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Menagerie of Broken Dreams

By: James R. Nelson
Narrated by: Matthew E. Berry
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Summary

Young Stephen Moorehouse is excited about his new job. His uncle, a famous movie director, has asked him to travel to Florida and scout out a location to film a remake of a famous 1950s movie. Anxious to do a good job, Stephen discovers the perfect location, which unfortunately, is located next to a bizarre roadside attraction. 

A thick fog blowing off the Gulf of Mexico is making it difficult for the beautiful Savannah Blanchard to find a ride as she hitch hikes along Route 90, just outside of Biloxi, Mississippi. Still reeling from the sudden loss of her job, she is hoping her good friend can put her up for awhile and maybe help her get a fresh start. Savannah holds a dark secret which will soon become apparent to the next unfortunate lonely driver who pulls over to pick her up. 

Speeding south from Indiana after a brutal crime wave, tormented Willard Ferguson and his 16 year old girlfriend, Anna Mae, leave a wake of death and destruction behind them. Anxious to find a safe haven from the authorities, they end up taking refuge in an odd attraction called Doctor Merryweather's Menagerie. Rather than offering the solace they had hoped for, Willard and his girlfriend find themselves thrust into a grotesque world far removed from anything they ever thought existed. Several seemingly separate events slowly merge into one, as the Menagerie of Broken Dreams pulls everyone into a dark web of danger, deceit, and murder.

©2015 James R. Nelson (P)2018 James R. Nelson

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This story had a an interesting concept, a film crew obtain permission to use a swamp like location for their monster film close to what used to be referred to as a "freak show", an entertainment/variety show based around peformers exhibiting their physical deformities. There are murders and deaths. I'm not entirely sure why I can't give it five stars. Perhaps I was disappointed that the film making of a Creature from the Black Lagoon style film itself plays such a tiny part of the book although the characters hang around waiting to make the film a lot. The hidden secret of the barn seems to be a bit of an anti climax considering the spectacular nature of the menagerie itself. making the monster film, the escaping murderers etc. So I felt for me it lacked a focus, a main character to take me through the story and empathise with.
The Narrator Matthew E Berry turns in a perfectly fine performance, uses different voices for the characters, even utuilises a few effects every now and again, (treating his voice to sound like a character is speaking through a microphone at one of the shows for example) However I would have liked to have heard more variety in pace, whether a scene was exciting or sad the delivery was very consistently paced and so became a bit laboured and samey. This might be why I felt the book didn't build towards the end. all in all it was good but not outstandng.

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This is the second audio book i have got it's very good 5 out of 5

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