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Jeff Strand
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The lifetime story of a boy and his monster.
When Toby Floren was eight years old, he discovered a monster living in the woods behind his house. A ghastly, frightening creature with claws, fangs, and a taste for human flesh. As he ran out of the forest, screaming, Toby felt that he'd been lucky to escape with his life.
Years later, Toby finds comfort with the creature. It's his own special secret - something that nobody else in the world knows about. Somebody to talk to. Somebody to confide in. Sure, Toby has concerns about his own sanity, but really, what boy wouldn't want to be best friends with a monster in the woods, especially if he's being tormented by bullies? The creature, who he names Owen, may be the answer to his problems...
From Jeff Strand, the author of Pressure, comes the story of a macabre, decades-long friendship. A relationship that will last their entire lives, through times of happiness, tragedy, love, loss, madness, and complete darkness.
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After America’s Second Civil War, the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life armies came to an agreement. According to their Bill of Life, human life may not be terminated from the moment of conception until the age of thirteen. But between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, the child may be gotten rid of by their parent through a process called “unwinding.”
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Chilling, Scary, Difficult to Read
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By: Neal Shusterman
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Gun Church
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- Narrated by: Joe Barrett, John Keating
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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Kip Weiler is a self-destructive, washed-up, middle-aged professor. Once a superstar of the literary set, he has bottomed out after years of drinking and not writing anything worth a damn. As the novel begins, he’s teaching classes at a small, rural community college. Kip's talent, money, and chances have just about run out, when he rescues a classroom full of his students from a deranged student gunman who opens fire and takes the class hostage. Things then begin to change for Kip - seemingly for the better....
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THE MAN WHO BELIEVES HE'S SEEN IT ALL IS A BLIND F
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Still Missing
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On the day she was abducted, Annie O’Sullivan, a 32-year-old Realtor, had three goals: sell a house, forget about a recent argument with her mother, and be on time for dinner with her ever-patient boyfriend. The open house is slow, but when her last visitor pulls up in a van as she’s about to leave, Annie thinks it just might be her lucky day after all.
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A singular voice; a horrendous story.
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By: Chevy Stevens
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Matt hasn't eaten in days. His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal, but Matt won't give in. The hunger clears his mind, keeps him sharp - and he needs to be as sharp as possible if he's going to find out just how Tariq and his band of high school bullies drove his sister, Maya, away. Matt's hardworking mom keeps the kitchen crammed with food, but Matt can resist the siren call of casseroles and cookies because he has discovered something: the less he eats the more he seems to have...powers.
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Transformative book!
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By: Sam J. Miller
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Fed up with her wild behavior, 16-year-old Lex’s parents ship her off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort for the summer, hoping that a few months of dirty farm work will whip her back into shape. But Uncle Mort’s true occupation is much dirtier than shoveling manure. He’s a Grim Reaper. And he’s going to teach Lex the family business. She quickly assimilates into the peculiar world of Croak, a town populated by reapers who deliver souls from this life to the next.
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Juvenile
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John Dies at the End
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STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things you'll read on these pages, about the sauce, about Korrok, about the invasion, and the future. But it's too late. You touched the book. You're in the game. You're under the eye. The only defense is knowledge. You need to read this book, to the end. Even the part with the bratwurst. Why?
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Vulgar Funny. 4.95 Sale Win.
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I Am Not a Serial Killer
- John Cleaver, Book 1
- By: Dan Wells
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John Wayne Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He's obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn't want to become one. So for his own sake, and the safety of those around him, he lives by rigid rules he's written for himself, practicing normal life as if it were a private religion that could save him from damnation. Dead bodies are normal to John. They don't demand or expect the empathy he's unable to offer. Perhaps that's what gives him the objectivity to recognize that there's something different about the body the police have just found behind the Wash-n-Dry Laundromat - and to appreciate what that difference means.
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WRONG CATEGORY - THIS IS NOT A MYSTERY
- By guy on 02-27-19
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Gone
- Gone Series, Book 1
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In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no Internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened. Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents - unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers - that grow stronger by the day. It's a terrifying new world.
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Please rerelease this book w new narration
- By Kim on 02-12-17
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Merit Badge Murder
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When CIA agent Merry Wrath is "accidently" outted, she's forced her into early retirement, changes her appearance, and moves where no one will ever find her - Iowa. Instead of black bag drops in Bangkok, she now spends her time leading a young Girl Scout troop. But Merry's new simple life turns not-so-simple when an enemy agent shows up dead at scout camp. Suddenly Merry is forced to deal with her former life in order to preserve her future one.
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Enjoyable ex-spy cozy, Sounded familiar
- By Techpotato on 06-13-17
By: Leslie Langtry
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- kyle wray
- 04-25-17
Right in the feels.
This book has its sad moments.
This book has its funny moments.
Some horror and some gore.
But above it all, this book is about a boy and a monster, an unlikely pair to be sure.
You'll laugh.. and to be honest, you might cry. One thing you won't do is want to put this book down. Jeff Strand does it again, he has created something truly amazing. Scott Thomas brings his words to life like no one else really can. If you enjoy this as much as I'm sure you will, try Wolf Hunt 1 and 2 or Pressure. Just be prepared. Like this book, neither author or narrator will let you down lightly.
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- Stewie
- 05-19-23
One of Jeff Strand's best.
I'm a huge fan of Jeff Strand's work, to the point where I don't even bother reading the synopsis because I know he's going to deliver, no matter what the story's about. So I went into DWELLER blind. Holy cow.
Strand's versatility is insane. He can write a heartwarming book like BLISTER, hilarious and bloody comedies like the WOLF HUNT series, outstanding coming-of-age books like AUTUMN BLEEDS INTO WINTER, and everything in between. DWELLER would be a mix of all of these.
Long story short, Toby befriends a monster in the woods. Things, both good and bad, happen. (I'm bad at writing a synopsis, but that's basically the nut of it.)
Man, if you're ready to have your emotions run through the wringer, this is the book for you. You'll be laughing on one page, cringing on another, and ready to cry on the next. There were times I audibly gasped while reading, and I screamed in anger and disbelief at least once. Strand does many things with his writing I love, and one of those at the top of the list is how his characters are both developed and treated. They are realistic and the risks they take have consequences. You, the reader, may not like those consequences, but they feel very real all the same.
Scott Thomas, as usual, is brilliant with his reading. Like I said, I've been on a Strand kick as of late, and Thomas has been the ever-reliable narrator on this journey. He absolutely nails it each and every time, and DWELLER is no exception. I said it in past reviews and I'll say it again, with Thomas narrating, you could literally remove the name in the "NAME said" and you'd know who's talking because Thomas' voices are so diverse. He's so good, it's gotten to the point where I'm looking for *his* work too, just as I would an author's. He brings whatever he's reading to life.
DWELLER is a great listen from top to bottom. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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- Jonathan Von
- 04-11-24
Surprisingly Affecting Boy-And-His-Monster Comedy
An unconventional boy-and-his-monster story in which the pet is the problem. Dweller is a consistently witty and funny comedy about an antisocial misfit who develops a friendship with a fearsome forest monster but there's an unexpected depth. Toby and his monster friend Owen are really just a pair of sad sack screwups who keep accidentally killing people, and it pushes everyone away. Surprisingly, the story isn't just confined to their youthful friendship but Toby grows into a man and we get the sense of how this toxic friendship has affected his life. It soon becomes clear, that Owen the monster symbolizes much more than a hairy, razor-clawed forest beast. Ultimately, this is a story about those jokey guys who are always wisecracking, but you can see in their eyes that something has gone terribly, terribly wrong. Weaves a self-destructive spell on the reader and makes you laugh while leading you into a dark little cave of friendship gone wrong.
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- PattyH
- 06-06-17
Dweller
Not all monster are bad. This story is about an 8 year old who befriends a monster living in the wood by his house.
The book is well written and will keep your interest from the first page to the last.
Scott Thomas is perfect for narrating this book. his voice(s) are good and easy to listen to. I look forward to hearing more of his work
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- Nomi
- 03-09-17
Weird, tense and creepy
I enjoyed Strand's Pressure but this was so much better. Weird, tense, creepy and very sad. Very well written. Great character development. Definitely recommend this one.
The narrator did a good job. Very enjoyable.
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.
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- Jennifer
- 03-15-20
If you like
Big foot like creatures, coming of age stories, rooting for the underdog , stories of love, and friendships in unlikely places then you will love this story. I did. This is one I would definitely come back to and listen to again. I was given this audio in exchange for honest and voluntary review.
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- Eddie Mittelstedt
- 05-11-17
This book broke my heart
I just wrote a review where I stated that books that absolutely move me rarely come along. Well the crow tastes delicious because the very next book I listened to absolutely broke my heart.
What would happen if you gave a complete idiot the task of being responsible for a killing machine? That's the premise of this book. So intense was the main character's stupidity that you had no choice but feel sorry for him, and the entire mess his life became because of a monster. In that sense, my heart broke for this character named Toby. There were so many decisions made where I literally said out loud, "No! Bad idea!" But of course the idiot Toby did it anyway.
Listening to this book is like watching a train wreck. You can't look away and don't want to miss all the gory details. It made me look forward to my commute to and from work, just to see what was the next mess Toby got himself into.
Scott Thomas is an amazing narrator. His mastery of voices complemented the book, and his choice of Toby's voice I think was perfect.
This audio book was gifted to me in exchange for a unbiased review.
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- Oz
- 01-19-19
happy..sad.. everything. ...full spectrum
can't say enough good things about this author and his books ... recommend to all reading this review
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- Tim Froggins
- 07-27-20
This book was too much.
Everything about this book spoke to me, Which is rare for a book. I've never listened to anything like this and I doubt I ever will again.
I'll definitely listen to this again.
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- Bridget Lockwood
- 03-23-20
Original story well performed!
I started listening Sunday night...stayed up til 9 am on Monday to finish. I could not find a stopping point it was so different from what I've read lately.
You follow the life of a man from boyhood to older man...every aspect of his life is affected by this "creature" .
What he does, where he lives and he does some things most any one could identify with even though some are disturbing.
I did fall in love with the "creature" and his reactions to the main character "Toby."
The narration is good, voices of kids are a bit tinny but that's just for the first part of the story.
it's not the average monster story. it kept my interest the entire time! it's definitely worth reading! I intend to read more books by Jeff Strand in hopes they are as good!
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