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The Children of Red Peak
- By: Craig DiLouie
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 156
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 141
David Young, Deacon Price, and Beth Harris live with a dark secret. As children, they survived a religious group's horrific last days at the isolated mountain Red Peak. Years later, the trauma of what they experienced never feels far behind. When a fellow survivor commits suicide, they finally reunite and share their stories. Long-repressed memories surface, defying understanding and belief. Why did their families go down such a dark road? What really happened on that final night? The answers lie buried at Red Peak.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spellbinding
- By Chris Tucker on 01-31-21
- The Children of Red Peak
- By: Craig DiLouie
- Narrated by: James Patrick Cronin
I LOVE This Book! (Slight Spoilers)
Reviewed: 05-03-24
I've mostly listened to Craig DiLouie's zombie novels (The Infection, The Killing Floor, The Retreat series and Suffer the children) and I really love the way his zombie books don't dissolve into nothing but survivors fighting each other. Having mostly listened to only zombie stories, I was surprised when I read that this book was about a cult. I like his style so much I decided to give this book a chance, and boy am I glad I did. Books about cults can be stale, or unoriginal, or just about the violence, but if I had to pick one word to describe this book it would be TASTEFUL. He doesn't sensationalize the cult aspect, and I could not stop listing. The characters are so fleshed out and relatable, and I enjoyed hearing their stories. The inevitable mass suicide was a real gut punch, I could feel the fear and confusion from the kids, the doubt and love of the parents, and the inescapable determination of the leader. The narrator does a perfect job, great pace and each character has a distinctive voice.
Give this book a listen!
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