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Review of Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4 by Callandor

7 January 2025

This review contains spoilers!

Just relaxxxx

Prerequisites: None needed, other than a basic knowledge of what Torchwood is.

Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4, as other reviewers have mentioned, is a difficult audio to review. It's entirely second person, entirely narrated by one voice, and features one hell of a framing device. It's undoubtedly unique, and that novelty does carry it a good distance. Hearing Palin talk to you, the listener, and berate and scold you, is a pretty cool experience, especially once you realize early on what his goals actually are. However, my main point of criticism is that because of this unique format, any re-listen will inherently be much worse. There's no real characters or characterization to speak of, so once you know the premise and execution, there's not really any reason to ever listen again. Overall, a great experiment, and a recommendation from me.