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  • The Haunted

  • Auteur(s): Bentley Little
  • Narrateur(s): Dan Butler
  • Durée: 11 h et 49 min
  • 4,1 out of 5 stars (255 évaluations)

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The Haunted

Auteur(s): Bentley Little
Narrateur(s): Dan Butler
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Description

The Perry family's new house is perfect - except for the weird behavior of the neighbors, and that odd smell coming from a dark corner in the basement. Pity no one warned the family about the house. Now it's too late. Because the darkness at the bottom of the basement stairs is rising.

©2012 Bentley Little (P)2012 AudioGO

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  • 4 out of 5 stars
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What Happened After Chapter 16?

The first 1/3 of this book is a masterclass in how to tell a horror story. Sure, it's a little hypersexualized, but Bentley Little develops a creepy atmosphere using genuinely chilling imagery, effective vivid description, and relatable characters that are easy to empathize with (Little writes the most realistic children I have read in a long time). Readers can easily put themselves in the story and feel the terror.
The author builds the tale using a most-interesting storytelling structure. The book is written in Third Person Omniscient - each chapter relating a frightening episode told from the perspective of a different character [Ex: Mom (Lawyer Claire) in the shower; Dad (Web Designer Julian) in his home office; Son (James - 10) in the backyard; Daughter (Megan - 14) playing Ouija with friends during a sleepover]. It works marvellously.
Unfortunately, Bentley veers into the bizarre, overly-involved, and questionably-relevant for the middle third of the novel, and then descends into the sappy and ludicrous for the final third. Additionally, he starts to rely on gore and explicit sex to maintain interest when the tale starts to fall apart - Little probably should have shelved this book, started another, and came back to finish it later.

The reading from Dan Butler is expressive and professional. His tone is appropriately sombre and he conveys fear very nicely. Despite delivering passable dialogue, however, his voice-acting is decidedly average (child and female voices are realistic, but sound similar). He furthermore reads at a too-slow pace - this book is best consumed at 1.15X - but Blackstone Audio did well to assign Butler to the project (and the sound engineers do a fantastic job adjusting the volume of whispery segments).

Despite being a Free offering with the Audible 'Plus' initiative, this book is worthy of 7.5 stars out of 10. 'The Haunted' is definitely disappointing (it could have been a peerless modern haunted house story).. but downloading this audiobook with decent writing, capable performance, and impressive quality standards is reasonable for listeners looking for a scare.

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Great Novel

Loved the story and the characters, not a fan of sad endings but a well written and well read book.

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Truth be Told, Kind of Boring

This is not Bentley Little’s best book. The story didn’t seem as developed to me as some of his other books. If you are a fan, it is worth a listen. If this is your first Bentley Little book...choose one of his other ones like “The Store”, “The Consultant” or “The Resort”
The performance was great, however, so kudos for that.

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Haunted

enjoy gripping right to the end . couldn't put it down . if you like a good twister you will enjoy this one

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Great read!

When I first started the book I couldn’t stop listening. I listened for 5 hours straight. I ended up finishing the book in a few days. It was great and kept me on the edge of my seat!

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Nice Family Drama with Horror Elements

The story was pretty good. Not a whole lot struck me as new or groundbreaking, but it is a decent haunted house / family type story.
I feel it didn't have to be as long as it was. it could have been a 6-hour book with the same story. That said, I did enjoy the journey and was never bored. I would recommend this, but above this I would recommend the author's collection of short stories. I will give his other books a chance. 3.5 out of 5 is my total score.

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ROLLERCOASTER

Starting slow with what seems to be the perfect family making a choice to move into a new home but picks up like a ROLLERCOASTER. Hang on for the ride over the hills, bumps and up to the top of the high tracks.

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Very Enjoyable!

Because of the history in-between, it took me a bit longer to get through. Not that I minded, it was just more to take in. The moment I started this story however, I was hooked! Wonderfully woven and such a delight to listen to!

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Made me feel uneasy

I don’t want to say I enjoyed it. I felt uneasy when I was listening to it and when I wasn’t listening to it. I had to finish it hoping to rid the gross feelings it gave me. The story has a way of getting under your skin and burrowing into your life. 10/10 recommend if you like that creepy feeling. 0/10 if you don’t like that feeling.
Full disclosure: if I was reading this book I would’ve skimmed it to finish faster. I wanted to rid myself of the hebejeebees as fast as possible. Audible does not allow that so you have to stay creeped out until the bitter end.

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    3 out of 5 stars
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It was ok

Some parts were interesting, a lot of it was hard to get through. Somehow I needed up finishing it.

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