LENGTH
8 Hours, 10 Min
READ BY
Daphne Kouma
average rating is 4 out of 5
Performance
average rating is 5 out of 5
Overall
Excellent, Unforgettable, Best of the nest
Very good, thoroughly enjoyed,
Good, Solid, Enjoyed many aspects
STAR RATINGS GUIDE
This. Gave. Me. Chills.
THE BIRDICT
💛 Look. I have listened to my fair share of mysteries and thrillers. Probably several people’s fair share. And this is an instant fave. In short, it’s a yes from me.
💚 Let’s start with the fact that the premise is instantly gripping. Children doing terrible things? I’m terrified. Sign me up. And it only gets creepier from there. And I mean super creepy. There’s a distinct Freddy Kruger vibe throughout. If there is a scarier sentiment than I FOUND YOU, please write a book about it, make an audiobook and fling it my way.
💜 Major bonus points for the main character, Likeable, especially as she is not made to do incredibly stupid things in sacrifice of moving the plot forward. In fact, that leads me on to my main point. Which is that this is just well written. It’s real and human, with light amid the dark (the characters have fun together at times) and kudos for the very sensitive treatment of mental illness. Huzzah.
🧡 I would put this on a par with Lisa Jewell. I would say it’s smarter than The Silent Patient.
Big thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for providing me with an ALC in return for an honest review.
SQUAWKING THE TALK
🎧 Hello, Daphne Kouma, I haven’t heard you before, but really enjoyed this maiden voyage. I liked that this was a very fluid performance. By which I mean that there was no sense of foreboding in the non-scary bits. I really liked the voices of Emma-Jane and Harriet. Some of the male voices were a bit off, but that’s me being picky.
🎧 A light to medium amount of concentration required for this, especially if you want to pick up on little hints along the way. I didn’t get lost at any point and need to rewind. I also listened to this in a day, which meant that I did so whenever I wasn’t typing (ie, cooking dinner, errands, etc), which I couldn’t do with something too intricate.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER: SIMILAR AUDIOBOOKS
I loved this even though I guessed much of the ending. Even though I spent the whole time waiting for Bobby to turn up. Because this wasn’t a book that raced through the plot just to get to the ending like me eating my dinner just so I can eat cake.What I didn’t guess was that Sarah was real. And when I did, my heart broke. In a good way.
