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good story but couldn't finish

Revisado: 08-14-22

enjoyed it to a point but couldn't take it seriously anymore after the slimeball of a dad character was forgiven for being awful to his children. this 40 something year old man married a woman both half his age (the age of his daughter) and that his daughter went to school with 6 months after his wife was killed. Proceeds to take down and hide the photos of his wife, and puts them under a bed, and the author acts like even after all that behavior, after being rude to his daughter who is rightly upset by this development, needs to be placed in the victim role. ruined the story for me. Zelda would have been in the right to completely cut him off because of this behavior, and it really damaged her character in my eyes.

I couldn't really continue after the "apology" conversation.

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Kingesque ending with none of the build-up

Revisado: 07-06-22

before I start, I wanted to LOVE this book, I preordered it and counted off the days. to be sorely disappointed. this is like if you took the most milquetoast Stephen King novel and slapped a shoddy ending on it. I love Paul Tremblay, he wrote some of my favorite short stories and books, but this is just embarrassing. this isn't a psychological thriller, this is a magazine you find in the therapists waiting room with from a junior author contest. I want my credit back

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the narrator obviously loves himself.

Revisado: 06-12-22

gonna be honest, I bought this version because I didn't want to spend a credit on Who Goes There

the narrator really chews this story for everything it's worth and more. but that doesn't make the narration good.

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over hyped as usual

Revisado: 03-28-22

yet again Laird Barron gives us another platter of overhyped stories that are at the best of times mediocre, and at the worst completely skippable. I started listening because of rave reviews of The Forest and was handed a mushy story that gave absolutely zero satisfaction. the stories in this collection seem to be a collection of unfinished notes of the mildest emotional tug. the "slow burn" of the collection is a mild suntan at best, and the author chews his prose like it's a mouthful of gristle, just moving his mouth for an unsatisfying, and nonutritious meal of a read

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Boring

Revisado: 02-16-22

If you want a boring, unneeded exposition heavy, and seemingly never ending book chock full of clunky dialogue You found it.


The narrator cannot be bothered to even try to read enthusiastically. The story and the dialogue are clunky at the best of times. It is just a sodden slog of an audiobook

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glad it was free

Revisado: 10-23-21

the performers gave their all. Too bad it was with this boring mediocre junk. glad it was free so i didn't waste money on this disappointment

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Bland writing

Revisado: 10-02-21

The author writes like they're trying to hit a word count. As I am doing with this review. The stories are needlessly over detailed and drag on slowly. Even with the details the stories are beige and just the same over and over. Dragging on with seemingly no end in sight. The narrator gets very dull after a while. Glad it was free with my membership

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Holy clunky exposition batman!

Revisado: 09-09-21

Clunky exposition, blatent falsehoods, terrible unnatural dialogue. I honestly don't think this author has ever heard an actual person speak.

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was told there would be humor. none in sight

Revisado: 04-28-21

the narration is monotone and gets irritating after a while. I'm glad I got it for free because I would have demanded a refund if I even spent a dollar on this.

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Against victim blaming... but...

Revisado: 01-29-21

This is a bad audiobook.
Absolutely terrible. Written badly, narrated badly, and really the actions of the author make me angry at myself for being upset at the ineptitude of the person who experienced all this crap.

It was a slog even at accelerated speeds. This whole story and problem could have been avoided if the author took five minutes to actually assess the situation like an adult. For the love of Christ lady get your head together. A majority of it is the same repetitive texts and the author refusing to notice the bright crimson banners dancing across her view.

If the author actually reads this and gets upset, I have some ocean front property in Nebraska that will definitely make you feel much better.

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