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The Book of Accidents

By: Chuck Wendig
Narrated by: Xe Sands, George Newbern
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Brought to you by Penguin.

A family returns to their hometown - and to the dark past that haunts them still - in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times best-selling author of Wanderers.

When Nate's father dies, he leaves behind a final gift for his son: his childhood home. Married now, Nate decides to move in with his wife, Maddie, and their son, Oliver, seeking peace from the chaos of the city.

But it doesn't take long before things get strange in the night and even stranger by day.

Because Nate was a child being abused by his father and has never told his family. Because Maddie was a little girl who saw something she shouldn't have. Because something sinister, something hungry, walks in the tunnels and the mountains and the coal mines of this town in rural Pennsylvania....

And now, what happened all those years ago is happening again, and this time, it is happening to Oliver. When he meets a strange boy with secrets of his own and a taste for dark magic, he has no idea that what comes next will put his family at the heart of a battle of good versus evil.

©2021 Chuck Wendig (P)2021 Penguin Audio Horror Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Suspense

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the book is really good unfortunately the female narrator is much harder to hear /understand than the Male narrator so is quite distracting

good book

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Easy listening well read and worth a go as u like to say chewing gum for the brain

Good listen

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The story itself is great; compelling narrative, well developed characters. The issue is in the reading of the story itself. There are two narrators — one male, one female, who lead the story from two different characters. The male voice is excellent, clear and easy to understand, and cuts through any external noise whilst listening. The female voice is much harder to follow, softer, and unless you're listening in a silent room is difficult to understand. I found myself skipping backward constantly to relisten to her parts. I'm sure she's a good vocid actor, but in this story her voice is very flat, monosyllabic and has no power to it.

Great story, although issues with narration

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Great story performed very well. the characters felt well formed and the performance gave them each real individual a real form. First book I've read by Chuck but certainly won't be the last.

99 reasons to enjoy

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The two narrators worked really well together,and the beginning of the story just sucked me in. It dragged out a little in the last part, could possibly have ended sooner for my taste. But overall a good book!

A very good horror

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at times its hard to follow but I think that's due to it being audio. gives an interstellar vibe without the astronaut element, kind of Stephen King vibes too, I enjoyed it

mind bending

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I very much enjoyed this book, full of twists and turns. Very well written and great performance from the readers.
I absolutely recommend this book.

Enthralling Read

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The narrators ...the female voice was not good at all, mumbled and not realistic, poor choice, and I will not choose a book if she is involved again . Male voice fine.
The story was okay, started very well, lost its way and was overly long in places, but all in all a good listen.
I did think a lot of the story was very similar to other books I have read over the years, a bit from here, a bit from there, but I guess that happens.

A Good Listen Overall

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...I saw that I couldn't return it so I decided to power through. Not my best decision.

Early on I disliked the characters and checked to see if I could return the book, but unfortunately the option wasn't available.

The book is too long and drawn out. There are many parts that feel repetitive or redundant. The Interlude (if you get that far) is the perfect example - a part of the story that is drawn out and takes forever to come to the point - a point, which the reader will already know what it is going to be so just get on with the story.

I would not have finished it but...

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The story itself is very much disjointed and all over the place, wasn't quite sure what was happening from one chapter to the next.

All Over the Place

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