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The Guests

A Thriller

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The Guests

Auteur(s): Margot Hunt
Narrateur(s): Amy McFadden, Sarah Naughton, Michael Crouch, Soneela Nankani, A.J. Beckles
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From USA Today bestselling author Margot Hunt comes the chilling tale of what happens when a family besieged by a storm must play host to uninvited guests.

When a Category 5 hurricane is poised to hit their coastal Florida town, the Davies family takes refuge in their waterfront manse. Marlowe, Lee, and their teenage twins invite their close friends to wait out the storm in comfort and style.

Uninvited are the three strangers who dock on the family’s shore right before the storm descends. Brothers Jason and Bo—and Bo’s girlfriend, Darcy—are a charming, helpful trio in need of a safe haven that the family is only too happy to provide.

But as the storm outside grows more threatening, so does the tension in the house.

Soon, the lines between family, friends, and strangers blur. Danger mounts with every pointed finger and broken confidence, and long-held secrets are revealed one after another until only one truth remains: not everyone is going to make it out alive.

©2024 Whitney Kelly. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Fiction Psychologiques Suspense Thrillers domestiques Thrillers et romans à suspense Thrillers policiers Crime
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“Narrators Amy McFadden, Sarah Naughton, Michael Crouch, Soneela Nankani, and A.J. Beckles give dramatic and engaging performances as the various friends, family members, and foes. From enmity to anxiety, they expertly portray every emotional moment. Will appeal to listeners seeking a fast-paced, family-centered suspense. Recommended for fans of Joy Fielding, Robyn Harding, and Adrian McKinty.”—Library Journal

“An irresistible way to kill the hours while you wait for the power to come back on.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Hunt’s skillful sleight of hand and well-drawn characters create palpable menace, placing this a cut above standard-issue locked-room thrillers. It will leave readers breathless.”—Publishers Weekly
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This Margot Hunt story is strikingly juvenile. It follows a family (and a few colleagues/friends) sheltering in place during a Florida Hurricane and taking in a mysterious trio of sketchy people out motoring on the ocean for some reason. The writing is capable enough and Hunt is quite good at description but the plot is ludicrous, the characters are ridiculously unrealistic, and the author uses frankly weird asides to color her scenes ('the sound his skull made when it hit the countertop reminded her of the sound made by a native she had seen chopping open coconuts during a vacation when she was seven..', for example). The book reads like a highschooler penned an assignment for a creative writing class and tried her hand at a variety of narrative techniques (e.g. multiple First-Person Perspective POVs & flashbacks)

As to presentation: the ensemble of Amy McFadden, A.J. Beckles, Michael Crouch, Sarah Naughton, and Soneela Nankani take turns reading the chapters from the different points of view. None particularly stand out, but none are glaringly deficient, either (although whoever reads the 'Felix' segments is solidly subpar). Overall, Brilliance Audio Inc. cast this project nicely.

Altogether, 'The Guests: A Thriller' is appropriately relegated to the 'Plus' catalog. The 3/10-star audiobook was an acceptable distraction for a few hours for free.. but you're a fool if you pay a Credit for this thing.

Unimpressive

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does the author know any conversational verb besides "said"?
text reads like this (not a quote):
"look into my eyes," Jane said.
"I can't see them, " joe said.
"that's because your eyes are closed, " she said.
"you think you always know everything, don't you?" he said.

it's excruciating to listen to. And then there is the painfully obvious plot.

it was all painful

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A well structured and well written thriller with just enough mystery and suspense to keep it interesting to the end. Good job by the narrators as well.

Well done

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I enjoyed this read and finished it quickly. In the beginning I found it very predictable and though there were a few twists and turns it again became fairly predictable. I did enjoy that the audio format had a different narrator for each character. However, I found it really annoying when each character referred to them selves in the third person and the children referred to their parents by their names instead of mom or dad. To me that felt a little odd and took away some of the realism.

Overall it was an interesting story and if you are looking for an easy thriller this one may be it!

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Characters that I never liked or felt in touch with, a predictable and juvenile story line and a narrator that grated on my every nerve. Needless to say I did NOT care for this book. I'm not sure where the glowing reviews come from for this book but everything about it was bad, in my opinion. Within an hour of listening I had to cringe at almost every line. Good authors use words that add meaning and substance to the story, terrible authors use words to fill up chapters and have no meaning or story value. This book is filled with the latter. And why are the physical characteristics of every male in the book described in detail as though it is a dating site description when it has no bearing on the story? No one knows except the author I suppose.

Worst book I've read in a loooog while. Don't waste your time.

Not worth the time

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