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  • Dear Laura

  • By: Gemma Amor
  • Narrated by: Sasha Higgins
  • Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (48 ratings)

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Dear Laura

By: Gemma Amor
Narrated by: Sasha Higgins
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Every year, on her birthday, Laura gets a letter from a stranger. That stranger claims to know the whereabouts of her missing friend Bobby, but there's a catch: He'll only tell her what he knows in exchange for something...personal.

So begins Laura's sordid relationship with her new pen pal, built on a foundation of quid pro quo. Her quest for closure will push her to bizarre acts of humiliation and harm, yet no matter how hard she tries, she cannot escape her correspondent's demands. The letters keep coming, and as time passes, they have a profound effect on Laura.

From the author of Cruel Works of Nature comes a dark and twisted tale about obsession, guilt, and how far a person will go to put her ghosts to bed.

Contains mature themes.

©2019 Gemma Amor (P)2021 Tantor
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Dark, twisted, and profoundly deep

Absolutely enthralled by this. Takes a very dark subject and somehow pushes it darker, but it’s never grotesque. It’s at times vivid, sweet, and beautiful. Gemma Amor is the master of suspense.

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Beautiful, incredibly sad.

I was recommended this as "Extreme Horror" and there are definitely elements of that, but it's a few graphic scenes in a heartbreaking, decades-long story of CPTSD and the inability to move on from grief. Not what I was looking for, but it's beautifully written with an amazing voice performer.

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Underwhelmed

I really wanted to like this story, but the story was all too familiar. It reminded me too much of Tim Krabbe's story, "The Vanishing" (remake/original--doesn't matter--still the same general guideline) and yet there are still too many questions/plot holes in "Dear Laura." It didn't really manufacture the scares or the creepiness I thought it would.

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