LUCKY

Narrator Soneela Nankani effectively takes on the challenge of voicing the grifter Lucky and convincingly performs the many roles Lucky acts out to con everyone. The premise is interesting: What if you won a huge lottery prize but cashing it in would mean being arrested for multiple crimes? This is Lucky's dilemma. However, the evolving plot, with its twists and turns, may push listeners beyond credulity. Listeners may also be challenged to find any characters, including Lucky, to empathize with. The most likable character is young Lucky during the period when she is trying to get her father to settle down and give her the family life she craves. At those times, Nankani portrays her with the right amount of youthful emotion. E.Q. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2022]