Audiobook review of The Door of No Return by Kwame Alexander

Kwame Alexander’s Ghana-set historic center grade novel, The Door of No Return (3.5 hours), unfolds from the attitude of an 11-year-old boy named Kofi, whose story focuses on his household, his village and a particular lady named Ama. Ghanaian British actor Kobna Holdbrook-Smith brings spellbinding depth and powerful, genuine accents to his narration, respiratory life into each the younger narrator and his storytelling grandfather. Well-performed facet characters present the backdrop, and the humorous nasal tone of the culturally brainwashed schoolteacher brings comedian aid.

Holdbrook-Smith emphasizes the rhythm of Alexander’s novel, a lot of it informed in verse, with charming, dramatic and aesthetic results that endear Kofi to the listener. At occasions, listeners should pay shut consideration, because the story strikes shortly, and names, dates and part titles run the chance of being missed, however listeners will probably be rewarded for his or her efforts.