THE GOOD SON

Twenty-something Yu-jin is the type of character every talented narrator might wish to portray. He's unreliable, sick, prone to fits of epilepsy, and possibly a murderer. Narrator Johnathan McClain capitalizes on the drama of Yu-jin, an unreliable narrator, using an emotionless voice that makes him seem capable of anything. Did he kill his mother? Yu-jin finds her at the bottom of the stairs and, befuddled by his epilepsy medicine, has no recollection of the night before. Narrator Elizabeth Liang gives us his mother's thoughts as recorded in her diary, using a rich voice that details various dilemmas. This pair of experienced narrators work together to create a psychological thriller that will hook listeners to the very end. M.R. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2018]