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Hex

By: Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Publisher's summary

“This is totally, brilliantly original.”—Stephen King

“HEX is creepy and gripping and original, sure to be one of the top horror novels of 2016.”—George R.R. Martin

The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt—a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watch

Whoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves.

Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear.

The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into dark, medieval practices of the distant past.

This chilling audiobook heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in mainstream horror and dark fantasy.

©2013, 2016 Thomas Olde Heulvelt, Nancy Forest-Flier (P)2016 Macmillan Audio
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Just not what I expected

I found the narrator to be pretty annoying, especially in the way he portrayed the female characters. The story itself was different from the usual horror novels. Hated the ending.

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In Stitches

This paranormal story starts you off with the unusual.Just when you are thinking they are talking about someone’s grandma it is in fact the creepy town witch.A town gone crazy and barbaric by the idea of the witches curse,in trying to prevent a backlash of her malice they end up making things worse.Putting too much emphasis and effort in avoiding the witches wrath,the witch gets her revenge on the town,a revenge of the townspeople’s own making.One bad apple can ruin an entire pie.

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Twisted

I enjoyed the book until about the last quarter. To avoid spoiling anything, the only comment I will say, the premise is great but the ending was not what I thought it would be.

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Truly original horror tale

Gifted writer with a unique story of witches and a haunting. Could pass for American fiction, no small accomplishment

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Stop Whispering

Stop the damn Whispering. great story. great voices. The whispering sucks. Just talk in normal voice. you can do that and not be mono toned. volume changes to hear the whisper and then it is loud.

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Beautiful story, terrible recording.

This book took my breath away so many times - every time it peeled back the veneer of human civility to reveal the raw irrational emotions that lie beneath. Gripping, terrifying, and devastating from beginning to end.

Unfortunately Jeff Harding did a poor job performing most of the story. His voice was so nasal and grating I repeatedly wanted to stop listening even in the most gripping parts of the story. Particularly infuriating were his offensive portrayals of the women in the story - not one portrayed with sympathy or believability. All of his women's voices were shrill, fake sounding and nagging. His over the top mockery of all the female characters makes it almost impossible to sympathize with any of them. I really hope somebody else records this book - it deserves a far better performer.

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pretty good story

I really really wanted to like this. by the end, I think I actually did. however, the narration was extremely distracting. it almost ruined the book for me. I would have enjoyed this story more if I had read it.

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Original story idea

This is the most original story I have heard in a long time! Great book, and the narrator was perfect for it.

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Enjoyable

Almost stayed away from this one bc of other reviews talking about how terrible the narrator was. While not terrible I wouldn’t say he was good either. Sometimes his voice can be grating but a lot of those times it’s characters you don’t really like anyway. I was very engaged for almost the whole story. It does tend to get repetitive but I was invested. I would only recommend this book to someone that specifically wants a witch story. It’s an interesting take on it and I found myself enjoying it even though witches aren’t something I’m usually interested in.

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Great concept but..

The narrator is so awful it’s cringey. Every women sounds the same, whiney. Every man sounds like some old cowboy. It’s really hard to listen to. I think I should’ve read this one on paperback. But the concept is really really good. Very clever. About three hours too long though. We get it, they’re seeing terrible things and people are screaming. Too much talking about what they’re envisioning and not enough action. You feel like you’re stuck in tar waiting for something to happen, had to just turn it off a few times. But overall, worth it.

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