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The Hunger

Auteur(s): Alma Katsu
Narrateur(s): Kirsten Potter
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"Supernatural suspense at its finest...The best thing about The Hunger is that it will scare the pants off you."—The New York Times Book Review

"Deeply, deeply disturbing, hard to put down, not recommended reading after dark."—Stephen King

A tense and gripping reimagining of one of America's most fascinating historical moments: the Donner Party with a supernatural twist.

Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere.

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 isolated travelers to the brink of madness. Though they dream of what awaits them in the West, long-buried secrets begin to emerge, and dissent among them escalates to the point of murder and chaos. They cannot seem to escape tragedy...or the feelings that someone—or something—is stalking them. Whether it's a curse from the beautiful Tamsen Donner (who some think might be a witch), their ill-advised choice of route through uncharted terrain, or just plain bad luck, the ninety men, women, and children of the Donner Party are heading into one of one of the deadliest and most disastrous Western adventures in American history.

As members of the group begin to disappear, the survivors start to wonder if there really is something disturbing, and hungry, waiting for them in the mountains...and whether the evil that has unfolded around them may have in fact been growing within them all along.

Effortlessly combining the supernatural and the historical, The Hunger is an eerie, thrilling look at the volatility of human nature, pushed to its breaking point.

©2018 Alma Katsu (P)2018 Penguin Audio Historique Horreur Psychologiques Thrillers et romans à suspense Effrayant Paranormal Intéressant Fiction Fantastique

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An NPR Best Horror Novel

A Suspense Magazine Best Book of the Year

Winner of the Western Heritage Award

Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award

Finalist for the Locus Award

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“Supernatural suspense at its finest...It is strangely ethereal, yet gritty...But the best thing about The Hunger is that it will scare the pants off you....Enjoy the journey, one so entertaining that you almost don't mind feeling queasy at dinner.”—The New York Times Book Review

"Not only will Alma Katsu's acclaimed novel haunt you, it will give you empathy for the people forced to undergo such horrors."—O, The Oprah Magazine

“Katsu shows an acute understanding of human nature.…[She] is at her best when she forces her readers to stare at the almost unimaginable meeting of ordinary people and extraordinary desperation, using her sharp, haunting language.”—USA Today
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This was definitely a glimpse into the reality of our history. A bit gory but good storyline with an unexpected twist at the end.

Chilling Account of the Donner Party

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Like many people, I'm fascinated by the story of the Donner Party. Also a fan of horror fiction, I was looking forward to this adaptation of the Donner story. The author took a bit too much license, in my opinion. I understand the author was asked to write the story as the basis for a future screenplay. However, I found it more like a soap-opera drama rather than horror. There was not much creepy atmosphere or build-up to the real action. And when it came it was nothing really shocking or scary. Just okay.

The narrator was just okay, too. She was reading with an attitude and sounded contemptuous when narrating simple descriptions of characters and events. Strange.

Not what I expected

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this is not the typical type of book I would read it, but the fact that it is historical fiction and a western theme made it more accessible. the story was very interesting and well laid out. the characters are also different from what you would typically expect. although I don't think that the ending was the best. Good narration

a good historical horror story

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fun but predictable story. author tries to drag out the supposed plot-twists for too long. It could have been a shorter novel. Parts of it feel unnecessarily salacious like the author is trying to rely on drama rather than talent as a writer to create a more interesting story. It could have been a better story if it played more with the subtleties and the depths of fear as the wagon train progressed. instead it relied on constant flash backs that revealed the dramatic pasts of each character. these flash backs sometimes gave us insight into the character's psychology but usually just felt like a ploy to add more "juicy details" so that it ended up as a wagon train filled with the most interesting people in the world... in the 1800s.... it was a bit over the top in that sense.

Fun listen

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I enjoyed this book. It’s a good one for road tripping as it hold your attention.
However, the author left a lot of loose threads and unexplored ideas that I think detracted from the story.

The real Donner party faced hopelessness, starvation, infighting, the butchering and eating their loved ones and freezing to death.

The story also adds a disease that turns people into monsters, a girl who hears the voices of the dead, a family of pseudo vampires who spread the disease, and a journalist trying to piece everything together.

The story addresses all of these but doesn’t really go into any depth with a lot of those points, and doesn’t do a much to bring them together.

Example, a number of the party are infected and join the monsters in the woods, attacking the party again at night. This should be horrific! However this is only mentioned once.

Did not play to the strengths of the Donner story

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What a refreshing and engaging read! I am left thinking about the fate of the characters, rooting for even the most heinous. For those interested look up the Donner Party, it is interesting to see how the book is rooted in history.

Absolutely worth a read

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Very good horror suspense. Paints an amazing story, the dynamics between characters is so well build. The ending was shocking yet still believable and seemed to be the perfect end to a great book.

Very engaging, loved the ending.

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History is filled with many fabulous stories that can skillfully be turned into fictional horror. The less we know, the fewer the survivors, the more horrific the actions of the participants, all the more readily we are to accept the involvement of evil.

The Donner Party’s trek across America in 1846 wasn’t really all that long ago, not even 175 years. The events are fairly well-documented, the survival rate above fifty percent, not bad considering, but what those people had to do to survive…Katsu took this story and brought it to life. She delved into the nitty gritty details of life on the wagon train. The image that I think we all have is of the flat plains that roll across the country. I always forget that the most difficult part of this voyage would have been the Rocky Mountains. The true trials would have been during the last half of that voyage. Katsu played off of this, creating a monster to instill fear in all of us.

I love how Katsu kept her casting to the historical records, it lends a certain plausibility/possibility to her story. She changed perspectives during the story so that her audience could get the full picture of events, a peek into everyone’s head.

My experience of The Hunger was through the audiobook. I found that the narrator did an excellent job. Kirsten Potter enhanced the creepy factor to an already eerie story.

Listening to The Hunger, I was constantly pulled back to the feeling that I had while reading The Terror. What’s funny (peculiar, not ha-ha) is that these two events are so similar while completely different and only a year apart. This was a time of exploration, when people thought they were masters of the world. Although, in both of these stories Mother Nature showed them who was really in charge – something she still likes to do from time to time.

4.5 Stars! Who's the real monster?

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The best thing about the book was the narrator. Ms. Potter is excellent. The story itself was very good. I will listen to other books by this author and will look for other books narrated by Ms. Potter.

Good story

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I throughly enjoyed this book from the very beginning to the last word.
1 con - SHOULD HAVE BEEN LONGER! I didn't want it to end yet.

Great listen!

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