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Kill Creek
- Narrateur(s): Bernard Setaro Clark
- Durée: 15 h et 46 min
- Catégories: Romans policiers et thrillers, Thrillers et romans à suspense
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- Narrateur(s): Amanda Leigh Cobb
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Remy is a tour guide for Carrow House, a notoriously haunted building. When she's asked to host seven guests for a week-long stay to research Carrow's phenomena, she hopes to finally experience some of the sightings that made the house famous. At first, it's everything they hoped for. Then a storm moves in, cutting off their contact with the outside world, and things quickly become twisted. Doors open on their own. Seances go disastrously wrong. Red liquid seeps from behind the wallpaper.
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Spooky and fantastic
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-08-13
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Twenty-two-year-old Eileen goes missing while hiking in the remote Ashlough Forest. Five days later, her camera is discovered washed downriver, containing bizarre photos taken after her disappearance. Chris wants to believe Eileen is still alive. When the police search is abandoned, he and four of his friends create their own search party to scour the mountain range. As they stray farther from the hiking trails and the unsettling discoveries mount, they begin to believe they’re not alone in the forest...and that Eileen’s disappearance wasn’t an accident.
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Delightfully creepy
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The Hollow Places
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"Pray they are hungry." Kara finds these words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle's house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring the peculiar bunker - only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts...and the more you fear them, the stronger they become.
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It was Good
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Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where "Fun is Guaranteed!" But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares.
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An amazing listen, could not put it down.
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Little Heaven
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From electrifying horror author Nick Cutter comes a haunting new novel, reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian and Stephen King's It, in which a trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman for a deceptively simple task: check in on her nephew, who may have been taken against his will to a remote New Mexico backwoods settlement called Little Heaven. Shortly after they arrive, things begin to turn ominous.
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Return to form for Cutter
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The Hunger
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Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the pioneers to the brink of madness. They cannot escape the feeling that someone - or something - is stalking them. Whether it was a curse from the beautiful Tamsen, the choice to follow an experimental route West, or just bad luck - the 90 men, women, and children of the Donner Party are at the brink of one of the deadliest adventures in history.
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Not what I expected
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Spooky and fantastic
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Delightfully creepy
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The Hollow Places
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"Pray they are hungry." Kara finds these words in the mysterious bunker that she’s discovered behind a hole in the wall of her uncle's house. Freshly divorced and living back at home, Kara now becomes obsessed with these cryptic words and starts exploring the peculiar bunker - only to discover that it holds portals to countless alternate realities. But these places are haunted by creatures that seem to hear thoughts...and the more you fear them, the stronger they become.
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It was Good
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FantasticLand
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Since the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where "Fun is Guaranteed!" But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror. Photos soon emerge online of heads on spikes outside of rides and viscera and human bones littering the gift shops, breaking records for hits, views, likes, clicks, and shares.
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An amazing listen, could not put it down.
- Écrit par Christopher Armero le 2020-11-08
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Little Heaven
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Return to form for Cutter
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Tamsen Donner must be a witch. That is the only way to explain the series of misfortunes that have plagued the wagon train known as the Donner Party. Depleted rations, bitter quarrels, and the mysterious death of a little boy have driven the pioneers to the brink of madness. They cannot escape the feeling that someone - or something - is stalking them. Whether it was a curse from the beautiful Tamsen, the choice to follow an experimental route West, or just bad luck - the 90 men, women, and children of the Donner Party are at the brink of one of the deadliest adventures in history.
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Not what I expected
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Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York. But something isnʼt right at the motel, something haunting and scary. Upstate New York, 2017. Carly Kirk has never been able to let go of the story of her aunt Viv, who mysteriously disappeared from the Sun Down before she was born. She decides to move to Fell and visit the motel, where she quickly learns that nothing has changed since 1982.
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What a wonderful suspense / horror story
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After a bizarre and disturbing incident at the funeral of matriarch Marian Savage, the McCray and Savage families look forward to a restful and relaxing summer at Beldame, on Alabama's Gulf Coast, where three Victorian houses loom over the shimmering beach. Two of the houses are habitable, while the third is slowly and mysteriously being buried beneath an enormous dune of blindingly white sand. But though long uninhabited, the third house is not empty. Inside, something deadly lies in wait.
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Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip - a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfre. The boys are a tight-knit crew. There’s Kent, one of the most popular kids in school; Ephraim and Max, also well-liked and easygoing; then there’s Newt the nerd and Shelley the odd duck. For the most part, they all get along and are happy to be there - which makes Scoutmaster Tim’s job a little easier.
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Twenty-five years ago, Maggie Holt and her parents, Ewan and Jess, moved into Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods. Three weeks later they fled in the dead of night, an ordeal Ewan later recounted in a nonfiction book called House of Horrors. His horror memoir of ghostly happenings and encounters with malevolent spirits became a worldwide phenomenon, rivaling The Amityville Horror in popularity — and skepticism.
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For over 20 years, Belasco House has stood empty. Regarded as the Mt. Everest of haunted houses, its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of unimaginable horror and depravity. All previous attempts to probe its mysteries have ended in murder, suicide, or insanity.
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Caught behind the lines of Hitler's Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazis themselves. Compelled by the encounter to survive at all costs, so begins a journey that for Saul will span decades and cross continents, plunging into the darkest corners of 20th century history to reveal a secret society of beings who may often exist behind the world's most horrible and violent events.
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A marvelous revisit to a classic story.
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There's something wrong with Ashburn House. The ancient building has been the subject of rumours for close to a century. Its owner, Edith, refused to let guests inside and rarely visited the nearby town. Following Edith's death, her sole surviving relative, Adrienne, inherits the property. Adrienne's only possessions are a suitcase of luggage, 20 dollars, and her pet cat. Ashburn House is a lifeline she can't afford to refuse. Adrienne doesn't believe in ghosts, but it's hard to ignore the unease that grows as she explores her new home.
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Decent
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Welcome to Chapel Croft. For Rev Jack Brooks and teenage daughter Flo it's supposed to be a fresh start. New job, new home. But, as Jack knows, the past isn't easily forgotten. And in a close-knit community where the residents seem as proud as they are haunted by Chapel Croft's history, Jack must tread carefully. Ancient superstitions as well as a mistrust of outsiders will be hard to overcome.
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Tudor’s Least Compelling Story to Date
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The Broken Girls
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Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants - the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it's located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship blossoming - until one of them mysteriously disappears.... Vermont, 2014. As much as she's tried, journalist Fiona Sheridan cannot stop revisiting the events surrounding her older sister's death.
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When Mouse’s dad asks her to clean out her dead grandmother's house, she says yes. After all, how bad could it be? Answer: pretty bad. Grandma was a hoarder, and her house is stuffed with useless rubbish. That would be horrific enough, but there’s more - Mouse stumbles across her step-grandfather’s journal, which at first seems to be filled with nonsensical rants...until Mouse encounters some of the terrifying things he described for herself.
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Daniel is desperate for a job. When someone slides a note under his door offering him the groundskeeper’s position at an old estate, it seems too good to be true. Alarm bells start ringing when he arrives at Craven Manor. The mansion’s front door hangs open, and leaves and cobwebs coat the marble foyer. It’s clear no one has lived there in a long time. But an envelope waits for him inside the doorway. It contains money and promises more.
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A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imaginative number one New York Times best-selling author of The Fireman, Joe Hill.
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Best of Hill so far!
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At the end of a dark prairie road, nearly forgotten in the Kansas countryside, is the Finch House. For years it has remained empty, overgrown, abandoned. Soon the door will be opened for the first time in decades. But something is waiting, lurking in the shadows, anxious to meet its new guests....
When best-selling horror author Sam McGarver is invited to spend Halloween night in one of the country's most infamous haunted houses, he reluctantly agrees. At least he won't be alone; joining him are three other masters of the macabre, writers who have helped shape modern horror. But what begins as a simple publicity stunt will become a fight for survival. The entity they have awakened will follow them, torment them, threatening to make them a part of the bloody legacy of Kill Creek.
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- hayley
- 2018-03-23
Fantastic
Absolutely loved this story. It is a bit slow moving at first, but trust me, it’s worth it. Voice acting was outstanding.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2019-08-16
A bit long and boring
The book was okay. Long and boring. Almost gave up on it. The ending was better.
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- Annette Thompson
- 2018-05-13
reminded me of Dean Koontz
I thoroughly enjoyed the story the plot twists and the characters it was very well read
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-01-29
captivating
book had me within the first paragraph right till the end and TC is a mesmerizing character that kept me wait8ng for the next smart remark or lood comment
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-01-13
long start good finish
as the title points out, this book stretches much too long in the beginning. the spooks truly happens in section 3 chapter 17 or so. but when it begins it goes strong and finishes with a bang.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-11-01
Don’t do it
Do not listen to this unless you like sad, gross and ultimately tedious horror. The author’s favourite figure of speech is apparently the simile and he crams his story full of them.
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2020-08-12
very spooky
very spooky and very well performed, left me feeling dreadful. would highly recommend this book
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-08-04
A somewhat slow listen
Kill Creek was just okay, a slow burn that only seemed to have it's flames fanned in a few moments. The ending was a small saving grace but I found myself waiting for the book to be over to move onto something else.
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- The Book Dad
- 2020-02-23
Scott Thomas ia the master of the macabre.
My tormented mind literally aches at the thought of this book ending. It physically hurts to close this book knowing it's all over. Scott Thomas is that of which he writes, he is the real master of the macabre.
I am not one of those people that rereads a novel but I could easily see myself reading KILL CREEK by Scott Thomas over and over until my last breath. I am forever a fan and cannot wait to read VIOLET as it's said to provide the nightmare fuel patrons of the horror fiction genre constantly seek. Something I particularly enjoyed that I think is unique was the author's use of metaphors throughout the novel. Scott Thomas has this incredible way of writing and it is accentuated through his fantastic use of the metaphor. So, here's another point I need to emphasize about the author. When he does something he does it BIG. The content of this story has an impact on the readers experience whether it be the characters psychological trauma, the imploding internal conflict or even the gruesome act of murder. Scott Thomas delivered in a BIG way. KILL CREEK is a novel that stands out in so many ways but I still can't get over the haunting theme, I may not ever shake the chills I got from this read. Simply put, if you're looking for a terrifyingly good story from an author that can deliver the horror goods then this is the book for you.
"He was not above calling a book unreadable. But their literary merit wasn’t important at this moment. They were words strung together to represent the firing of neurons and the transferring of information through synapses. They were human minds set into paper, and Sebastian loved every single one of them, even the ones he found disposable."
So here's one thing I need to be perfectly clear about. I am not here to judge a writer or scrutinize the methods in which they deliver a story. Instead, I like to highlight their abilities. BUT, we've all read a book where you raise an eyebrow or scrunch your nose at a sentence in which the author stuffed in a metaphor that stunk to high heaven. There is such a thing as a bad metaphor but you won't find one in this wicked tale. Scott Thomas writes a story that flows beautifully. Everything fit exactly as it should. The only time I found myself raising an eyebrow were the moments of absolute astonishment at the authors incredible ability to craft the perfect metaphor.
KILL CREEK is one of those books that can utterly consume a reader's attention. It didn't matter what part of the book I was reading, my mind was fully engaged start-to-finish. I felt despair for the characters, I connected emotionally to every scene, and I cringed at each dramatic swing of the bloody hatchet. I mentioned that Scott Thomas delivered in a BIG way and I truly mean that. He delivered for readers, he delivered for writers, and he delivered for the horror community. This is the kind of fiction that fans of the genre desire and novelists aspire to write.
"Funny thing about rumors,” Sebastian said softly. “It doesn’t matter if they’re true or false, only that people believe them."
This book is scary and I understand that should be obvious because it's horror fiction but it's scary on a different level. If you ask me what scary is. It's that the scary thing doesn't just spook you in the moment. The scary thing stalks you like prey and latches on to you, forever changing your future. This is what I mean when I speak of the haunting theme that was present while reading KILL CREEK. I think that also happens to be the effect this book had on me. It spoke to me from the shelf and once it finally grabbed ahold of my attention, it relentlessly held tight. The reading experience I had from this book will stick with me for a VERY long time.
If it's not clear already, KILL CREEK by Scott Thomas is a 5 / 5 star read in my opinion. When (not if but when) you read this superbly written novel, you will most certainly be needing some time to recover. I'm in the midst of a book hangover of epic proportions. But don't fret, the author has yet another novel to fill the horror void in your life. VIOLET is a book that comes highly recommended by those that live for horror fiction. Let the words consume you as they did for me and devour every terrifying word Scott Thomas puts to paper.
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- Jennifer Cameron
- 2019-11-12
A perfect gothic tale
If you like a rich, detailed journey to a haunted house this book is for you.
The performance by the narrator matched the caliber of the story beat by beat and character by character.
So much fun!
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- Linda Likes to Learn
- 2017-12-02
UNUSUAL PREMISE, COULDN'T STOP LISTENING
What did you love best about Kill Creek?
Four horror-story best-selling authors are offered a proposal they'd rather refuse: meeting at an obscure 'most haunted house' - for an interview. Dangled as bait: an absurd paycheck for a few day's travel, and the possible propulsion to world fame and money...mega-millions in book sales. But there was a twist: The interview would be 'live' - streamed as it happened to millions of people world-wide, by the billionaire owner of the internet media's prime trend-maker "WriteWire".
Three men and a woman are invited to the interview, then learn this will be a 'group interview' - a vying for 'best author to be promoted'. All four write 'horror' as differently as they appear: Sam, lean and writer-blocked, whose novels twist ordinary days into terror, while his own horrific past keeps flashing back - Daniel, a Christian doughboy who scares teens with philosophic endings - T.C. Moore, a hard Gothic diva whose novel covers of sex, blood and perversity are horrifying in themselves, especially when written by a woman - and the impeccable Sebastian Cole, the most prolific of the authors, whose prolific classic British horror had engaged fans who liked to 'think'.
Thoughtfully written with partial 'reveals' of each character's secrets, nudged along with dark references that slip into your subconscious, the book twists from the expected 'Ten Little Indians" format into that of an UN-haunted house - an infuriating joke made at the four writers' expense. Then it twists once again, and the real darkness creeps back in as the real story of 'the house' is revealed.
My professor in 'creative writing' used to tell me 'how to create a plot': "See that statue out there?", he'd say. "Turn it upside down, and write about what you discover." Always practical, I'd think in terms of bronze, concrete, steel, even the earth and the grass roots beneath it. "Nope", he'd grin, as he sucked on his pipe. "Try again, and use your imagination this time."
Scott Thomas' superb writing flips that statue multiple times, and with each landing , another plausability skews the story down an increasing, frightening scenario. Narration by Bernard Clark is 'right on' as he nails accents from the Midwest to the Eastern Europe. This is one of the VERY, VERY FEW novels that I will probably read again. I urge you to read it also!
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- Sarah
- 2019-08-27
I got so so close to finishing, but ...
This book was interesting at first. I was a little put off about how he wrote the woman character, Moore, but overall I was still curious what would happen next. (Seriously, Moores chapters read like that meme that's going around 'how male authors write women'. She writes her novels naked!?! Seriously?!?.)
the first 3rd of the book was interesting (the part where there in the house) ... but ... then they leave.
I don't want to say too much, but to me it ended up feeling like a bad rip off of The Shinning.
About an hour left to go and I realized I really don't care what happens to these people any more. So, on to something better.
Book was returned.
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- Brandon Collins
- 2017-11-28
Great book that had me wanting more.
I️ am a true horror fan and not easily scared, but this book had me looking in the back seat of my car while driving back and fourth from Utah to Montana. Scott Thomas did a great job telling a well put together story by providing enough detail on that long trail to the end without over doing it.
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- Midwestbonsai
- 2018-01-15
This book has all kinds of things going for it
This book has all kinds of things going for it but my absolute favourite was the characters - they're all incredibly complex and well written. They're all flawed individuals (as real-life human beings often are) and the ways they interact with each other is so interesting to listen to.
Thomas clearly understands that true horror needs strong characters to really creep you out, which is something this book did over and over again. Not only did he deliver creepy haunted house horror, but he also delivered on personal horrors like dementia and losing a child.
When a group of horror writers is assembled for a media stunt at a haunted house, none of them knows what to expect but they're the perfect people to analyse the strange goings-on as they occur. They know their craft better than anyone, but they're also skeptical and keen to discuss ideas. Listening to a book about authors discussing writer's block and the nature of writing is always fun, you know that the author puts a lot of themselves into this part of the book and it gives you an insight into what makes them tick.
The book was thought-provoking and scary, a perfect read for fans of the horror genre - it's a breath of fresh air in the haunted house niche where everything can get a little samey.
Bernard Setaro Clark absolutely nailed the performance of this emotionally charged novel, from heartwrenching screams to Irish accents, I was impressed. He brought a bunch of very different characters to life and gave the book a whole new dimension to enjoy. Beware though, this is a helluva long audiobook and very intense so I did feel the need to split it up over a few weeks.
Audiobook was purchased for review by ABR.
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- Casey
- 2018-03-27
Not what I expected, in a disappointing way
While I loved the voice of the narrator, that’s about the only good thing I can give this. I bought this because I thought I was going to get an edgy, subversive take on the haunted house story. And maybe that’s how the idea started but it certainly doesn’t finish.
There are four horror writers and one super horror fan, yet not a single one can tell where the story goes. You’d think there’d be some kind of Scream-esque meta storytelling going on. Each one acts like they’ve never even come across a haunting or evil spirit, I know they haven’t in actuality but it makes no sense for them to even try to guess. The choices they make are so formulaic and that’s the problem. I wanted something to shake up the formula. I wanted characters who could predict an outcome and then be subverted, not just go along for the ride.
It’s not a badly written story but it’s still a lackluster one. The scares don’t come from a psychological level, mostly degrading into possessions and blood. I wanted to be scared to pick up a book or scared to turn a corner in my own house, instead I’m wondering if the thing behind my closet door is a button up shirt or the bogeyman🙄
I’m tired of writers believing that horror and ghosts simply come from the grotesque. There are so many ways to make a house scary. A wonderful example is Mark Z Danielewski’s “House of Leaves,” which takes the primitive fear of “what’s waiting around the corner?” and plunged into it. Houses have so many unknown places to explore, unlike the outside it’s a contained area with many rooms and places locked away behind walls, doors and uncertainty. The house in this story just feels like a dragon for our heroes to fight. Not that it’s bad to personify things like that, but he could have gone so much farther with it by dumping the idea of ghosts earlier on.
All-in-all, if you like a haunted house story, I’d put this low on your list.
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- Richard
- 2017-11-15
Starts out pretty good, then goes downhill
What starts out as a psychological thriller, turns into a typical 'slasher' story in the second half of the book. I listened intently to the first part which was interesting and would keep you on the edge of your seat by scaring your mind. The second half however, turns into a bloodbath as ***POTENTIAL SPOILERS*** people start being systematically killed which is described in great detail.
I did more fast forwarding in the second half of the book than I think I've ever done w/ any book. Several rounds of skipping would be required to get past the detailed ways the people were dying.
First half of the book: 3.5 to 4 stars.
Second half of the book: 2 stars max.
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- T.Evans
- 2018-01-07
Not great
I would compare this book to a B-horror movie on Netflix, you’ll put it on, loose interest, yet keep it going because you invested so much time in it already. I have a couple hundred Audible books in my collection, I listen to many a second or third time, this will be discarded and never brought back.
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- H
- 2018-02-15
Largely a fun book, but drags...
It almost feels like territory we've all covered before. Ending twist was not surprising at all. Lost a star for the last three or so chapters.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2019-04-18
The author swallowed a simile thesaurus!
Struggled to finish. Not worth the price I paid for sure. pass on this one unless it is free.
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- Jim N
- 2019-08-01
Horror fiction about horror fiction
A horror novel about horror fiction is an interesting idea and Kill Creek is a love letter to the genre. Unfortunately, I didn't think the book delivered on it's ambitions. It's entertaining, even genuinely exciting, at times but it falls too often into genre cliches and because it wears it's influences on it's sleeve, it's impossible not compare it to the work of the horror greats it celebrates. At it's core, it's a haunted house novel but I didn't think it had the creepy, literary atmosphere of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House or the visceral scares of Richard Matheson's Hell House. I wanted to like it but it just didn't work for me.
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