Humor – The Audiobook Review

The Satsuma Complex

The Audiobook Review — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:25:03 +0000

After enjoying Bob Mortimer’s The Long Shoe, I later picked up The Satsuma Complex and ended up listening straight through into its follow-up, The Hotel Avocado, without a pause between the two… or (as I realised later) stopping to write […]

Source

The Perpetual Astonishment of Jonathon Fairfax

The Audiobook Review — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:14:13 +0000

Jonathon Fairfax is not a man built for intrigue, violence, or even mild confrontation. A softly spoken, socially awkward part-time menswear assistant at Harrods, he struggles with everyday interactions, let alone accidentally helping to cover up a murder that spirals […]

Source

Goyhood

The Audiobook Review — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:23:00 +0000

Goyhood starts with a small lie told early in childhood and follows the long, unexpected mess it creates years later. What begins as a story about faith and identity slowly turns into an awkward, often funny American road trip between […]

Source

The Long Shoe

The Audiobook Review — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 10:04:20 +0000

I first came across Bob Mortimer through 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, where he occasionally appears as a guest to spin surreal stories and generally make everyone lose it laughing. He’s always had that offbeat, quietly absurd kind […]

Source

I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

The Audiobook Review — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 06:29:04 +0000

A cross-country road trip and man hunt fuelled by Reddit conspiracy lunatics lead to ever-increasing insanity in “I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom” by Jason Pargin. Generally speaking, this was a fun and entertaining adventure of […]

Source

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Is Cancelled

The Audiobook Review — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:26:06 +0000

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Is Cancelled by Craig Kimber is sort of like if Shaun of the Dead was an 80s-style sex comedy mixed with a little bit of Mad Max. A group of no-hopers manage […]

Source

Junkers

The Audiobook Review — Sun, 26 May 2024 11:22:03 +0000

I honestly can’t remember when I got “Junkers” by Benjamin Wallace. I assume it was during a sale and then promptly forgot about it. It wasn’t until I was scrolling through my audiobooks, looking for something to relisten to that […]

Source

BuyMort: Grand Opening

The Audiobook Review — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:04:56 +0000

Of all the various scenarios that may come to pass when aliens make contact or a “system” gets installed in our heads, this is probably the most likely scenario of them all. Except it will likely be Amazon or Costco […]

Source

Mimic & Me

The Audiobook Review — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:55:59 +0000

I quite like mimics… even though they tend to be maniacal evil monsters with insatiable appetites and no morals whatsoever beyond whatever they need to get their next feed. The mimic in this one is no different, and the premise […]

Source

Inappropriately Human

The Audiobook Review — Sat, 19 Aug 2023 11:16:19 +0000

I took a bit of a chance with Inappropriately Human, 21 Short Stories by Andrew Heaton and I am very glad that I did so. Short stories can be hit-and-miss at the best of times, and without knowing anything about […]

Source

The Silas Kane Scrolls

The Audiobook Review — Sat, 22 Jul 2023 01:33:05 +0000

This was an entirely unexpected origin story. Like the Brandon Thighmaster tale, this is the origin story of Silas Kane, paladin of the Authors and Dragons podcast as played by Rick Gualtieri. I wasn’t expecting to feel sorry for the […]

Source

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

The Audiobook Review — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:06:36 +0000

Yeah, I don’t know what inspired me to pick this up, but well here we are. I’ll admit I’ve not seen the movie this was based on, so I’ll assume it remains pretty faithful to the plot. I have seen […]

Source