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Very slow starter…

Revisado: 04-04-25

It takes literally 70% of the book (chapter 29) for anything interesting to happen. It’s not remotely scary or supernatural, which was what I was expecting. It is a psychological thriller which in itself I find interesting except for the fact that it’s a real slog with a deeply unlike able character. It would benefit hugely from some editing. I chose this book because of listening to an excellent short story by this author on a Podcast. That story was very well written and scary and was linked to this same Haunted series. I may give the second book in the series a try in the hope it will be something like the short story… after I recover from the exhaustion of this one.

Narrator was mostly very good, apart from some very odd pronunciation of common words at times (and I don’t mean American/British differences.). Nobody pronounces these words that way.

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Werewolf perfection.

Revisado: 11-17-24

I grew up on some of the best werewolf movies ever made: Silver Bullet, the Howling, American Werewolf in London, other classics. I’m a total werewolf horror junkie and have listened to many of the books on here with very mixed experiences. I can say this is absolutely the best werewolf audiobook on here.
The time and setting are unique and immersive. The creature is classic and correct in its origin and form. None of this hairless werewolf nonsense or other unnecessary abominations. The main characters are likable and relatable. Best of all, no unnecessary wokeness or social commentary to ruin the experience—Just pure werewolf terror and suspense.
Huge props to the narrator for an excellent job creating a variety of voices and accents.

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Pure Entertainment!

Revisado: 09-17-24

Great Big Foot story with a fast pace, lots of thrills and best of all, NO MESSAGE. I listen to and read horror to be scared and go on an adventure, not to have an agenda shoved on me. Bravo. This was excellent.

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Slow moving and full of woke tropes.

Revisado: 09-09-24

I’m an avid creature feature fan and hoped all the rave reviews were accurate. Unfortunately, despite some funny dialogue, this is pretty slow paced. I quit listening after I was thoroughly confused by the “Porgy” character, thinking there two of them…. Finally it dawned on me that the author was using plural pronouns for a single person. I don’t have time for that nonsense. Another wasted credit.

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Great story ruined by terrible narration

Revisado: 09-06-24

The narrator continuously mispronounces common words and has a very odd cadence. I’m usually not very particular about narrators, but this is one of the worst I’ve heard. Some sentences seem to be mistranslated as well? For example “he continually pounded the roots of his hands on his helmet”. Roots? I think the author meant palms. Love this author, but please be more particular with your choice of narrator. The wrong one can spoil the whole story.

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Yawn

Revisado: 08-14-24

Very long and not the least bit engaging, not to mention a total lack of horror.

Story 3 was the best of the lot but really isn’t worth the time.

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Child’s voice narrates the ENTIRE novel.

Revisado: 08-06-24

Bella’s voice is grating and her narration becomes really tedious in short order. Slowing the speed down to 85 makes it somewhat more tolerable.
I did manage to finish the entire novel because of all the reviews stating how scary it was and I loved Bird Box so I had high hopes. Unfortunately, this is more a novel of family drama and a deeply flawed, narcissistic mother than anything else. The “thing” in the closet is only marginally scary and doesn’t really do that much until the last chapter where its actions are totally predictable.
An ok listen if you can tolerate the kid voice and manner of speech for 8 hours and are easy to unnerve. Reading the novel might be a way better option.

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Not bad, but way too much time spent on her personal life.

Revisado: 04-20-24

I enjoyed the chapters about treating animals and the sometimes unusual characters she encountered. Unfortunately, a lot of the book is taken up with overly long chapters about her injuries/sickness/recoveries and her irresponsible love life with its resulting consequences and hardships all the while banging the drum of feminism and repeatedly saying how independent and gritty she is, All the while her poor parents have to care for her daughter so she can continue to work. Nothing very independent about that. There are better veterinary memoirs.

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Waste of time.

Revisado: 02-10-24

The author is very biased against the criminal justice system and a bleeding heart for convicts. Who else besides the convicted killer would want to kill Helena? She never addresses this obvious question in amongst all the emoting, sniffling and crying. You would think they could edit those sounds out. Anyhow, there’s no resolution at the end.

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Excellent historical account for true crime enthusiasts!

Revisado: 01-23-24

I have no idea what the negative reviews are going on about. This would make a great documentary for lovers of law and order and its many changes over time. I can only guess they are objecting to people’s descriptions including their race? Or the fact that law enforcement broke up communist groups? There’s zero racist content in this book. Narration is perfect and he would be the choice for any tv documentary on this subject.

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