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Chet Williamson
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Jack Ketchum
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Lydia McCloud meets Arthur Danse at a wedding party in Plymouth, N.H., and she thinks he's a man she could grow to love. Arthur sees things differently. In Lydia, he sees the sort of woman people always want to protect. He decides he's going to show her she wouldn't always be protected. Once their only child, Robert, is born, Arthur's behavior worsens. When the courts become involved, the nightmare really begins. This scathing novel is an indictment of a justice system that makes a mockery of its very name.
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- leelee8888
- 07-01-20
Well, it’s Jack Ketchum. ....
The situations and story telling is realistic and scary. He pushes the envelope and writes in a way , a lot of other authors won’t go near. I love his style because I love books that have realism intertwined with thrills. I would not classify this as horror but I will say it’s riveting non the less.
Love the narration, he is excellent!
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- alyssa
- 06-08-22
Extreme
I thought this book was amazing. It’s a hard to put down/turn off kind of listen. Although I was not pleased with the ending, I didn’t expect Ketchum to end it any other way. If you don’t handle sexual abuse and child abuse well then this book is not for you.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-22-21
fun
always exciting. good listen and entertain for my workplace . 8 hours of sewing can be brutal without a good listen.
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- Bill
- 04-03-20
A truly disturbing piece from Ketchum
A truly disturbing piece from Ketchum. Does he do it any other way? Brutal realism.
Every parents worst nightmare. Makes me sick to my stomach. Every time I read a story like this it makes me want to go to medical school to learn how to keep someone alive long enough to peel all of their skin off and then start lopping off the digits. One by one. Somebody get me a saline drip stat!
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- JSPAR
- 09-07-16
Terrifying but true
This graphic tale of the justice system gone wrong will keep you up at night, in a cold sweat. Believable character, a locomotive plot and just plain, raw, intense grit will keep you listening, and will haunt your dreams.
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- Barks Books
- 04-05-13
Horror is always worse when the monsters are human
Ketchum throws you down into the muck that is the worst of humanity, pins you there and rubs your face in it. If you haven’t read him before you should know this before jumping in. Stranglehold takes an unflinching look at the kind of real life horror that occurs every day. The kind of horror that trickles down, creating a legacy of pain and torment.
Lydia meets Arthur and falls in love. He’s decent and kind and a respectable business owner. But Arthur is a good actor. He’s a sociopath who believes he’s been put on earth to make people realize the world is an ugly pain-filled place. He has done some terrible things in his past and though he fools Lydia for a while, he can’t hide his true self forever. After they have a baby they name Robert, the cracks begin to show and Arthur’s behavior becomes increasingly abusive towards Lydia. Lydia sticks it out until he crosses a line and she realizes she’s been living with a madman and files for divorce. She allows him visitation for Robert’s sake. He loves Robert after all and even after her own abuse at his hands, she believes he is a good father who would never hurt their son . . .
What happens next is just grueling but it wouldn’t be a Ketchum book if it was all unicorns and rainbows. The book follows Lydia through the injustices of the legal system. Lydia assumes she is doing the right thing by following all the rules but playing by the rules isn’t enough. A nasty, ugly and unfair trial begins. It’s infuriating and sad and the innocents, unfortunately, are the ones who suffer the most. It really makes you understand why some people take their kids and run.
I really felt for Lydia and Robert. Lydia’s own past was one filled with abuse and that was the last thing she wanted for her child. She feels guilty and bravely stands up to Arthur once she realizes what a deranged beast he truly was beneath the respectable façade. But sadly she was helpless once she entered the courtroom and had to depend on other people to do right by her.
This book was suspenseful but it will more than likely make you angry. It was horribly grim and unpleasant but it’s one of those books that you have to see through to the end regardless of the fact that you know you’ll probably be sorry.
Narration Notes: Chet Williamson reads with an intense, serious tone well suited to the bleak material. I think he would do an amazing job with a gumshoe noir type of hero because he has that type of voice. He brings Arthur to life; his voice is menacing, mean and calculated and just what this piece demands. Much of this story is told from Lydia’s point of view, however, and I always think it strange when a male is chosen to read a female character Williamson does a decent enough job with Lydia, forgoing the silly cringe-worthy falsetto that some male narrators use, but I would’ve preferred a woman to voice her thoughts, if I’m being completely honest. He’s not bad by any means, but a woman (at least for Lydia’s parts), would’ve been a better choice. When it comes to Robert I have no complaints. He sounded like the confused, scared kid that he was supposed to be and the other male character were easily discernible from one another.
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- Frederica Norris
- 11-23-19
Unjust
I hated the way it ended! After all that she should have blew his head OFF and walked so she could get her kid out of that nasty ass grandmas hands too!!! YUCK YUCK YUCK!!
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- Lisa M
- 02-11-23
Can't go wrong with Ketchum!
Monsters are always worse when they are humans closest to you. Ketchum always delivers real life horror that you can't put down.
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- timj26
- 03-30-20
Warning graphic
A heavy read on the trickle down affect of child abuse
Well narrated and an excellent real life horror novel highly recommended
I received a free review audiobook and voluntarily left this review
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- John Rinaldi
- 09-11-21
Stuck in the Cycle of Violence
Story 4.5/5
Narration 5/5
This one was basically about a custody case where one member is a psychopathic abuser.
Very suspenseful, and brutal. Well written as usual from Ketchum, but I didn't like it. This is not my kind of book, but that's me.
Recommended
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