Locke & Key

By: Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez

Narrated by: Haley Joel Osment, Tatiana Maslany, Kate Mulgrew, full cast

Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Audie Award Finalist, Original Work, 2016

Based on the best-selling, award-winning graphic novel series Locke & Key - written by acclaimed suspense novelist Joe Hill (NOS4A2, Horns) and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez - this multicast, fully dramatized audio production brings the images and words to life.

A brutal and tragic event drives the Locke family from their home in California to the relative safety of their ancestral estate in Lovecraft, Massachusetts, an old house with powerful keys and fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them. As siblings Tyler, Kinsey, and Bode Locke discover the secrets of the old house, they also find that it's home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all....

Featuring performances by Haley Joel Osment (Entourage, The Sixth Sense), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black, Star Trek: Voyager), Joe Hill, Gabriel Rodriguez, and Stephen King (The Stand, 11-22-63), as well as a cast of more than 50 voice actors, this audio production preserves the heart-stopping impact of the graphic novel's astounding artwork through the use of richly imagined sound design and a powerful original score.

*Locke & Key contains explicit language and adult situations.

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Critic reviews

"The concepts in this production, based on a graphic novel, are perfectly executed by a full cast.... Kate Mulgrew leads the way with her perfect portrayal of an ancient grandmother with an evil streak." (AudioFile)

Folks, this is an audio play.

Dismiss all the negative reviews from people complaining they couldn't follow the narration.

Why? Because it's not narrated. This is an audio play, much like what people used to listen to on the radio a hundred years ago or so. Yes, there are many different voice actors, and yes you do have to pay attention to follow the plot. But it's worth it.

I enjoyed the hell out of this and want to find more audiobooks in this vein. It's one thing for a narrator to describe a scream, it's quite another to hear the actual terror and pain.

I really tried to like it

I finally gave up on finishing this book. The musical interludes were wayyyy to long for my taste. I also couldn’t get into it. After a couple of hours I decided I was done.

Loved it !!!

Outstanding audible production of the graphic novels. The cast did a superb job!!! If you read the comics you won't be disappointed. If you didn't read the comics you won't be lost. Thanks audible job well done

the best Audio book I've ever listened to

amazing performance, engaging and suspenseful text, I loved this! Definitely worth the purchase! buy now!

AMAZING

I loved this preformance. It was so interesting and done so well. Is this a new thing for audible? Eager to hear more like this!

Comic come to live

You can listen to this with or without the comic. The voices are nice to listen to, sometimes you have a problem with understanding who is who of the teenagers, but all in all great performances. Especially the actress of the mother, well done ma'am.

An amazing Halloween gift from Joe Hill and audible.com.

This book will have you jumping at shadows. Join a trio of siblings as they discover a new house that they have moved into.
The team behind this did an awesome job bringing a comic book series to life. It is a great build up to Halloween, read and enjoy but be prepared to be scared.

Somehow, they made it work...

If you could sum up FREE: Locke & Key in three words, what would they be?

brilliant comic adaptation

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

I have been 'iffy' about listening to cast productions. I really enjoyed this.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I could NOT stop listening. Despite having read the comic, it felt 'new'

Any additional comments?

I am a Joe Hill fan and have read the Locke & Key graphic book series. Hill and Rodriguez talked about the coming audio at a panel I attended and I preordered the book right then and there. I generally avoid cast productions, but gave this a shot. I thoroughly enjoyed this adaptation. The cast was brilliant. I would say the one negative was the music break in between books was a tad long. Other than that, this book was well worth my time and I expect I will listen to it a few more times...

Dark stories told with different voices

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. The experience of the different voices helped keep the people separate as the dark story unfolds in unexpected ways.

Any additional comments?

This was most definitely an interesting listen. I enjoyed all the different voices as the story unfolds. There are many secrets in this house, and following the Locke family through many dangers and unusual situations kept me listening. Having the different actors helped keep the people straight. This set consists of several books though none truly end as the story focus just changes and characters resurface. There are a few moments when I felt that a visual was needed, but it did not take away from the story. Be prepared for the dark nature of this story.

I received this as a gift, and this is my unsolicited review.

Ear candy!

I really enjoyed this reading. I've read the first three parts of this story as a graphic novel. I found every part of this story from beginning to end, easy to follow and imagine, regardless if I had previously read that chapter or not. The cast did a great job! I highly recommend this adaption.