Intensity
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Narrated by:
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Frankie Corzo
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Written by:
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Dean Koontz
About this listen
#1 New York Times Bestseller
Past midnight, Chyna Shepard, twenty-six, gazes out a moonlit window, unable to sleep on her first night in the Napa Valley home of her best friend’s family. Instinct proves reliable. A murderous sociopath, Edgler Foreman Vess, has entered the house, intent on killing everyone inside. A self-proclaimed “homicidal adventurer,” Vess lives only to satisfy all appetites as they arise, to immerse himself in sensation, to live without fear, remorse, or limits, to live with intensity. Chyna is trapped in his deadly orbit.
Chyna is a survivor, toughened by a lifelong struggle for safety and self-respect. Now she will be tested as never before. At first her sole aim is to get out alive - until, by chance, she learns the identity of Vess’s next intended victim, a faraway innocent only she can save. Driven by a newly discovered thirst for meaning beyond mere self-preservation, Chyna musters every inner resource she has to save an endangered girl...as moment by moment, the terrifying threat of Edgler Foreman Vess intensifies.
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Cold Fire
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1 out of 5 stars
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The hateful female narrative
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Velocity
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
Bill Wile is an easygoing, hardworking guy who leads a quiet, ordinary life. But that is about to change. One evening, after his usual eight-hour bartending shift, he finds a typewritten note under the windshield wiper of his car. If you don’t take this note to the police and get them involved, I will kill a lovely blond schoolteacher. If you do take this note to the police, I will instead kill an elderly woman active in charity work. You have four hours to decide. The choice is yours.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Entertaining
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 139
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4 out of 5 stars 127
A writer in California. A doctor in Boston. A motel owner and his employee in Nevada. A priest in Chicago. A robber in New York. A little girl in Las Vegas. They’re a handful of people from across the country, living through eerie variations of the same nightmare.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Had to force myself to finish
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Elsewhere
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 117
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 105
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1 out of 5 stars
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Great story, cringe worthy female voice talent
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4 out of 5 stars
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Way too long....
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Odd Thomas
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Amid the dizzying rides, tantalizing games of chance, and fanciful attractions of a state fair, two teenage sweethearts on the cusp of life and love's pleasures find their way to a shadowy carnival tent brimming with curiosities. There, from the bizarre and enthralling Gypsy Mummy, a mechanized merchant of dreams and prognosticator of tomorrows, the young couple learns what fate promises for them. But fate, for Odd Thomas and Stormy Llewellyn, is something altogether different: full of dark corners, sharp edges, and things no seer or soothsayer could ever anticipate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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More Odd & Stormy Please!
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The Forest of Lost Souls
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Raised in the wilderness by her late great-uncle, Vida is a young woman with an almost preternatural affinity for nature, especially for the wolves that also call the forested mountains home. Formed by hard experience, by love and loss, and by the prophecies of a fortuneteller, Vida just wants peace. If only nearby Kettleton County didn’t cast such a dark shadow.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I would love a sequel to this ,,💯
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Devoted
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 533
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 469
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Story4 out of 5 stars 463
Woody Bookman hasn’t spoken a word in his eleven years of life. Not when his father died in a freak accident. Not when his mother, Megan, tells him she loves him. For Megan, keeping her boy safe and happy is what matters. But Woody believes a monstrous evil was behind his father’s death and now threatens him and his mother. And he’s not alone in his thoughts. An ally unknown to him is listening.
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5 out of 5 stars
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awesome
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Lightning
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- Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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In the midst of a raging blizzard, lightning struck on the night Laura Shane was born. And a mysterious blond-haired stranger showed up just in time to save her from dying. Years later, in the wake of another storm, Laura will be saved again. For someone is watching over her. Is he the guardian angel he seems? The devil in disguise? Or the master of a haunting destiny beyond all time and space?
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5 out of 5 stars
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A story that also has time travel in it
- By Jayson on 2018-09-16
Written by: Dean Koontz
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Full Throttle
- Stories
- Written by: Joe Hill
- Narrated by: Zachary Quinto, Wil Wheaton, Kate Mulgrew, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 51
In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in 13 relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including “In The Tall Grass”, one of two stories cowritten with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Collection of Stories
- By Jari on 2019-10-31
Written by: Joe Hill
What the critics say
“Chills the reader to the core and establishes Koontz as a master.”—Associated Press
“Tumbling, hallucinogenic prose . . . The story does not move so much as rocket up the . . . gloomy highway with the reader in violent pursuit.”—The New York Times
“The most viscerally exciting thriller of the year.”—Publishers Weekly
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-03-09
One word.
One word to describe this book: Intense. Hands down one of the best thrillers I’ve ever read/listened to. The performance as well kept me on my toes. Frankie Corzo brings the book to life. Bravo.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 2020-11-15
Still intense
I listened to this book while cutting hay at least 15 years ago and it kept me alert until I ran out of daylight.
Just listened to it again and my ageing brain still found it to be intense (and worth the listen) - working on sheep fencing this time.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Ramin
- 2020-03-07
A lot of words, a little story
I was really patient, waiting for action, mistery, story! And all I was getting was words about the trees of the forest or how the house arranged! Over 5 hours of listening, I had 10 minutes of story telling! The rest was playing with words. Probably some people would like this book because of wordiness. But I was looking for a story. 5hours was waisted.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Bonnie
- 2022-05-26
Intensity is intense
Wow. This story had me sitting on the edge of my seat. I don’t know how many times I sucked in my breath in shock as something would happen. Intensity is the perfect name for this book.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Chantal
- 2023-01-31
Good book
Great story keeps you engaged. Finished this book in 3 sittings. Narrator does a good job
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Deb Malcolm
- 2020-02-25
Horrifying yet riveting
Great listen... be prepared for the violence... it is intense at times hence the title “Intensity”!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Langer MD
- 2023-11-01
Middling Koontz Offering
This book starts with a tension-filled (harrowing, really) scenario where a young woman hides from a psychopathic killer as he goes room to room slaughtering a family. She ends up secreted in his corpse-filled motorhome when he escapes the scene, witnesses more murders, and discovers that he is holding a teenaged abductee in a basement dungeon somewhere. The book is written with Koontz's signature mastery of creepiness, gut-punch visceral description, and guy-at-the-end-of-the-bar realistic dialogue. I was captivated and eagerly wondering where the author was taking this story.
Unfortunately, when 'Chyna Shepard' eventually escapes, instead of calling Law Enforcement (as any semi-intelligent real-world person would do in a similar situation), the heroine obtains a gun, steals a car, and stalks the killer up & down the State of California. The book becomes so ludicrous that setting aside logic sufficiently to enjoy the tale became nearly impossible. Attempts to rationalize Chyna's decisions by fashioning a jawdroppingly dysfunctional upbringing fall flat. Her mom was awful. So What?
(Don't even get me started on the Magical Elk plot resolution).
Brilliance Audio contributes to deficiencies by casting Frankie Corzo to read the book, too. Corzo is undoubtedly professional (exhibiting creditable diction, timbre, and voice-acting, for example) - but displays something of a monotone and a fairly disinterested mien. There was some improvement with setting playback speed at 1.25X, but another reader could have done more with this project than the distinctly "average" Corzo.
I rate this recording of 'Intensity' 7.5 stars out of 10. As a 'Plus' selection, it's a serviceable Suspense-Thriller.. but it isn't one of Koontz's better efforts. Spend your Credit on something else should they ask for one.
[NOTE: The climactic escape while fighting a pack of trained Dobermans is choreographed brilliantly]
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-01-31
Intense
I’ve read this book a couple times over the years and wanted to give the audio version a try. So darn good! Almost gave me a little anxiety.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Eric R
- 2020-05-05
Enunciation sucks
I don't normally write reviews, but here goes.
The story was good but the performance was terrible. Frankie Corzo needs to attend diction classes. She has almost entirely removed the letter t from the middle of most words. Buttons turns into bah-ens, certain becomes sur-en, mountains....well you get the gist. It happens so often that it takes away from the the actual story.
The next issue is that she mispronounces words all the time, the composer Mozart becomes mossart, andirons, also wrong and more.
I don't know where this girl grew up but they seem to have quite the way of speaking, and, it seems to me that if you are going to be an actress/narrator, you need to be able to speak the English language properly.
The story itself was good (Koontz never disappoints) but it was overshadowed by the constant reminders of this performer's speech impediments. I almost didn't finish it several times throughout the book, the only reason I did was because of the author and the story itself.
The old adage "you get what you pay for" is very true for this as I bought it through the Daily Deal.
Thanks for listening to my rant.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Christine Stevenson
- 2022-03-17
Please Ununciate!
Great book, read it when first published. The only book I have ever sneaked a peek at the end before finishing.
It was that Intense!
The only issue I had was with the narrator. She did an okay job, but her lack of clear diction when it came to certain letter pronunciaTion annoyed the heck out of me.
Any words like curtain, smitten, where T,s were used, she dropped them, sliding the word into more like, cur-in, cer-in instead of curtain or certain, like the letter T was either silent or a mere suggestion.
Overall a good enough performance, but annoying ununciTion
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