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The Grownup

A Story by the Author of Gone Girl

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The Grownup

Written by: Gillian Flynn
Narrated by: Julia Whelan
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Gillian Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone.

A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection. However, when the "psychic" visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of Susan’s terror and grief, she realizes she may not have to pretend to believe in ghosts anymore. Miles, Susan’s teenage stepson, doesn’t help matters with his disturbing manner and grisly imagination. The three are soon locked in a chilling battle to discover where the evil truly lurks and what, if anything, can be done to escape it.

“The Grownup,” which originally appeared as “What Do You Do?” in George R. R. Martin’s Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world’s most original and skilled voices in fiction. Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Paranormal Short Story Haunted Scary Ghost
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I love Gillian Flynn and her characters but the plot was a little predictable.
Not the entire thing but the twist, I was onto very early on and even the name of one of the sons was an obvious homage.
I did very much enjoy the characters but the climax/denouement in particular felt rushed and a little too easy.
Didn’t finish the story feeling satisfied.

Good but not great

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Totally terrifying short story. Won’t forget this one for awhile. Gillian Flynn’s stories always have amazing twists.

Scary Mystery

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This book is a total sham. Don’t waste your money. It’s a very very short story with no ending. Useless and a waste of time.

Do not buy this book

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This could have been a full book but it's only an hour lol I wasted an audible credit on this. It has no satisfying conclusion. Other books by the author have been good.

it's only an hour?

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