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Asylum

The Afterlife Investigations, Book 1

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Asylum

By: Ambrose Ibsen
Narrated by: Joe Hempel
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Winner of the 2018 Audiobook Reviewer Award for best horror!

What lurks within Chaythe Asylum?

College professor Stephen Barlow needs cash. Badly. When a student asks him to head a new campus organization that centers around paranormal research, he puts his skepticism aside, and signs on in the hopes of scoring a fat bonus.

Enter Chaythe Asylum - a long-shuttered and controversial institution where patients were allegedly subjected to unethical experiments. Stephen deems the old building, closed in 1989 after a series of grisly murders, as good a place as any to explore the possibility of the supernatural, and arranges to take a tour with his students.

But it turns out that the asylum is not as abandoned as it seems. There is something sinister in the building. It has watched and waited for nearly three decades, and when Stephen and his students enter, they find themselves at the center of a nightmare 28 years in the making.

Asylum is the first novel in the Afterlife Investigations Trilogy.

The Afterlife Investigations:

  • Asylum
  • Forest
  • The Occupant
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I felt this was v slow to get started. Ended just as it was getting interesting

Very Slow

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struggled to het into this one but I perceived and glad I did from halfway through I couldn't stop listening

took some getting into

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I did start to enjoy Asylum, however I felt the story dragged a little by the middle. very dissapointing at the ending which only seemed to finish abruptly with no proper conclusion. Enjoyed the narration but characters were a little bit cliche. didn't understand how the tragedy in the beginning really made up for the start of the story as you never found out more about the death at the beginning.

bit of an anticlimax

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Not at all what I was expecting. But I was hooked.excellent believable story telling. Can't wait to start second book.

Asylum

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I thought I'd add this review so that it may help a prospective buyer ...
"Afterlife investigations" suggests more than one story in a trilogy... not so. There is just one story set over three short audiobooks, where it could have been delivered as one. The term Book 1, Book 2 etc., I feel are misleading.
I enjoyed 'book 1' and eagerly purchased 'book 2'. After book 2 ended abruptly, I then realised I would be spending 3 credits to get the full story.
I hope this helps.

Great start but buyer beware...

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Started off really good and I was hooked. Once it got to the main part the story fell apart. I was expecting more things to happen when they are in the Asylum as that was the whole idea of the story-line but very disappointing

Sounded Promising

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Asylums have always been the abandoned buildings that are full of intrigue. Many years ago I was able to enter an asylum to photograph the disrepair and this is why after reading the brief I knew this book would be a great suit for me . It is the first time I have heard of the author and was eager to read this first book in the series. It didnt fail to deliver in building up the atmosphere and whilst it is quite slow at the start...it is much needed to draw the reader in. I loved the buildup and from this point it became quite apparant to me that it is definitely a page turner and I would be listening to it in one or two sittings. It is creepy and I was at the edge of my seat wanting to find out what would happen next . It is a strong start to what I feel will be an impressive collection . I was given this book by the author/narrator in return for an honest and unbiased review

A creepy atmospheric and fast paced pageturner

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Not my usual genre, however I was hooked from the get go. It was a bit short, but there are 3 book to the series. I’m looking forward to the next book.
The narrator sounds great and he makes it easy to distinguish between different characters. An all round good read, highly recommendable.
Terry.

Truly enjoyable

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The book was hard to stop listening to and had twists and turns throughout. The writer really set the scene for each place and definitely left you feeling uneasy as if you were there yourself. really enjoyed the narrator as he gave different voices for each character and ensured his reading gave the intended effects on the listener.

Really enjoyed

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The story is well written and the level of suspense is ratcheted up as you read on. There's a good number of plot twists and surprises but not enough to get you lost. I went straight into Book 2 of the series within minutes of finishing this one - something I don't usually do.

The ending sets the scene for book 2, so don't be surprised by the sudden ending. I enjoyed this; you will too, I'm sure.

I've listened to other books by this narrator before; he does a good job.

This is good

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