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Lila Kerry
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Written by:
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Aron Beauregard
About this listen
Once in a lifetime
Three low-income families have been given a handsome retainer to join Geraldine Borden for a day at her cliffside estate. All the parents must do to collect the rest of their money is allow their children to test out the revolutionary playground equipment Geraldine has been working on for decades. But there’s a reason the structures in the bowels of her gothic castle have taken so long to develop—they were never meant to see the light of day.
When a band of dysfunctional children is suddenly thrust into a diabolical realm of violence, they must grow up instantly to have a chance at survival. Will they find a way to put their differences aside, or be swallowed up by the insidious architecture all around them?
"With Playground, Aron Beauregard transcends himself, delivering a genuinely chilling, uncomfortable novel that will make even the most jaded horror fan squirm. A harrowing, relentless read that left me breathless." (Brian Keene)
Warning: This book contains graphic content. Listener discretion is advised.
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Bad
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Terrible narrating.
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Exquisite Corpse
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To serial slayer Andrew Compton, murder is an art, the most intimate art. After feigning his own death to escape from prison, Compton makes his way to the United States with the sole ambition of bringing his “art” to new heights. Tortured by his own perverse desires, and drawn to possess and destroy young boys, Compton inadvertently joins forces with Jay Byrne, a dissolute playboy who has pushed his “art” to limits even Compton hadn’t previously imagined.
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homoerotic horror?
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Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
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Sadomasochism. Obsession. Death. A whirlpool of darkness churns at the heart of a macabre ballet between two lonely young women in an internet chat room in the early 2000s - a darkness that threatens to forever transform them once they finally succumb to their most horrific desires. What have you done today to deserve your eyes?
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Do not listen to this book
- By Bert on 2021-10-22
Written by: Eric LaRocca
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Tampa
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Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. But Celeste's devotion lies elsewhere. She has a singular sexual obsession: 14-year-old boys. In slaking her sexual thirst, Celeste Price is remorseless and deviously free of hesitation, a monstress driven by pure motivation. She deceives everyone, and cares nothing for anyone or anything but her own pleasure. With crackling, rampantly unadulterated prose, Tampa is a grand, uncompromising, seriocomic examination of want and a scorching literary debut.
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The American Psycho of female predator books.
- By Roseanna M J on 2022-12-26
Written by: Alissa Nutting
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-07-14
Amazing yet horrifying
I loved it. It was perfectly grotesque without being all about the gore. It was a perfect balance of story and gore. I loved the characters and how they all stood apart from each other.
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- Felicia
- 2023-01-24
I absolutely adore this author and the narrator is incredible
This story makes you cringe and pulls at your heart strings all at once. I loved it, from start to finish!
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-08-23
Chilling
A beautifully written tale of tragedy and evil. You felt yourself sympathizing with the characters, and I truly enjoyed reading this!
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- Daniella
- 2023-07-10
Fabulously grotesque
I couldn’t stop listening. It was terrible. And wonderful. And so disturbing.
The ending was good!
What do I do with my life now that it’s over…
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- Sophie
- 2023-09-05
Horrifyingly excellent
Heed the warning at the beginning if this might trigger you at all!! Favorite part was the alternating between the kids and the parents. There is a long part about incest and poop fantasies all wrapped into one - so reader be warned! Lol
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-07-19
Definitely not for the faint of heart
Around the 40 page mark is... Something... I almost stopped but im kinda glad I didn't. Listen at youre own risk!
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- Keenon
- 2023-09-14
brah
Heinous but fun. willy wonka meets SAW. Even if you like this kinda stuff, it's a rough ride; I recommend it, but I wouldn't blame you if you NDF. Even taking out the Legendary pages 40-45~ it's nauseating.
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- Ben
- 2023-04-01
Extremely Graphic
If you love slasher/gore stories then this is the one for you. It’s one of the most graphic and disturbing pieces of literature out there. He uses suck descriptive words that it will leave you cringing. I never thought there were so many different words to refer to body parts 🤨
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-07-10
Horrifically amazing!
Love the story telling and how descriptive it really pulls you into the story. If you love gore and slashers this one’s for you.
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-07-19
Overall good
Overall I really liked this book but some of the descriptions were a bit drawn out and some not drawn out enough. The story was well thought out, characters were intriguing, and mostly a very fun and off putting read. Highly recommend if you like gore and uneasiness.
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