The Ark by Haruo YukiMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Holy heck this was fantastic! So chilling!
The story follows a group who end up locked inside an abandoned facility, with water slowly rising. The only solution is to have one stay behind to open the last entrance, meaning that person must sacrifice themselves. Then one of them is murdered.
What a great setup! I enjoyed the tension of this, and would happily read a physical copy to help that atmosphere soak in more. There are plenty of characters to suspect, and clues to work through.
There's also some great discourse around the idea of self-sacrifice, and of the ethics of potentially killing a murderer for the good of the rest.
The narrator was clear and read well enough, though I would have liked a little more differentiation between characters, and thoughts vs speaking, as these were sometimes hard to tell apart. The pace was decent though and cadence was easy to listen to.
I'd recommend this for mystery fans, though it does deserve full concentration so if you (like me) prefer audiobooks for the multi-tasking, perhaps get a physical copy of this one.
With thanks to NetGalley for an audio ARC
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