Full review: https://wanderinglectiophile.wordpress.com/2018/03/21/review-locke-key-by-joe-hi...

When I did finally start listening to this I was super confused for a long time. I knew nothing about this audio production and had no idea what I had gotten myself into. This may be before your time – honestly, it’s before mine as well – but there used to be drama programs on the radio that utilized sound effects and music to help you build the scenes and events in your mind; that’s what this productions was like. Which was great, once I knew that that’s how this particular story was to be conveyed to me. I had been expecting a narrator to read me a story and this was definitely not that. After I got to my destination, I quickly jumped on Goodreads to try and figure out what I had just been listening to. Turns out, this is an audio production of a comic book/graphic novel series! No wonder it wasn’t just a normal, every day narrator – it would have been next to impossible to simply read this story to you without inventing the context, scene, and description dialogs that are achieved through pictures and graphics in the actual books.

Once I knew this key piece of information the audio production made so much more sense and I could relax and enjoy the ride.

Although this was my first audio production of a graphic novel, I really feel like the cast and directors did a great job. (Keeping in mind that I have very little to base that opinion on.) What I liked most about this, is that they put the whole series into one audio production. I think it would have been a terrible idea to split them up into individual audiobooks. My only critique with this is that there was WAY too much music put between each book. We’re talking about a minute’s worth of music here, guys. I kept going “come on already, get to the next book!” But that part aside, all the other sound effects, narration, and “acting” (do you call it acting??) were very good. I got a really good sense of the characters, scenes, and details of the story; which for a story that originated as a graphic novel, that seems like a huge win for the audio production. If you’re interested in something like this then I definitely recommend it. ( )

The story was super good. Very involved and nicely woven with lots of complexity. For improvement the author should reduce the crassness of all but a select few characters. Not all personalities are overly outspoken, use the f bomb and provide too much information. Don't let this make you shy away from this book though. You'd be missing out! ( )

Riveting, intense. Can't wait to read #2! ( )

This graphic novel adaptation is a great listening experience; however, I missed Gabriel Rodriguez's art. I enjoyed it the most when I had the books in front of me as well. But the adaptation is excellent, reminiscent of an well done old-time radio show. ( )

I am giving up on this audiobook at about 15% (the end of the section covered by the first graphic novel in the series). I just can't take the degree of violence... ( )