A Ridiculously Silly - But Entertaining - Romp

As long as you set your expectations realistically, this uproariously campy "creature feature" of a story would be a great way to spend a long drive or a boring night shift. Jeff Strand and James A. Moore aren't worthy of winning writing awards (I'm frankly shocked that Strand won a Hugo), but this gory Lovecraftian-Monster rollercoaster-ride is described nicely and informed by appropriately cartoonish characterization & dialogue. Watching ridiculously armed dipshits (grenades, gentlemen? Really!?!) get trapped by Demons "in the park" - as though in a parody of Spielberg's Dinosaur Movie - is a fun distraction.

I actually disagree with reviewers unhappy with the narration of this audiobook. They are correct that Joe Hempel lacks the emotiveness necessary to do this adrenaline-fuelled offering justice.. but setting playback speed at 1.20X made up for most of the timing and voice-acting deficiencies that also plague the recording - I strongly recommend this technique. It rendered the performance at least "average".

If you can get this ludicrous, graphic, 'Scooby-doo'-level-of-complexity "Horror" story as a 'Plus' selection.. you should do so. Just give in and resolve to feed your brain a little bit of junk food.
Should they ask for a Credit, however, you have better places to spend it than this 7/10-star recording.

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Great read

Narration was absolutely awful, come on man put a little bit of excitement in your voice. People being chased by ungodly creatures deserve to have an inflection in your voice.
Other than that the story is fantastic, fun ride. Fans of John dies at the end will enjoy this.

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Like the Mist and jurassic park had a baby

A fantastic read.
Rib butt, but have lacked any sense of actually having a linear story that makes sense. It was silly and fun and gory and over the top. Just showing sequence after sequence. The bad guy was also real silly again maybe feel like I was watching Jurassic park with that sense of danger and fantasy about people making the choice to mess with things they shouldn't. But overall, I probably regained again. It was really entertaining and if your fan of monsters, this is a book for you.

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Very unexpected

Based off the title I was going into this book blind. But I really liked the plot . Going back and forth between perspectives was such a good touch to the story . This book is also sci-fi which I had no idea about prior !! A longer read but still pretty good . 3/5

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NIGHTMARES GALOUR!!

This story line is so good that I actually had NIGHTMARES!! What an idea for a story line!! The sci-fi genre is a fantastically far out one!!! If such a tour was really out there...well...I would not go on it...well maybe I would because I am a curious one...and such a tour would be a...take a change of pants tour... that's a for sure!! I do thank Mr. Moore and Mr. Strand for such a book though....give us more is all I can say!!

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great read,would have loved more of ...

I stumbled upon this one randomly and really enjoyed it and not disappointed,but the narrator could have put more into the excitement, terror and overall the emotions of the characters more ,and would have loved to have had more of the tour in the story,maybe some more explanation into the characters at the very first before the trees,but over all i believe it was a great read! I would recommend it.

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Good time-waster.

If you're in the mood to listen to a silly monster story, this is the book for you. It's a nonsensical romp through a leafy maze replete with practically every kind of monster imaginable. The Haunted Forest Tour isn't Pulitzer Prize material, but the story, characters, ludicrous frights and narration are worth a credit if you're desperate for a light listen.

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Interesting Story Line

Great narration! Hard to follow at some points but overall a good listen. Quite an interesting story line

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This is a fun ride

lots of gore, unique monsters, funny quips and weird conversations. Ending was a little lack luster but definitely worth the time to listen.

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Fun and freaky

Joe Hempel is a great narrator for this, as he has a voice for YA fiction but this gory little tale is anything but. A wild premise and a gory story. Ending was a little rushed but this was a gooder.

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