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  • Survivor Song

  • A Novel
  • Written by: Paul Tremblay
  • Narrated by: Erin Bennett
  • Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
  • 3.6 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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Survivor Song

Written by: Paul Tremblay
Narrated by: Erin Bennett
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Publisher's Summary

A propulsive and chillingly prescient novel of suspense and terror from the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.

“Absolutely riveting.” (Stephen King)

In a matter of weeks, Massachusetts has been overrun by an insidious rabies-like virus that is spread by saliva. But unlike rabies, the disease has a terrifyingly short incubation period of an hour or less. Those infected quickly lose their minds and are driven to bite and infect as many others as they can before they inevitably succumb. Hospitals are inundated with the sick and dying, and hysteria has taken hold. To try to limit its spread, the commonwealth is under quarantine and curfew. But society is breaking down and the government's emergency protocols are faltering.

Dr. Ramola "Rams" Sherman, a soft-spoken pediatrician in her mid-30s, receives a frantic phone call from Natalie, a friend who is eight months pregnant. Natalie's husband has been killed - viciously attacked by an infected neighbor - and in a failed attempt to save him, Natalie, too, was bitten. Natalie's only chance of survival is to get to a hospital as quickly as possible to receive a rabies vaccine. The clock is ticking for her and for her unborn child.

Natalie’s fight for life becomes a desperate odyssey as she and Rams make their way through a hostile landscape filled with dangers beyond their worst nightmares - terrifying, strange, and sometimes deadly challenges that push them to the brink.

Paul Tremblay once again demonstrates his mastery in this chilling and all-too-plausible novel that will leave listeners gripped throughout the audio and shake them to their core.

©2020 Paul Tremblay (P)2020 HarperCollins Publishers
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Just Barely Okay

I was expecting more. The premise was initially good and I was looking forward to finding out where the story was going. This could have been amazing.

Right away I found that I didn't like the language the author was using, and I'm not referring to using swear words, I'm talking about having the characters say, and thinking really strangely worded things and a lot of unintelligent babble. There is one part where a main character says "guts" multiple times in a few short sentences. "Guts" is an unpleasant word to the ear. Here the character was using this word conversationally over and over and over, not to horrify, or in anger, just speaking in an annoying for no reason. It didn't reflect how a person actually speaks. Anyways this kind of thing kept happening throughout the story and had me thinking, "why though, why say it like that? That is a terrible way to put that."

I found all of the characters in the story to be highly unlikable and one dimensional.

There were many characters that were cliche characters with no real depth.

In a few cases I thought the viewpoint of how a character should act was of a very limited and outdated mindset not at all in keeping with the times.

The story was very predictable and annoyed me by the end. My final thought: "Was that it?"

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