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The Doll's House

A Short Story

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The Doll's House

By: Lisa Unger
Narrated by: Mia Barron, Kimberly Woods
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A widowed mother, ready to give love another chance, moves into her fiancé’s old family home with her teenage daughter. But as they try to build a future together, the past refuses to let go in this haunting short story from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger.

When Jules first meets the handsome artist Kirin, she’s still mourning her husband’s death, but a fairytale romance soon sweeps her off her feet. Now she and her daughter Scout are moving out of the city and into Kirin’s once-lonely mansion. He’s thoughtfully updated and adapted the home to match their personalities. But Scout is determined to keep her father’s memory alive by rejecting the new life her mother and Kirin have spun for her.

Scout’s sullenness begins to fade, though, when she finds a beautiful handmade doll in one of the many empty rooms in the house. Kirin says that the doll belonged to his late sister and he’d like Scout to have it. Scout’s hopeful for a connection over their shared grief, but as she grows more curious about Kirin’s sister, she can’t escape the feeling that a danger lurks in the house…and its gaze is fixed on her mother.

©2024 by Lisa Unger. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
Domestic Thrillers Psychological Thriller & Suspense Scary Short Story
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Engaging Plot • Intriguing Characters • Effective Dual Pov • Mysterious Twists • Complete Storyline • Emotional Delivery
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I liked listening to this. The characters were interesting. There were some creepy moments. The narrators were good.

Suspenseful

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That was a great short story! The narrators were also great! If you want something quick, I would choose this one.

Creepy!

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Pretty cool. I was pleasantly surprised. Well written and narrated. It’s nice to find a good short story.

So good

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Pretty good For a short story- I recommended this one to my friends who love audio and books !

Doll house

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The performance was engaging. The characters were well thought out. The storyline was twisty and mysterious. The ending was well wrapped up.

The storyline

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. Short and sweet.
Mysterious and creepy.

It alternated between daughter and mother narration.

This almost reminds me of the movie Smart House, or an Alexa with a haunting..

I can’t say much more without spoilers. But this was good!!

This was phenomenal

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This was a great listen. It’s interesting and has much to the imagination!! Get it- it’s free

Narrators- great listen

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I really enjoyed this short story. The characters were easy to follow and the storyline was intriguing. I was glad the end of the story gave closure but still left a hint of mystery.

Very neat plot and eerie twists.

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Usually enjoy Lisa Unger but not this time. The best part of The Doll’s House was the length.

Disappointing

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I believe the most difficult thing to do with a novella is tell a story that feels complete. In The Doll's House, Lisa Unger achieved this in a minimal amount of pages. Told in dual POV from a widowed mother and her daughter, this story gives you characters that you connect with and feel for. You feel their past and you understand their present.

Set in a creepy family estate outside of the city, The Doll's House has Scout and her mother Jules going to live with Jules' new fiancé Kirin, who is a pretty famous doll maker. Their world gets turned upside down from the death of Scout's father to the new man in Jules life. Everyone has a past, but some are a bit more troubled than others.

I really liked the creepy setting and the whole vibe of this short novella. I was immediately drawn to Scout and felt for this teen that was ripped away from everything she knew to come live in a "smart house" world. But nothing sat right for her. And with good reason. The whole vibe of this story was on point and I really enjoyed it. I would've loved to have heard more about the past and even gotten more of "after the fact", but I didn't feel as if I was missing anything. Great characters and good build up of an intense ending. Both narrators were great and captured the two female characters emotions throughout. Perfect read/listen for SpookTober.

Loved it and would've loved more!

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