man's ruin

Awesome

Revisado: 03-13-25

Great talent, great stories, plenty of meaty plots. Top shelf quality that you do seldom get with Lovecraftian books

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Absolutely perfect

Revisado: 12-19-24

I lived in Texas and listen to horror all day every day. This book is so exceptional. Original, smart without pretension, funny and violent. One of the best books of the last year. Funny he mentions Billy Summers in the notes; it’s the last book I heard that was this good. This might even be a little better

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Good story and narration

Revisado: 07-24-24

Nothing tremendously original. Sort of like the Outsider meets Lovecraft. But absolutely worth your time. Entertaining and written in a fresh new tone. Narrator I’d give an 8.5/10. Not Will Patton good but getting there. That’s saying something

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Wont irritate or insult you

Revisado: 07-17-24

It’s rare to have an ending of this kind without it being hackneyed or annoying or out-of-plot. This book is the one all those crappy ones are trying to be. Fantastic reader. Top shelf

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Solid, straightforward storytelling

Revisado: 05-21-24

Narration was quite good. I prefer a kind of middle of the road mid-range voice and this was quite listenable. No exaggeration or theatrics. The same can be said of the stories. You won’t find any shocking twists here. But some excellent ideas executed with the flair of a professional who would rather leave things unsaid than bore the listener. I like that he’s a fan of modern horror because it gives him a great command of the lexicon and a flair for contextual narrative devices.

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Fantastic and satisfying

Revisado: 05-06-24

Super listenable; wonderful, original prose and narration. A book you need to buy - you wont regret it.

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Uncommonly good (super)natural horror

Revisado: 05-01-24

Well paced, well read. Exquisitely written. Sometimes so well phrased that you find yourself reading it back just for the prose. But this isn’t some arty, stuck up, self-referential anthology.

It never gets boring or loses its edge. It’s not just another book full of stories you’ve already heard in another form. This is that rare book that balances entertainment, pulpy accessibility, phenomenal writing and contemplations of both man and the monster. Sometimes it’s the one in the mirror.

I’m hard to please. Everything’s too highbrow or lowbrow nowadays. But this proves it’s still possible to hit the sweet spot.

This is a lot like King that way. With limited exposition and a complete lack of guile. There are meta truths here, but you won’t find any irony. Each of these stories was written by someone who was ALL IN on their love for the reader, and determined to keep us entertained at all costs. BUY THIS

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Too boring for me…

Revisado: 10-30-21

This moves slow. The characters feel dated, and the story just isn’t that interesting or revelatory the only reason I kept listening was the narrator, but after a few hours of this, I’m done. Sorry. I really wanted to like this book

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The wrong voice

Revisado: 03-02-21

I saved this for the very last of every single King audiobook. That’s because even the preview makes it obvious Joe makes it sound like he’s announcing a stickball game. A shame

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Cannot finish this. I’m sorry

Revisado: 03-02-21

The advent of empowered readers sometimes means putting up with monotonous fiction and misplaced affect. I get it. Unfortunately, I’ll never know how good this book was. The woman reading it cannot distinguish sentence clauses from adjectives any better than she can mimic the voice of anyone other than herself. Authors - if you think a great story will hold up under the diction of someone with three basic emotive responses - please reconsider. This person sounds like they are reading in a junior high English class. Up and down in tone, no change in voice. Just awful. Sorry

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