Preview

Prime logo Prime members: New to Audible?
Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Outside

By: Ragnar Jónasson
Narrated by: Carla Harrison-Hodge, Eleanor Jackson, Gil Sullivan, Jamie Maclachlan, Reice Weathers
Try for $0.00

$14.95/month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $14.99

Buy for $14.99

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

With two million copies of his books sold worldwide, "world-class crime writer" (The Sunday Times, UK) Ragnar Jónasson brings us a chilling new standalone thriller with Outside.

Four friends. One night. Not everyone will come out alive . . .

When a deadly snowstorm strikes the Icelandic highlands, four friends seek shelter in a small, abandoned hunting lodge.

It is in the middle of nowhere and there's no way of communicating with the outside world.

They are isolated, but they are not alone . . .

As the night darkens, and fears intensify, an old tragedy gradually surfaces—one that forever changed the course of their friendship.

Those dark memories could hold the key to the mystery the friends now find themselves in.

And whether they will survive until morning . . .

A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books

©2022 Ragnar Jonasson (P)2022 Macmillan Audio
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about Outside

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    10
  • 4 Stars
    9
  • 3 Stars
    12
  • 2 Stars
    11
  • 1 Stars
    3
Performance
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    15
  • 4 Stars
    11
  • 3 Stars
    10
  • 2 Stars
    4
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    11
  • 4 Stars
    5
  • 3 Stars
    9
  • 2 Stars
    11
  • 1 Stars
    5

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Good twists, no problem with the ending

I enjoyed this one with a few reservations. Interesting locale and set-up, good plot twists. I read criticisms of the ending as abrupt, but I thought it was fine. I think the narration of the last line left something to be desired (in timing and emphasis) and made it more abrupt than it would be in print.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Good performance, terrible story

Listen to this if you enjoy stories with incompetent characters that are entirely unlikeable. The ending is predictable and the suspense is tainted by totally illogical actions by our least favorite characters.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

what?

Bad writing and bad pronunciation as in 'Schadenfreude' . That is embarrassing. The man in the corner. Did anybody ever talk to him? Weird book. Would not recommend it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Too slow, I can’t finish.

I tried listening to this and starting over. I normally love this author. This one didn’t click for me.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Story was unfinished.

The author was busy so he stopped the story. Felt disappointed. None of the characters were even like able. No one to root for.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Disappointing

Have read Ragnar's other titles and was anticipating a similar satisfying experience. Even though this was an audible format, am likely to have had the same reaction to the printed material. I did not finish this.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Denouement left a lot to be desired....

I like books where the characters act reasonably - where their actions make sense. I found the ending of this book to be contrived with the characters thinking and acting irrationally, only in a way for the author to reach he desired conclusion. Just didn't do it for me.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

I always wish his books were longer!
Because they are just soooo good.
This was an exceptionally well written mystery that has elements of suspense, isolation, paranoia, struggles with the natural world, internal conflict as well as conflict gone unresolved for far too long among friends who’ve know each other for years.
The other fantastic aspect of this one is that I never came close to predicted “who did it” or “what’s the real story behind the story?” Which I can almost always predict as I am an avid reader of this particular genre.
I never saw this coming, I never guessed the who or the why of it and I truly love when that happens.
Thank you RJ for yet another beautifully written book with well developed characters and creepy undertones that one can’t quite put a finger on all the way through.
The narration was also exceptional.
This is a true 5 ✨experience from the first page to the last.
Highly recommended.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Poposterous

This book was awful all around with awful characters and no plot. I was so dissatisfied and disappointed. 😞

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!