
Broken Things
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Narrated by:
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Sarah Drew
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Erin Spencer
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Saskia Maarleveld
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By:
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Lauren Oliver
With all the intensity and whiplash turns of Sharp Objects and One of Us Is Lying, this engrossing psychological thriller by New York Times best-selling author Lauren Oliver is an unforgettable, mesmerizing tale of exquisite obsession, spoiled innocence, and impossible friendships.
It’s been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods.
Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies became twisted, even deadly.
The only thing is: They didn’t do it.
On the anniversary of Summer’s death, a seemingly insignificant discovery resurrects the mystery and pulls Mia and Brynn back together once again. But as the lines begin to blur between past and present and fiction and reality, the girls must confront what really happened in the woods all those years ago - no matter how monstrous.
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draws you into the story
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Summer was obsessed by the children’s book The Way into Lovelorn by Georgia C. Wells, 1963. In this book were three young girls: Ashleigh, Ava, and Audrey. Mia, Brynn, and Summer often took on the persona of these characters in real life.
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Mia Ferguson and Brynn McNally were the two surviving girls. On the five year anniversary of Summer’s death marks her forever 13. It’s at this point when Mia and Brynn decide to play amateur detectives revisiting the events leading up to Summer’s murder.
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Broken Things is a young adult murder mystery about the secrets these characters held. This book will appeal to young readers based on the age of these characters and the dialogue in which they were written. Readers might find this book easier to read than listen. The audiobook is hard to follow without my eyes following passages of words where I have the ability to highlight along the way.
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Narrators:
Sarah Drew
Erin Spencer
Saskia Maarleveld
This is the type of story where listening to the audiobook isn’t enough. I need my eyes on the words to keep track of this character driven story. The most confusing part was keeping track of the girls names especially when they referred to each other by the character names in the story. I remedied this by downloading the sample just to get my barring on these characters.
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I wasn’t able to distinguish any one of these narrators. They sounded very similar and I’m unfamiliar with their wo
The night Summer remained thirteen forever
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Chills.
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Captivating
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Fine but not the best
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Amazing
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Loved it but...
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BROKEN THINGS, a take off from the real life Slenderman attempted murder does so many things right with wonderful complex characters and an intriguing plot. Unfortunately, Lauren Oliver’s writing lacked tension and didn’t engage me one bit. I so wanted to love BROKEN THINGS but felt no reluctance to put down the story and take breaks. I didn’t consider staying up late to finish. My heart never pulsed. Told in Then and Now alternating from Brynn’s and Mia’s points of view, I had difficult remembering the narrator and time frame.
If I was rating on storytelling I’d be pressed to give two stars. The five star characters, plot and reveal brought the rating up to three, but I’m hard pressed to recommend.
ETA: the audiobook was well done
Could have been better
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Hard to follow
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