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All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge
- Narrated by: Nathan Monk
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Murder. Mayhem. Millennials. What was supposed to be a night of hope and change unwittingly launches an adventure into chaos as five friends uncover a dark past, a secret society, and a sinister plan.
Leo, Joy, Shane, Clementine, and Nick have known each other since high school, but life has taken each of them in vastly different directions. Our story begins as they all gather together to celebrate the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
In Nathan Monk's latest novel, he weaves together a story that spans decades set against the backdrop of friendships built around a neighborhood bar. Using his powerful storytelling and immersive characters, he transports us through the troubles of the millennial dilemma. The All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge is a stunning story of collective trauma. The audiobook travels through time looking at major events from 9/11 and the Columbine Massacre to the technology boom through the lens of an unsuspecting cast of characters who are simply attempting to survive a world that doesn’t seem built for them.
This Southern Gothic tale confronts some of the darkest parts of our modern history and takes the listener on a journey through the perils of the Great Recession, the Occupation of Wall Street, and right up the edge of a global pandemic that will transform the world as we know it. Who will survive the unprecedented events that unfold? Not even student debt is as perilous as the adventure you are about to embark on. No amount of cutting back on avocado toast and caramel lattes can save you from the dangers ahead.
In his unique style, Nathan creates characters that are at times hard to like but impossible not to love. This tale is full of betrayal, romance, and kitchen grease as this ragtag group of friends attempt to make the world a better place and are confronted with the question, “Do we even have the power to make any meaningful change at all and if not, is there even hope?”
Pull up a barstool, light ’em if you got ’em, and pour yourself a tall glass of suspense and romance masquerading as casual sex as you journey into the seedy halls of the All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge.
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- Sarah
- 19-01-2022
Left wanting more... but in a good way!
Great story, beautifully told and well narrated. I prefer books read by their authors and don't often by fiction on audible but this was well worth it. I'd love a sequel about Nick - there's more to tell there.
As for the editing of the narration, I've been in a sound booth listening to how ads are voiced and it's so intense. When it comes to audiobooks I admire the authors because it's not their day job but they know their own voice adds to the book. This felt more authentic, and honestly, the stuff I noticed was so minor and so infrequent it's only worth mentioning because someone got snotty.
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- Me & Co
- 16-01-2022
Narrated by the author, and gosh it’s good!
I purchased All Saints Hotel and Cocktail Lounge with the mistaken idea that it was a post-apocalyptic zombie novel. I genuinely have no idea where that idea came from, but I was pleasantly surprised by the actual content (heads up - zombies are not featured).
The relationships build and intertwine, the layers reveal more and more complexity as the story progresses. The struggles and stark reality cut deep at times, but there is joy there, too (heehee, I’m leaving it)…
I absolutely love hearing Nathan narrate the story. He does it so well, and the odd stutter or stumble add to the experience - it feels like he’s here, reading to me in person. I appreciated the foreword where he explains his journey with dyslexia, why it was important for him to read the story, and why he fought so hard to keep the editing to a minimum. But, if I hadn’t known the background, I would have loved his narration anyway. It sounds the way I read to my kids. Buy the audio book. It is a pleasure to engage with.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-01-2022
Brilliant from start to finish
Opens up a part of the brain that never dared to think respond but makes so much sense when spoken out loud .... absolutely recommended
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- AJ
- 16-01-2022
Super enjoyable listen
I decided to buy this book after reading some sternly worded one star reviews and Facebook comments by people who are mad at life. Yes, this novel is political and pearl clutchers will be kept busy. I read some comments that suggested that the author should not have read his own writing, that it should have been outsourced to a professional reader. Firstly, no one is more qualified to read their own writing than the Person. Who. Wrote. It. Secondly, I've listened to loads of audiobooks and Nathan's narration is as good as any "professional" I've listened to. Yes, occasionally you can hear a page turn. I found it a charming and comforting sound but some reviewers really got their knickers in a knot over hearing a page turn. I mean, the horror. Right? A book. Having a page. The humanity. Yes, there is the occasional um or small spoken glitch, but honestly, who cares? Nothing about it takes away from the story or the reading of it. There are professional, perfectly edited audiobooks that I have found completely unlistenable. This is an engrossing tale by a born story teller who is also a great narrator.
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- Anonymous User
- 23-01-2022
Get it in your ear holes
What a book.
Monk takes what could be a bleak story and tells it with such love and grace and breathtakingly beautiful writing it occasionally stopped me in my tracks.
His insights into generational politics - and big P politics are so finely hewn as to be worth the price of admission in their own right.
Best thing I’ve listen to in a long time.
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