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The Shining Girls: Booktrack Edition

Written by: Lauren Beukes
Narrated by: Khristine Hvam, Peter Ganim, Jay Snyder, Joshua Boone, Dani Cervone, Jenna Hellmuth
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The Shining Girls: A Novel: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!*

A masterful twist on the serial killer novel from the award-winning author Lauren Beukes: the girl who wouldn't die hunts the killer who shouldn't exist.

Harper Curtis is a killer who stepped out of the past. Kirby Mazrachi is the girl who was never meant to have a future.

Kirby is the last shining girl, one of the bright young women, burning with potential, whose lives Harper is destined to snuff out after he stumbles on a House in Depression-era Chicago that opens on to other times.

At the urging of the House, Harper inserts himself into the lives of these shining girls, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. He's the ultimate hunter, vanishing without a trace into another time after each murder - until one of his victims survives.

Determined to bring her would-be killer to justice, Kirby joins the Chicago Sun-Times to work with the reporter, Dan Velasquez, who covered her case. Soon Kirby finds herself closing in on an impossible truth....

*Booktrack is an immersive format that pairs traditional audiobook narration to complementary music. The tempo and rhythm of the score are in perfect harmony with the action and characters throughout the audiobook. Gently playing in the background, the music never overpowers or distracts from the narration, so listeners can enjoy every minute. When you purchase this Booktrack edition, you receive the exact narration as the traditional audiobook available, with the addition of music throughout.

©2013 Lauren Beukes (P)2020 Hachette Audio

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It was solidly okay. It was an intresting concept, there were a few thrilling moments and a passable mystery.
It missed out on "good" due to an awkward romantic subplot, a lack of worldbuilding, and characters that were a little underdeveloped. And because it felt like it was really trying hard to be sociopolitically relevant? Like, really, unsubtly hard. Mostly, though, I was annoyed by the fact that we are expected to just accept things at face value, and there are a lot of unanswered questions and an abrupt, frustrating ending.

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Great Book!

Loved the variety with narration sometimes audiobooks are hard to listen too with one narrator depending on the voice. Loved the music and sound effects really added to my listening experience. Currently watching the show on apple tv so will be interesting how the two compare.

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