Excellently frightening

It's been a while since I've read anything that actually frightened me and this did. Well written and interesting. Will be reading one of his novels next.

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Frightening in a deeper way

The diversity of voice in this collection is fascinating. The narrator changes along with the voice of each piece. Not scary in a gory way, but in a deeper way. I related to, and was frightened of, the monsters in a way that crept into my dreams. I want more from this author.

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A very solid collection of shorts from Adam Nevill

A very solid collection of shorts from Adam Nevill. I enjoyed every one of these twisted tales. Some were darker than others, but they were all very well written and enjoyable. The narration for each individual story completely fit the tone of the collection. Nicely done.

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The cover art is the scariest part of this book.

This book fell flat for me, I finished it. Some of the stories in this collection are good but just didn't seem to go anywhere..Dont get me wrong I really enjoyed 'The Ritual' alot. But this collection of shorts was just rough around the edges

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Dark.

Don't go into this expecting happy endings. Nevill isn't afraid of stepping into the darkness and bringing friends. Stifel is one of the best narrators around and his distinctive voice sets the mood perfectly.

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Fantastic writing, wrong voice for narrator

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

possibly, they would have to be someone who can get past the narration

What was one of the most memorable moments of Some Will Not Sleep?

Pigface Thing is a solid story and the end took me quite by surprise.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

David Stifel seems to be a narrator of choice for Lovecraftian works. He has a particular style and delivery that works for the true dated Lovecraft work. He doesn't have the ability to do a wide range of accents or genders or ages, and I think he is the absolute wrong choice to voice a primarily British and mid 20s or younger selection of 1st person characters. He tries, and I like his work in other stories, but his accents take away from the stories and are detracting when he attempts them. He just doesn't fit properly. If you can look (listen?) past them then the stories are really quite varied and well crafted.

Who was the most memorable character of Some Will Not Sleep and why?

Doll Hands is a very interesting character in a very interesting world.

Any additional comments?

This is a very good selection of stories, yet a poor choice in narrator.

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a awakening nightmare

This author captures the emotional impact of nightmare so well it's unsettling. Pig thing, and mothers milk were my personal favorite.

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Creepy and unsettling.

These short stories are creepy and very unsettling. They are perfect for Halloween listening. I wasn't a huge fan of the narrator which is why I only gave the performance 3 stars.

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Terrible!

What an extremely convoluted, boring, pg rated horror, and a whole bunch of talking about irrelevant random crap of a book! What was the author thinking when he wrote this mess? It seems like he tried to hard to be a Edgar Allen poe, H G wells, H. P Lovecraft style of an author instead of staying in his own lane! The stories made no sense most of the time and it sounded like a bunch of babbling from random characters in every story. Most of it was confusing because he went out of his way to be way too wordy just to describe the simplest things. Also the stories wasn't even close to being horror based at all. Because the author wold tell the readers in detail about 20 different irrelevant items instead of focusing on the subject at hand and then the story is just over. In one of the stories I couldn't tell if he was trying to describe the perpetrators as zombies, vampires, or just a bunch of mentally challenged folks who created a random tribe just for getting bit by someone. Yeah it's that stupid, so don't even think too hard about how ridiculous that sounds or even bother reading this garbage!

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Good read

Some of these stories were great, some felt a little drawn out. The language and the narration are delightful.

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