemed decent enough.
The premise of this seemed intriguing enough. Some kids find magical keys that unlock doors to magical realms and places. Unfortunately a serial killer wants to get his hands on the keys and something inside the house wants to escape its bonds.
I blame a poor audio adaptation for me not enjoying this. Little effort was made by the Audible guys to fill the void left by the lack of visuals of the comics and the result was this ended up a confusing experience as we just bounced between random scenes filled with dialogue only. It made it difficult to picture any of the characters or happenings. I found that annoying and frustrating. I have previously enjoyed Horns by Joe Hill and I think the narrators did an OK job so I definitely think the team behind the dramatization was to blame. It was like they just lifted the dialogue from the comics but made no effort to transfer the visual elements of the comic to this dramatization which is as bizarre as it s stupid!
I quit around the 20% to 25% mark. I put it down and found I just had zero enthusiasm to ever pick it up again. I'll still watch the Netflix TV show as I feel like the story will fare a lot better in the TV medium than it did in the audio medium!
Rating: 2 stars.
Audio Note: Dramatization adaptation of the comics was awful but the individual performances of the narrators seemed decent enough.
April 29, 2021
***5 stars***
Epic. Absolutely epic!
I loved Locke & Key as a Netflix series, I loved the graphic novels and now I've loved the dramatization just as much as the other two, if not more. I cried like a baby in the final minutes ❤️
This is a freaking fantastic story and a must read for horror fans!
Epic. Absolutely epic!
I loved Locke & Key as a Netflix series, I loved the graphic novels and now I've loved the dramatization just as much as the other two, if not more. I cried like a baby in the final minutes ❤️
This is a freaking fantastic story and a must read for horror fans!
January 8, 2016
Way too YA for me. I'd rather watch Dawson's Creek while being waterboarded.
November 29, 2015
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Locke and Key is probably the graphic novel series that gets recommended to me the most often. I’ve always meant to pick up the series, especially during my yearly visits to Fan Expo Canada, but I always seem to push it aside for whatever reason. While browsing through Audible recently, I noticed that you could pre-order Locke and Key. At first I was slightly confused as I didn’t realize that graphic novels were also created as audiobooks, but then I noticed that it was labeled as an audio drama. Curious, I clicked the link and decided to check what it was all about.
The Lock and Key audio drama is basically like listening to a film with your eyes closed. There are sound effects and a musical score (that reminds me a lot of a Tim Burton soundtrack, take a listen after this paragraph) and even a full cast of actors rather than just one or two narrators. Initially, I wasn’t sure if I should read the graphic novels first before listening to the audio drama, but then I noticed that it was free! I mean, who can resist a few audiobook am I right? Especially when it is a story that it constantly being recommended to you and that you have wanted to read for quite some time.
Locke and Key, written by Joe Hill, tells the story of the Locke Family who moves from California to their ancestral estate in Lovecraft, Massachusetts after a tragic event changes the family’s lives forever. Within their new home lies an ancient form of dark magic. Keys are hidden throughout the house that open secret doors that allow children under the age of 18 to experience the individual power of each key and the magical secrets they contain.
Locke and Key consists of six graphic novels and the audio drama separates the story into six parts mirroring the graphic novel series. As I stated earlier, this audio drama is performed by a full cast, including a few very notable names. Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) portrays Sam Lesser, a disturbed teenager responsible for a tragic event that shakes the lives of the Locke family. Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) plays the part of a demonic spirit named Dodge who probably becomes one of the most strange and interesting characters as the series continues. Another big name to appear in this audio drama is none other than Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black) as one seriously awful mother/grandmother. On top of these three wonderful actors, we have a full cast of almost 50 talented individuals portraying the rest of the many characters, including the three Locke family children: Tyler, Kinsey and Bode, within the world of Locke and Key.
I had never listened to an audio drama before and it’s funny because I thought of it as this cool new and interesting thing when in reality there were plenty of radio dramas back before television programming even existed. I found it hard to get used to at first as there was no standard narrator that told you what was going on. There was no way to know what actions were taking place other than relying on the sound effects and other cues that took place while listening. The more I listened though, the easier it was to follow along. I started to get a feel for the voices of each actor and it became easier to tell one character from another.
Locke and Key is a very intricate and detailed story. There are moments that I really wished that I had the visuals from the graphic novels to accompany me through the audio drama. Locke and Key is so unique and unlike anything I have ever read/watched/listened to before. It has the perfect blend of fantasy and horror and I absolutely loved that combination. Joe Hill definitely worked his magic on this one!
The acting, for the most part, is phenomenal. It really was like watching a movie with my eyes closed. Everything felt believable, even considering the magical nature of the story, and I was completely entertained from start to finish.
As much as I did enjoy this story as an audio drama, I think I still would have preferred the graphic novels, or to at least have read them beforehand. The thing with graphic novels and film/television is that they provide you with an extra bit of information. There is only so much a sound effect can achieve. I found myself having to put pieces together on quite a number of occasions.
If anything, this audio performance has me wanting to read the graphic novels even more than I did before! I think going forward I would recommend either having read the graphic novels before listening to the audio drama or having them with you as you listen, as a kind of dual experience. I will definitely be picking myself up a copy of the graphic novels as soon as possible and I hope to write a review on those as soon as I can!
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Locke and Key is probably the graphic novel series that gets recommended to me the most often. I’ve always meant to pick up the series, especially during my yearly visits to Fan Expo Canada, but I always seem to push it aside for whatever reason. While browsing through Audible recently, I noticed that you could pre-order Locke and Key. At first I was slightly confused as I didn’t realize that graphic novels were also created as audiobooks, but then I noticed that it was labeled as an audio drama. Curious, I clicked the link and decided to check what it was all about.
The Lock and Key audio drama is basically like listening to a film with your eyes closed. There are sound effects and a musical score (that reminds me a lot of a Tim Burton soundtrack, take a listen after this paragraph) and even a full cast of actors rather than just one or two narrators. Initially, I wasn’t sure if I should read the graphic novels first before listening to the audio drama, but then I noticed that it was free! I mean, who can resist a few audiobook am I right? Especially when it is a story that it constantly being recommended to you and that you have wanted to read for quite some time.
Locke and Key, written by Joe Hill, tells the story of the Locke Family who moves from California to their ancestral estate in Lovecraft, Massachusetts after a tragic event changes the family’s lives forever. Within their new home lies an ancient form of dark magic. Keys are hidden throughout the house that open secret doors that allow children under the age of 18 to experience the individual power of each key and the magical secrets they contain.
Locke and Key consists of six graphic novels and the audio drama separates the story into six parts mirroring the graphic novel series. As I stated earlier, this audio drama is performed by a full cast, including a few very notable names. Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense) portrays Sam Lesser, a disturbed teenager responsible for a tragic event that shakes the lives of the Locke family. Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) plays the part of a demonic spirit named Dodge who probably becomes one of the most strange and interesting characters as the series continues. Another big name to appear in this audio drama is none other than Kate Mulgrew (Orange is the New Black) as one seriously awful mother/grandmother. On top of these three wonderful actors, we have a full cast of almost 50 talented individuals portraying the rest of the many characters, including the three Locke family children: Tyler, Kinsey and Bode, within the world of Locke and Key.
I had never listened to an audio drama before and it’s funny because I thought of it as this cool new and interesting thing when in reality there were plenty of radio dramas back before television programming even existed. I found it hard to get used to at first as there was no standard narrator that told you what was going on. There was no way to know what actions were taking place other than relying on the sound effects and other cues that took place while listening. The more I listened though, the easier it was to follow along. I started to get a feel for the voices of each actor and it became easier to tell one character from another.
Locke and Key is a very intricate and detailed story. There are moments that I really wished that I had the visuals from the graphic novels to accompany me through the audio drama. Locke and Key is so unique and unlike anything I have ever read/watched/listened to before. It has the perfect blend of fantasy and horror and I absolutely loved that combination. Joe Hill definitely worked his magic on this one!
The acting, for the most part, is phenomenal. It really was like watching a movie with my eyes closed. Everything felt believable, even considering the magical nature of the story, and I was completely entertained from start to finish.
As much as I did enjoy this story as an audio drama, I think I still would have preferred the graphic novels, or to at least have read them beforehand. The thing with graphic novels and film/television is that they provide you with an extra bit of information. There is only so much a sound effect can achieve. I found myself having to put pieces together on quite a number of occasions.
If anything, this audio performance has me wanting to read the graphic novels even more than I did before! I think going forward I would recommend either having read the graphic novels before listening to the audio drama or having them with you as you listen, as a kind of dual experience. I will definitely be picking myself up a copy of the graphic novels as soon as possible and I hope to write a review on those as soon as I can!
November 15, 2015
10/7/15 - Free audio book download from Audible. Take advantage of this - it has an all star cast including my favorite chameleon Tatiana Maslany.
5 stars for the acting and production value. This audio book had an all-star cast (Tatiana Maslany, Haley Joel Osmet, Kate Mulgrew, Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, Stephen King, and more) complete with music (pretty catchy), sound effects, and an announcer/narrator reminiscent of those old radio plays from the forties.
3.5 stars for the story which was a little hard to follow and at times, a little manic. You see, the villain in this book is very, very deranged and when he was on, he was criminally insane. If you can follow the story or are familiar with the graphic novel, I think that you will enjoy this more.
All in all, a crazy fun experience.
5 stars for the acting and production value. This audio book had an all-star cast (Tatiana Maslany, Haley Joel Osmet, Kate Mulgrew, Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, Stephen King, and more) complete with music (pretty catchy), sound effects, and an announcer/narrator reminiscent of those old radio plays from the forties.
3.5 stars for the story which was a little hard to follow and at times, a little manic. You see, the villain in this book is very, very deranged and when he was on, he was criminally insane. If you can follow the story or are familiar with the graphic novel, I think that you will enjoy this more.
All in all, a crazy fun experience.
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February 12, 2016Shit! I was really down to give this one a listen, but evidently I hate full cast productions. I made it an hour before I had enough. Seemed grossly overproduced to me. I think I'll stick to the comics. Sorry Joe Hill. It's not you...it's me.
September 27, 2023
This was hard to get into at first because the way it was recorded had lots of background noise and it was hard to hear the voices. After I got used to it I really enjoyed the story. Having read the graphic novels and watched the show 1st I came to appreciate that some stories really are better with visuals.
November 6, 2015
I read the first installment of Locke & Key on my Nook quite some time ago. I thought the story was intriguing, but I just couldn't do the whole comic thing. My brain can't handle the words and pictures together. I was sad because I love Joe Hill's novels and short stories.
When this was offered free on Audible, I preordered it with low expectations. I don't normally listen to full-cast radio drama style audiobooks. They're usually hard to follow, hard to hear, and kind of annoying. But, this surprised and delighted me. The voice acting wa top-notch. The celebrities listed all have very small parts, but they did really well. The voice actors who played the Locke family and their friends and foes were all excellent. Only a few of them were names I was familiar with, but all were great.
The production values were superb. THe sound effects were convincing and the music was amazing. Oh, yeah, I really liked the story and characters too. I thought it was really compelling and I never wanted to turn off my Audible app.
I hope they do more of these productions. I really want to read by Neil Gaiman and by Alan Moore, but I'd never be able to do the graphic novels. If Audible were to do more high quality audio dramas of graphic novels, I'd listen to more.
When this was offered free on Audible, I preordered it with low expectations. I don't normally listen to full-cast radio drama style audiobooks. They're usually hard to follow, hard to hear, and kind of annoying. But, this surprised and delighted me. The voice acting wa top-notch. The celebrities listed all have very small parts, but they did really well. The voice actors who played the Locke family and their friends and foes were all excellent. Only a few of them were names I was familiar with, but all were great.
The production values were superb. THe sound effects were convincing and the music was amazing. Oh, yeah, I really liked the story and characters too. I thought it was really compelling and I never wanted to turn off my Audible app.
I hope they do more of these productions. I really want to read by Neil Gaiman and by Alan Moore, but I'd never be able to do the graphic novels. If Audible were to do more high quality audio dramas of graphic novels, I'd listen to more.
June 20, 2017
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Shortly after I read Joe Hill's The Fireman, I started picking up his other books including a full-cast audiobook of the Locke & Key series. In an effort to find "freezer-worthy horror" for a reading challenge, I thought I'd give it a try last week. (BTW, freezer-worthy is so scary you'd hide it in the freezer.)
As I started the audiobook, I realized it didn't make enough sense to me. It was hard to follow the story with just unfamiliar voices and characters. So I grabbed up the six issues of the graphic novel - 2 on Hoopla, 3 from the library in print, and the last via Kindle. Talk about a multi-dimensional reading experience!
The combination of audio and visual is perfect with this series. If you love the books and haven't listened to the audio, you must! The audio effects, music, and actors make the experience completely immersive and atmospheric.
Gabriel Rodriguez's art is positively gorgeous. He creates intense creepiness with all the magical and horrific elements of these books. In addition to being an artist and illustrator, Rodriguez is an architect and it really shows. Key House is a character in the book, albeit not a living organism. The illustrations featuring the house are architecturally detailed and amazing. Plus, the people he draws show their humanity (or evil) through expression and action.
The story from Joe Hill has deep messages, tremendous suspense, and true emotion. Of course, it's horror and fantasy, so you suspend disbelief. That's part of the joy of it all. Hill writes with perfect pacing and a nearly cinematic, focused plot. Once I started, I literally couldn't stop reading. And by the end I was incredibly attached to each character, especially the heroic and flawed Locke family.
Does this count as freezer-worthy? If I'd just read the graphic novels, I would have said no. But with the audio, it certainly is scarier than most. I'm going to count it and recommend to friends!
Shortly after I read Joe Hill's The Fireman, I started picking up his other books including a full-cast audiobook of the Locke & Key series. In an effort to find "freezer-worthy horror" for a reading challenge, I thought I'd give it a try last week. (BTW, freezer-worthy is so scary you'd hide it in the freezer.)
As I started the audiobook, I realized it didn't make enough sense to me. It was hard to follow the story with just unfamiliar voices and characters. So I grabbed up the six issues of the graphic novel - 2 on Hoopla, 3 from the library in print, and the last via Kindle. Talk about a multi-dimensional reading experience!
The combination of audio and visual is perfect with this series. If you love the books and haven't listened to the audio, you must! The audio effects, music, and actors make the experience completely immersive and atmospheric.
Gabriel Rodriguez's art is positively gorgeous. He creates intense creepiness with all the magical and horrific elements of these books. In addition to being an artist and illustrator, Rodriguez is an architect and it really shows. Key House is a character in the book, albeit not a living organism. The illustrations featuring the house are architecturally detailed and amazing. Plus, the people he draws show their humanity (or evil) through expression and action.
The story from Joe Hill has deep messages, tremendous suspense, and true emotion. Of course, it's horror and fantasy, so you suspend disbelief. That's part of the joy of it all. Hill writes with perfect pacing and a nearly cinematic, focused plot. Once I started, I literally couldn't stop reading. And by the end I was incredibly attached to each character, especially the heroic and flawed Locke family.
Does this count as freezer-worthy? If I'd just read the graphic novels, I would have said no. But with the audio, it certainly is scarier than most. I'm going to count it and recommend to friends!
December 15, 2020
I feel bad for only giving this 3 stars because quite clearly a lot of work has gone into the production of this. It isn't just a audiobook, but a dramtisation. Along the way however, I got a little lost, and I couldn't quite picture who was talking and what exactly was happening. I think if you were to read the graphic novels first (and like them) then you would absolutely love this. Cameos from absolutely everyone including Hill, and King.
November 1, 2015
The Locke & Key graphic novels have been on my to-read list, and sitting among a stack of other shamefully neglected graphic novels and trades, for several years now. You'd have thought that after discovering the pure joy of Joe Hill's NOS4A2 that I would have dived headlong into this comic book series, but alas... (Maybe somebody can loan me a Time Key to free up more reading hours in the day?). When Audible announced its adaptation of Hill's and artist Gabriel Rodriguez's much-acclaimed IDW comic book series, I was thrilled to give it a listen, and also curious as to how the heck one adapts a comic book for an audiobook.
Comics, obviously, are quite a different breed from prose novels, given their reliance on visual imagery to tell a story. Sure, there's narrative boxes (typically) and plenty of dialogue (usually) and thought bubbles, but the nature of a comic book is in its art. Audible Studios has worked around this translation from visual to audio by harkening back to the days of radio productions. Rather than rewriting the Locke & Key comics into a more novelistic approach for narration, the story is told by way of audio drama with a cast of more than 50 voice actors.
For the most part, this approach works quite well, but with a few caveats.
The story itself is largely understandable and very approachable in this re-imagined fashion, and for roughly 13 and a half hours we follow the Locke children, and their mother, Nina, as they relocate to the family estate of Lovecraft Mansion in the wake of the Locke patriarch's murder. While readjusting to their new lives, the children begin finding strange keys scattered and hidden across the house, keys that unlock doors into mysterious and terrifying new realms. Keys that are also being hunted for by an old evil named Dodge.
As the son of Stephen King, it seems clear that Hill has inherited quite a bit of his father's story-telling panache and hits on a few similarities in style. This was most clear in NOS4A2, but Locke & Key also exhibits some of the same themes common in many of King's works (and keep an ear open for a nice little homage to King's Carrie late in the story). First of all, this is an epic work of horror, with smatterings of fantasy thrown in for good measure, and how it affects the everyman. The central characters aren't burdened with super-powers, and most of their daily challenges come from attending school, making friends, dealing with being the outcasts because of the hellacious events in their lives. This is also a story of multi-generational horrors, as the Locke kids discover the secrets of their ancestry and the tribulations their father and his friends experienced upon discovering the keys.
All of this is performed admirably by the large cast, and I felt fully invested in these characters right from the get-go. The acting is pretty superb all-around, as is the sound production and score, with the cast and crew even making use of real-world locations to record, rather than sticking it out in a recording studio for the entire job. My only real issues came in the lack of narrative connective tissue in the big action scenes, which often felt muddled and pulled me out of the drama as I struggled to figure out who stabbed who, whether or not X or Y lived, and what exactly was happening in the aftermath. A few of these issues were mostly resolved in the following minutes, but the initial impact was jarring and confusing. Still, there were a few times where I imagined the narrative must have been clearer in the original comics and that certain scenes would have worked better as a companion piece to the source material. Maybe I missed a few things due to my lack of familiarity with the comic books, particularly in how the characters appear. We usually don't get any kind of character descriptions until much too late, well after I'd already formed a visual of who they are in my head and so I spent much of the narrative not realizing one family was African American, or that another sported plenty of ink across his body, or that one has a particular piercing that becomes quite a distinguishing feature for one of the Locke boys in the aftermath of a brutal murder.
These, mostly little, issues aside, I found Locke & Key to be a completely engrossing audio-drama and an absolutely terrific listen. The acting is strong, and Hill's writing, as expected, is completely top-notch. As an audio-drama, this sucker just works, and it works well. I was scared in all the right places, and my heart was racing during the brutal climax and left feeling exhausted in the wake the Locke family's cataclysmic showdown with Dodge. I might have even, maybe, just a little bit, kind of teared up in the final moments because I was so damn attached to these characters and to this family. And although the graphic novels have been untouched thus far, this audiobook has made me aware of exactly how much greatness I've been missing, so I've ordered the final volume to complete my set of IDW Locke & Key hardcovers and hope to dive into them soon. This is a completely fantastic story, and Joe Hill himself is quickly becoming one of my absolute favorite writers that I can trust to turn out solid, quality work and whose stories I look forward to the most. If Locke & Key becomes one of my latest die-hard obsessions, well, I can blame this recording for it.
Comics, obviously, are quite a different breed from prose novels, given their reliance on visual imagery to tell a story. Sure, there's narrative boxes (typically) and plenty of dialogue (usually) and thought bubbles, but the nature of a comic book is in its art. Audible Studios has worked around this translation from visual to audio by harkening back to the days of radio productions. Rather than rewriting the Locke & Key comics into a more novelistic approach for narration, the story is told by way of audio drama with a cast of more than 50 voice actors.
For the most part, this approach works quite well, but with a few caveats.
The story itself is largely understandable and very approachable in this re-imagined fashion, and for roughly 13 and a half hours we follow the Locke children, and their mother, Nina, as they relocate to the family estate of Lovecraft Mansion in the wake of the Locke patriarch's murder. While readjusting to their new lives, the children begin finding strange keys scattered and hidden across the house, keys that unlock doors into mysterious and terrifying new realms. Keys that are also being hunted for by an old evil named Dodge.
As the son of Stephen King, it seems clear that Hill has inherited quite a bit of his father's story-telling panache and hits on a few similarities in style. This was most clear in NOS4A2, but Locke & Key also exhibits some of the same themes common in many of King's works (and keep an ear open for a nice little homage to King's Carrie late in the story). First of all, this is an epic work of horror, with smatterings of fantasy thrown in for good measure, and how it affects the everyman. The central characters aren't burdened with super-powers, and most of their daily challenges come from attending school, making friends, dealing with being the outcasts because of the hellacious events in their lives. This is also a story of multi-generational horrors, as the Locke kids discover the secrets of their ancestry and the tribulations their father and his friends experienced upon discovering the keys.
All of this is performed admirably by the large cast, and I felt fully invested in these characters right from the get-go. The acting is pretty superb all-around, as is the sound production and score, with the cast and crew even making use of real-world locations to record, rather than sticking it out in a recording studio for the entire job. My only real issues came in the lack of narrative connective tissue in the big action scenes, which often felt muddled and pulled me out of the drama as I struggled to figure out who stabbed who, whether or not X or Y lived, and what exactly was happening in the aftermath. A few of these issues were mostly resolved in the following minutes, but the initial impact was jarring and confusing. Still, there were a few times where I imagined the narrative must have been clearer in the original comics and that certain scenes would have worked better as a companion piece to the source material. Maybe I missed a few things due to my lack of familiarity with the comic books, particularly in how the characters appear. We usually don't get any kind of character descriptions until much too late, well after I'd already formed a visual of who they are in my head and so I spent much of the narrative not realizing one family was African American, or that another sported plenty of ink across his body, or that one has a particular piercing that becomes quite a distinguishing feature for one of the Locke boys in the aftermath of a brutal murder.
These, mostly little, issues aside, I found Locke & Key to be a completely engrossing audio-drama and an absolutely terrific listen. The acting is strong, and Hill's writing, as expected, is completely top-notch. As an audio-drama, this sucker just works, and it works well. I was scared in all the right places, and my heart was racing during the brutal climax and left feeling exhausted in the wake the Locke family's cataclysmic showdown with Dodge. I might have even, maybe, just a little bit, kind of teared up in the final moments because I was so damn attached to these characters and to this family. And although the graphic novels have been untouched thus far, this audiobook has made me aware of exactly how much greatness I've been missing, so I've ordered the final volume to complete my set of IDW Locke & Key hardcovers and hope to dive into them soon. This is a completely fantastic story, and Joe Hill himself is quickly becoming one of my absolute favorite writers that I can trust to turn out solid, quality work and whose stories I look forward to the most. If Locke & Key becomes one of my latest die-hard obsessions, well, I can blame this recording for it.
March 23, 2016
READ THE ACTUAL COMIC. DO NOT LISTEN TO THE AUDIOBOOK.
The comic is one of my top 3 comics of all time and I really wanted to love this but it just doesn't translate well as an audiobook. If you want to enjoy this story, read the comic. Don't let this be your first exposure to it.
The comic is one of my top 3 comics of all time and I really wanted to love this but it just doesn't translate well as an audiobook. If you want to enjoy this story, read the comic. Don't let this be your first exposure to it.
November 10, 2015
Awesome cast, fantastic story!
August 1, 2016
This was my first venture into the graphic novel format. The audible version of Locke & Key was outstanding. The cast of characters, music and setting was outstanding. I can see why graphic novels are so popular. This audio version sounded like a movie. So I can see where the talents of an artist along with the talent of a writer is what makes a graphic novel come to life. You add the edition of the audio version with sound effects, and the book just explodes. Although this story is far beyond my area of reading, I felt I can easily become entrenched in graphic novels. I enjoyed Joe Hill's story very much. The novel reminded me of a FOX TV series from the 1990's, Herman's Head. Only Locke & Key is much more sinister. I also felt like I was listening to a teen graphic novel. In that aspect, I felt like I was auditing a class that I would have never taken. One on my goals of reading is to expand my horizons. Locke & Key accomplished that task really well. I'm glad I found my way to Locke & Key.
December 17, 2015
“No you can't understand because you are reading the last chapter of something with out having read the first chapters. Young people always think they are coming into a story at the beginning when they are usually coming in at the end.�
An eerie generational horror tale bursting with imagination. This is a long episodic journey of a family in crisis returning to their ancestral home and battling the evil rooted there. The audiobook has a full cast of voices, sound effects and score. That said, there were plenty of times I had no idea what was going on, a little more from the general narrator would have been appreciated. The audio works as a stand alone but is probably best appreciated as an addendum to the comics. This was free on Audible!
An eerie generational horror tale bursting with imagination. This is a long episodic journey of a family in crisis returning to their ancestral home and battling the evil rooted there. The audiobook has a full cast of voices, sound effects and score. That said, there were plenty of times I had no idea what was going on, a little more from the general narrator would have been appreciated. The audio works as a stand alone but is probably best appreciated as an addendum to the comics. This was free on Audible!
October 21, 2015
So, an audio adaptation of a comic series. Doesn't seem like it should work, does it? But it does, and really, really well. I loved the entire run of the comics, and this was a perfect alternative take on the story.
The reason you can take a strictly visual medium and turn it into a strictly aural medium comes down to the production value. This has great voice actors, great sound effects, and great mood music. It's never unclear what's going on, who's talking.
The thing is, though... I don't see how this will ever be a viable medium. Audiobooks are a big business now, but there is so much more involved in the production of something like this. Instead of one narrator standing in front of a microphone for a few days to record a novel, you've got 30-something actors doing different parts and a hell of a lot of editing and producing to do. It's more like recording a music album than an audiobook.
But Audible is giving this out for free at the moment, I suppose to gauge the amount of interest in this new medium. If people get excited about this like I am, I'm all for further productions like this. Bring on the audio comics!
The reason you can take a strictly visual medium and turn it into a strictly aural medium comes down to the production value. This has great voice actors, great sound effects, and great mood music. It's never unclear what's going on, who's talking.
The thing is, though... I don't see how this will ever be a viable medium. Audiobooks are a big business now, but there is so much more involved in the production of something like this. Instead of one narrator standing in front of a microphone for a few days to record a novel, you've got 30-something actors doing different parts and a hell of a lot of editing and producing to do. It's more like recording a music album than an audiobook.
But Audible is giving this out for free at the moment, I suppose to gauge the amount of interest in this new medium. If people get excited about this like I am, I'm all for further productions like this. Bring on the audio comics!
November 22, 2015
I read the first 4 volumes of the graphic novel a while but for whatever reason never picked up the last two. Listening to this audiobook made me want to run to a bookstore to pick them up right away. This is a really well done, full cast audiobook. The cameos from bigger names were good, but the strength of this audio is really owed to those that play members of the Locke family. My favorite character was Bodie. My biggest complaint about this audio is I can't find a full cast list anywhere! If some of these actors voice other audiobooks, I'd like to know.
The only thing missing from the experience of this audiobook is the amazing artwork done by Gabriel Rodriguez. That's why this audiobook has inspired me to run out and get the last two books. Sometimes, especially at the end, it was hard to tell exactly what was going on without the visual in front of me. That's the difference between an audio adaptation of a graphic novel and that of a print book. My brain doesn't have to imagine what is happening, somewhere out there an artist drew the picture for me.
The only thing missing from the experience of this audiobook is the amazing artwork done by Gabriel Rodriguez. That's why this audiobook has inspired me to run out and get the last two books. Sometimes, especially at the end, it was hard to tell exactly what was going on without the visual in front of me. That's the difference between an audio adaptation of a graphic novel and that of a print book. My brain doesn't have to imagine what is happening, somewhere out there an artist drew the picture for me.
November 10, 2015
Fantastic adaptation! Can't believe they actually offered this for free for as long as they did, given the obvious effort that went into it. The voice talent was excellent, the sound effects were good, and of course, the story is amazing. I've read the whole graphic novel series, but I don't think I'd have been lost if I hadn't. It's not easy to adapt something originally done ina visual media for audio only, but they nailed it. I still recommend checking out the graphic novels, because the artwork of Gabe Rodriguez is amazing!
About the only negative thing I have to say is sometimnes it was a little hard to tell what characters were saying, either because of the volume level, or background sound effects/screaming, or just not clear speech, but I have the same issue with TV a lot of the time, and that's not enough to take away a star. I recommend this very highly, whether or not you've read the books.
About the only negative thing I have to say is sometimnes it was a little hard to tell what characters were saying, either because of the volume level, or background sound effects/screaming, or just not clear speech, but I have the same issue with TV a lot of the time, and that's not enough to take away a star. I recommend this very highly, whether or not you've read the books.
February 10, 2017
Reviewing not the comics, but the full-cast audiobook that I've selected. I legitimately did not enjoy this production - it felt raw and unrefined, almost like a group of people sitting around casually narrating a story for fun. Despite the big names in the narration, it was hard to follow and overall unenjoyable in my opinion. This is not a format that I think suited the book at all, and I wouldn't recommend it.
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June 6, 2020
This Audible Original dramatization was my introduction to Locke & Key. The graphic novels have been on my to read list for a while, and I regret taking so long to get to this story!
This dramatization was very well done, and the voice actors did an outstanding job conveying their characters through their voice. Some of the special effects leave you to wonder what’s going on as there is no narration, but totally understandable given that this is an adaptation from a graphic novel.
The story itself is very intriguing, with lots of little twists and subplots to keep the reader totally interested and involved! The characters are deep and complex adding to the overall story!
All I can say is that I enjoyed the story immensely, and was completely invested in the story! Needless t say, I am now watching the Netflix TV series, as well having purchased the graphic novels!
This dramatization was very well done, and the voice actors did an outstanding job conveying their characters through their voice. Some of the special effects leave you to wonder what’s going on as there is no narration, but totally understandable given that this is an adaptation from a graphic novel.
The story itself is very intriguing, with lots of little twists and subplots to keep the reader totally interested and involved! The characters are deep and complex adding to the overall story!
All I can say is that I enjoyed the story immensely, and was completely invested in the story! Needless t say, I am now watching the Netflix TV series, as well having purchased the graphic novels!
April 28, 2016
I wish I had read the actual graphic novels instead of listening to the audiobook. I don't think the audio translated very well. It was a little confusing and there were lots of random music interludes that I could have done without. Overall this was just okay.
June 25, 2018
Audible gave away copies of Joe Hill’s Locke & Key, a dramatization of a graphic novel, when it was first released. I picked it up because it was free. Joe Hill is Stephen King's son.
Because I stumble through dramatized audio books, I read the first volume of graphic novel that the beginning of Locke & Key covers. There are six separate volumes of the novel; however, the audio covers all of them in one book.
Dramatized audios remind me of the radio shows of the past. I remember “The Shadow Knows� which my parents often listened to during Sunday afternoon drives, probably in the late 1950s. I think I understood them, but I have a hard time understanding dramatized audio books. I think it is because I’m not sure who is talking as so many of the voices sound similar.
Also, I don’t enjoy horror stories. I strongly disliked the horror portions of Steven King’s . I’ve listened to several of King’s short horror stories and often find them more humorous than scary, but not The Shining.
I was determined to actively listen to this title. I considered reading all of the other volumes of the graphic novel first, but decided that I didn’t want to put that much time into this project. I thought that if nothing else, I could use this audio to better learn to pay attention to what I’m hearing. And the experience wasn’t that bad. I’m pleased that I finished it and mostly understood what was happening. I am disappointed that it is mostly a teen novel. I didn’t expect that.
I noticed that some character movements that are obvious in the graphic novel, had to be explained in the audio version. For instance, in the graphic novel, we see Bodie climbing onto some books to get up higher to reach something, and in the audio, Bodie had to say he was making a pile of books to get higher.
Locke & Key is very weird. I don’t consider it of general interest and because of my limited experience with horror, I don’t know if it is creative or derivative.
Here are some of the words that best describe the audio story:
screaming
crying
keys
teenagers
keys
killings
demons
teen parties
locks
violence
screaming
inhabitations
keys
alcoholism
living shadows
Lovecraft Manor
Did I mention screaming or keys?
Rating: 3-
Because I stumble through dramatized audio books, I read the first volume of graphic novel that the beginning of Locke & Key covers. There are six separate volumes of the novel; however, the audio covers all of them in one book.
Dramatized audios remind me of the radio shows of the past. I remember “The Shadow Knows� which my parents often listened to during Sunday afternoon drives, probably in the late 1950s. I think I understood them, but I have a hard time understanding dramatized audio books. I think it is because I’m not sure who is talking as so many of the voices sound similar.
Also, I don’t enjoy horror stories. I strongly disliked the horror portions of Steven King’s . I’ve listened to several of King’s short horror stories and often find them more humorous than scary, but not The Shining.
I was determined to actively listen to this title. I considered reading all of the other volumes of the graphic novel first, but decided that I didn’t want to put that much time into this project. I thought that if nothing else, I could use this audio to better learn to pay attention to what I’m hearing. And the experience wasn’t that bad. I’m pleased that I finished it and mostly understood what was happening. I am disappointed that it is mostly a teen novel. I didn’t expect that.
I noticed that some character movements that are obvious in the graphic novel, had to be explained in the audio version. For instance, in the graphic novel, we see Bodie climbing onto some books to get up higher to reach something, and in the audio, Bodie had to say he was making a pile of books to get higher.
Locke & Key is very weird. I don’t consider it of general interest and because of my limited experience with horror, I don’t know if it is creative or derivative.
Here are some of the words that best describe the audio story:
screaming
crying
keys
teenagers
keys
killings
demons
teen parties
locks
violence
screaming
inhabitations
keys
alcoholism
living shadows
Lovecraft Manor
Did I mention screaming or keys?
Rating: 3-
April 12, 2018
Nachdem ich vor ungefähr zwei Jahren (oder waren es drei) die sechsbändige Comicreihe rund um das Keyhaus und die Familie Locke begeistert verschlungen habe, musste die Hörspielvariante auch angehört werden.
Nach wie vor empfinde ich diese Geschichte als wirklich grandios und es war toll sie wieder erleben zu können. Die meisten Sprecher habe eine klasse Arbeit geleistet, die Geräuschemacher und Musiker rundeten das Hörspiel schön ab.
Mein einziger Kritikpunkt störte mich selbst nicht, jedoch denke ich, dass für einen neuen Hörer, der die Comics nicht kennt, die Geschichte zu verwirrend ist und man ihr ab einem bestimmten Punkt schwer folgen kann. Es fehlen eben die Bilder, die im Comic einiges erklären und die rein auditiv schwer umzusetzen sind.
Demnach: Erst die Comics lesen (unbedingt!) und dann das Hörspiel hören. Beides sehr empfehlenswert!
Nach wie vor empfinde ich diese Geschichte als wirklich grandios und es war toll sie wieder erleben zu können. Die meisten Sprecher habe eine klasse Arbeit geleistet, die Geräuschemacher und Musiker rundeten das Hörspiel schön ab.
Mein einziger Kritikpunkt störte mich selbst nicht, jedoch denke ich, dass für einen neuen Hörer, der die Comics nicht kennt, die Geschichte zu verwirrend ist und man ihr ab einem bestimmten Punkt schwer folgen kann. Es fehlen eben die Bilder, die im Comic einiges erklären und die rein auditiv schwer umzusetzen sind.
Demnach: Erst die Comics lesen (unbedingt!) und dann das Hörspiel hören. Beides sehr empfehlenswert!
October 3, 2019
This did not work for me as a full cast drama. Probably for the same reason that I love reading horror but hate watching horror. The violence and stuff is just too much for me. Aside from that, I found it a little hard to follow without any narration. There were a lot of different voices speaking at various times and I was lost.
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