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The Butcher's Daughter

Auteur(s): Jane E. James
Narrateur(s): Harrie Dobby
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The Butcher's Daughter is a compelling psychological thriller which will appeal to fans of authors like Sheryl Browne, Nuala Ellwood and Teresa Driscoll.

When Natalie Powers returns home for the first time in 13 years, she must convince everyone she has fully recovered from the mental illness that has seen her institutionalised for most of her young life. But instead of being welcomed back, Natalie enters a baffling world of deception. In the village of Little Downey, everybody appears to harbour a mysterious secret, including her father, Frank, the village butcher, who refuses to discuss the circumstances surrounding Natalie’s mother's disappearance. But who can Natalie trust if not her own father? Especially when it becomes clear her protector and confidant, Dr Moses, is not all he appears. Meanwhile, a spate of unexplained clifftop suicides has seen the seaside resort go into decline. Are the villagers somehow involved, or is something more sinister at work?

©2019 Jane E. James (P)2019 W. F. Howes Ltd Fiction de genre Psychologique Suspense Thrillers et romans à suspense Village Fiction
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If you want to keep eating meat, I recommend fast forwarding through some parts. I was kind of confused at the end, it didn’t do a good job at concluding everything, but definitely a lot of twists and turns!

Well written, but a lot of gore

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This story was ok, but the performance made this unlistenable. The gum chewing and mouth smacking are disgusting, and I’m unsure why they went with this reader. So gross.

Chewing Gum?

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There is a spit like clicking sound, gum chewing noise in the background when the narrator talks. Do not listen if you are sensitive to sounds it will drive you nuts.

Story was okay and a little confusing at points. intre

interesting enough awful narration

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I am still not sure how to feel about this book. It is a disturbing story but keeps you hooked. I don't know if I would listen to it again. I did enjoy her other books but this one I am not sure about. I like dak mystery, crime and thrillers but this one walked the edge of them all.

Disturbing

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I was disappointed. I hate quitting a book halfway so I tried my best to get into this story. I fast forward many chapters and in about 2 hr 15 min left it started to pick up pace and I got really excited to listen. However, it became shocking and brutal and disjointed. Especially the last 2 chapters which was very sad.
This was an absolutely confusing ending. I finished this book without understanding who is who and what happened? Totally baffling and I was disappointed with the ending and the Epilogue was no better. Got me nowhere in understanding what really happened , what was factual and what was imagination. Most of all in the end I felt very sad for the little children.
The narration was good. The voice and tone kept me going perhaps that’s why I didn’t quit. Great job with a not so great book.
Not worth a CREDIT. Very happy that it was included in my library for free.

Confusing book

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This story is far from original - the one-time mental patient finding out that their "delusions" were actually true memories has been done a million times - but this take from Jane E. James is serviceable. She introduces 'Natalie Powers', a young woman committed to a mental institution as a child after her mother disappears and is released back to her hometown and the company of her cruel father (the town butcher). Revelation after Revelation ensues.. eventually leading to violence.
The whole thing reads like an episode of that 60s/70s TV Show 'Alfred Hitchcock presents': screenplay-quality plotting & description. On the fortunate side, the author is very good at foreshadowing, creepy imagery, and horror-styled pacing. Less fortunately, the plotting is borderline ludicrous at times (requiring significant suspension of disbelief), chapters are often disjointed & difficult to follow, and James's characters are frankly unrealistic.

As to presentation: set playback speed at 1.15X to render the narration natural. Harrie Dobby is a professional reader but takes injudicious deep breaths and reads unnaturally slowly. Accelerating the recording helps. Her reading is solidly "average".

Altogether, I rate 'The Butcher's Daughter' 6 stars out of 10. If you can get this audiobook off of the 'Plus' menu, do so.. but if they ask for a Credit, better options beckon.

[Note: The sexual content is awkwardly shoehorned-in to the story. It neither advances plot nor adds to character development. I am unsure why James included it]

Atmospheric

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