great story, awful narration

when I was only a few chapters in, I checked the reviews to see how many others found the narrator as painful as I did and was surprised there were none. while others praised her drama, I found the ridiculous voices, mispronunciation of words and incessant whisper screaming utterly unbearable. if it weren't for the fun quirkiness of the story itself, I would have given up. The singing was especially awful, tunelessly screaming lyrics while describing the wonderful quality of the characters singing voice, completely out of tune, obviously having no familiarity of the song she was trying to replicate. anyway, I'll definitely never listen to anything by this narrator again, but will seek out the author for sure!

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High School really can be hell !!

Great story. High school was hell for most of us & feel like yourself or some of your class mates were possessed at some point. This story brings that to life. Its starts with Gretchen being the only one who comes to Abby's birthday & how their friendship started & was built up to best friend status from there. I loved that it was set in the 80's away from todays technology age, where people actually had to see each other or call or write to communicate. Music references are littered throughout & mark the start of every chapter. It did seem a little slow to start, but it was setting for all the ground work for all the friend/relationships later to be torn apart. Once events started unfolding you knew where it was going & couldn't wait for it to happen & it didn't take long.

But one thing that did bug me & I don't know who to blame more, the writer or the narrator. I am not a writer by any means but I did read somewhere that a author should steer clear of using 'said'. This book is a great example of way. It was constant, Abby said, Gretchen said, he said, she said, said, said, said etc. It just became more pronounced every time & the narrator seemed to pause just for a second before she read SAID. It became very grating.

And after all the events unfold, its never answered how they came to be. Never once did Abby seem to ask how this all happened while trying to save her friends & herself. This was probably most let down of the story.

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Awesome!

Entirely unexpected but in a completely good way. A bit gory at times. The artist reading the story was awesome too.

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A little cheesy but good overall

Cute story and creepy enough to listen to the end but was a bit cheesy and relied on quite a few cliches to carry it through. Could only listen to the narration when sped up.

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A tale of enduring friendship in the 80's

Not just horror, but a close look at female friendship during the highschool years

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Had a little low expectations

But I really enjoyed this, great narration, a couple of genuinely scary moments and some good humor and 80s references. Definitely a fan of Grady Henddix after this.

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Not to bad, not great tho

It started off quirky and fun, but towards the end began to drag and then just seemed to end. I'm not quite sure what the possession and exorcism bit was about... metaphor for puberty maybe?

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Loved it...

l loved this book, so glad I decided to listen to it and not worry about the negative reviews about the narrator. I thought she did a great job and her performance went perfectly with the characters.
A great story and entertaining blast from the 80's... I had forgotten all about 'United colours of Benetton! 😄

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Entertaining but a bit disappointing

The narrators voice was annoying however the story was still intriguing and I wanted to know what happened so I had to keep listening, but at the end it was a bit disappointing and felt like something was missing

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Nostalgic but in a demonic way?

I absolutely loveeed this book! This book was fun, funny and a little bit scary. I loved the 80s setting and the progression of tension. What I loved most about this book though was how nostalgic it made me for my teenage friendships! I never expected a male author to be able to describe so well how intense and fierce female friendships are, especially at that age.

I loved seeing all the different people I’ve met in my life reflected in the female characters and you just can’t beat a good old horror story of demonic possession.

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