Couldn't buy in!

We listened to the book on a long journey. The journey was 2 hours longer than the book which was perfect timing for my daughter & I to dissect the events & plotline. The holes in the plausibility are huge. Simple changes would have made it more believable. A better title would be "The Blind Side".

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Spooky

Very spooky to read during Covid. Liked the story and the reader had a great tone.

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let down by the narration

good story, although, I think they might have more success with a different narrator. Well worth a listen, though!

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Meh

It was a fine listen, and the supporting characters were great. Mallorie is unpleasant, although I guess it’s fine to have main characters that are neither “good” or “bad”.

The narration annoyed me. The syrupy sweet tone to her voice often grated on me, and had the effect of taking me out of the story.

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glad I did audio

I could not of read this as a physical book. luckily I was sick while I listened to this so I kept at it . the book is tedious , so very tedious, the author feels the need to describe nearly every action of every character such as "she pit the cup down,turned left,breathed out, blinked," etc and along with that the author writes these creative descriptions for a characters emotions like " her heart was beating like the wings of a hummingbird that just had espresso" ( example) so I'm on the edge of my seat waiting for this stuff to happen and all I get is several chapters about how this one woman's arm hurts or how windy it is . its just not my sup of tea, I like my action quick and interesting, and descriptiveness is fine as long as its necessary and not tedious. I almost gave up on this n just went to google to read the end. but the book was redeemed by the last half ,mainly the ending, I feel like this book could of been a short story, we could of skipped a lot of the blah blah and just had the badass ending as the entire book lol my love for horror and sci fi and abnormal is why this book isn't a 1 . I loved the concept and the ending but the story writing was a total yawn and I found myself skipping ahead through long descriptions to get to the juice of the story I also absolutely hated all other characters in this book except Mallory and the kids, I hated them so much! they were flat and ridiculously emotional, I wondered why Mallory liked tom so much but there was no hint of a relationship ,not even really a friendship? so odd and the characters actions didn't make sence a lot of the time. its as if they were just put there to fill in a book that came from an idea about things u see that make u crazy. the characters weren't human ,they were either mad or scared or neutral. it was infuriating and I felt nothing when any of them were in peril. honestly I kinda feel cheated from buying this book I think the author just thought a interesting idea and wrote around it but didn't glue down the edges u know what I mean?

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Fabulously Mediocre

Decent story....no doubt a movie to be made. Narration was good but overall the book seemed uneven.

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Wanted to keep listening

I'm very picky about the books I listen to, but once I find one I like I can't help but listen/read it continually until it's done. This book did just that. It kept my attention. During the 'slow' parts I found it quite facinsting and wanted to know more, and for the rest of it, it kept me suspenseful. I really felt for the characters, the plot was interesting and I didn't find it dull, and my intrigue was piqued continuously.

The speaker was generally good but was a little annoying to listen to for some of the voices but overall thought they did a great job.

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It's got what the movie lacked

I listened to this book after watching the Netflix adaptation. While the movie was captivating, most notable because of its mysterious creatures the characters felt flatter and the experience was overshadowed by being able to literally see everything happening. This is where the audio book shines, the events are at times described through the character's experience. How things feel, how horrors are simply unknowable and the unseen terror is shared with the listener in this way. Highly recommend.

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great performance

story was awesome, performance was amazing. I never zoned out (which I do a looooot)

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Haunting

Suspenseful, endearing, captivating.
I ended up being so wrapped up in the story that I didn't even realize I had listened for an entire day!

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