I Eat Men Like Air

By: Alice Berman

Narrated by: Elizabeth Evans

A lavish, debauched weekend to celebrate an upcoming wedding devolves into a murder scene.

With the snow falling fast on a New Hampshire mansion, seven 20-somethings gather for a weekend that will change their lives irrevocably. The extravagant trip to celebrate Will and Jessica's upcoming nuptials brings together a cast of characters who know each other from Ivy League schools and childhood Upper East Side haunts.

There is Lulu, an LA-based Instagram influencer; Maxie, a former Park Avenue princess, now Midwestern housewife; Yael, an ER doctor from Ohio; Rob, a colorless Wall Street trader; Will, a morality-obsessed lawyer; Jessica, Will’s perfectionist bride-to-be; and Alex Sable, a lawless pleasure-seeker with refined tastes. Alex, son of a billionaire hedge-fund scion, was the sole witness against his classmate in a serial rape trial 15 years ago, the notoriety of which follows Alex everywhere.

By Will and Jessica's wedding day, four months later, Alex Sable would be dead—in that same house, in a bathtub filled with his blood.

Can Tyler Carroll, a well-known podcast reporter determined to pry his way into their closed-door world, sift through the secrets that connect the seven in a web? As Tyler attempts to find the truth behind the months leading up to Alex Sable's dramatic death, he follows the bridal party, whose lives have spiraled in wildly different directions, bringing them to a fateful night.

The narration by Elizabeth Evans pushes the tangled tale forward as she gracefully performs multiple characters, creating a clear picture of chaos and emotion.

Told in dual time lines, the months leading up to the wedding and the investigation thereafter, I Eat Men Like Air is a riveting look at the unraveling of a friend group punctured by violence and a chilling depiction of the rage that festers when it's kept secret.

Note: I Eat Men Like Air contains mature and sensitive themes.

©2019 Alice Berman (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC.

Meh...

Not my favorite. I struggled to finish this one. I felt like it was a ton of narrating jabber and lots of jumping around. I didn't feel like a whole lot happened.

Very Good story

Interesting story with great characters.
The premise is good and the writing is fine
This should have been edited and edited again
Marred by repute on of thought and even identical sentences a page apart
Still worth reading especially as a free book;)

Not my kind of story

While I thought the narrator did a fine job with different voices, etc., I never liked any of the characters and felt the story was predictable and boring. I don't know why I listened until the end.

Well, at least the narrator was good.

Too long and sometimes confusing. maybe if it didn't drag on and get so depressing it would be pretty good.

Amazing

Great narration and great story. I did not want it to end!! I can’t wait for more from this author.

slow moving

not a bad story , but it was slow to build . I had a hard time keeping up with all the friend groups at times.

A Sharp, Well-Written Mystery

Rarely have I listened to a book so consistently; this was worth every minute of fourteen hours. Not only did I need to know what was going to happen, and how things would resolve themselves, but I was completely drawn in by the characters, who are beautifully three-dimensional, tragic, funny, and, most of all, real. After the book was over, I found myself still thinking about Lulu, Maxie, Will, Yael, Rob, and Alex; I wanted to continue to interact with them. Beyond that, the narration is very well-executed, and the writing is astounding. A strong debut novel.

Could’ve been shorter

I liked the story but the individual character chapters were overkill. This book could’ve been 30% shorter by reducing or removing back story on the characters. Also didn’t need the last chapter on “where they are now.”

A truly addictive mystery

My first experience with an audiobook and I was not let down. Berman knows how to put together a set of characters that are as interesting as they are mysterious, paired with a storyline that keeps you on your toes. I listened to this at every spare minute I had and it was never enough! Would definitely recommend to lovers of thrillers.

Characters

The author seems to KNOW these people. This will be a repeat listen, for sure. The dialog was clever and real.