The Night Guest
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Narrated by:
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Mary Robinette Kowal
About this listen
This program is read by author and narrator Mary Robinette Kowal, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards.
Hildur Knútsdóttir's The Night Guest is an eerie and ensnaring story set in contemporary Reykjavík that’s sure to keep you awake at night.
Iðunn is in yet another doctor's office. She knows her constant fatigue is a sign that something's not right, but practitioners dismiss her symptoms and blood tests haven't revealed any cause.
When she talks to friends and family about it, the refrain is the same—have you tried eating better? exercising more? establishing a nighttime routine? She tries to follow their advice, buying everything from vitamins to sleeping pills to a step-counting watch. Nothing helps.
Until one night Iðunn falls asleep with the watch on, and wakes up to find she’s walked over 40,000 steps in the night . . .
What is happening when she’s asleep? Why is she waking up with increasingly disturbing injuries? And why won’t anyone believe her?
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Nightfire.
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Critic reviews
“Surreal and spectacular. . . . This is psychological horror at its finest.”—Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
"Like the flashes of a waking nightmare, Knútsdóttir’s artful spiral of terror will have fans of Ling Ma, Paula Hawkins, and other flawed female narrators demanding more."—Booklist
"From its opening pages, Hildur Knútsdóttir's eerie and elegant The Night Guest wraps its icy fingers around you and pulls you in. It's so atmospheric, so well-crafted, and so truly, deeply unsettling that by the end, you feel every bit as haunted as its sleepless heroine. If you're a horror fan—or just a fan of great writing in general—you need to have this one on your radar!"—Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs
What listeners say about The Night Guest
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 06-09-24
Definitely a horror
This is my second Icelandic novella after magma,which is a must read. I enjoy the short sharp chapters they are to the point. The plot is lacking and it’s definitely a character driven novella this is isn’t a full story. I could have listened to much more.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Gerard
- 02-12-24
Disappointing
Underwhelming. A good fragment of an idea. Short as it is, shorter still would have been better. The tale may have cultural references that escape me. I hope so. Otherwise quite disappointing.
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