Not in the dark

Charles Mallett did a wonderful job, of narration, brings out the horror.


No listening before or after eating... or in the dark.

I couldn’t stop listening to it and it kept me in a constant state of noooo It’s a disturbing story to say the least but you will be hooked
With twist at the end.

Such a rollercoaster

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Boring

i was foolish enough to request a review copy of this book, in exchange for an honest review (if I would be so kind) which is what you have here:

I listened though all the introduction to Josh, and his sob story abour his sick father (for whom I felt truly sorry along with his poor long suffering wife) and Josh's decision to flee due to his own illness becasue he can't bring himself to 'burden' his parents with the knowledge that he's basically going to die too. I carried on, I listened to the whole thing, but I was bored ALL of the time, at no time was I engaged in this story at all.

The story seems to have been inspired by the real life drama of the Armin Meiwes case, which was unpleasant indeed. I think the audible description should be adding the appropriate cautions of cannibalism but that does add a kind of spoiler but might avert possible complaints, I personally did not find that so much offensive as just boring and terribly tragic. It's not what I would describe as Horror Fiction (as it was listed when I requested the review copy)) ..... Update on this, it is now listed as Young Adult in which case I would expect a warning , no question, this is fine reading for an over 18 but dubious at best for an under 18 (and as such, should come with a Parental Warning). It's probably going to bore the average teenager to tears anyway.

The narrator was great, lovely to listen to however which was probably how I managed to finish it.

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