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The Queen

By: Nick Cutter
Narrated by: Ariel Blake, Zac Aleman, Corey Brill, Pete Simonelli
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“One of the hottest horror authors on the planet” (Paste) and writer of the #HorrorBookTok sensation The Troop returns with a heart-pounding novel of terror about a young woman searching for her missing friend and uncovering a shocking truth.

On a sunny morning in June, Margaret Carpenter wakes up to find a new iPhone on her doorstep. She switches it on to find a text from her best friend, Charity Atwater. The problem is, Charity’s been missing for over a month. Most people in town—even the police—think she’s dead.

Margaret and Charity have been lifelong friends. They share everything, know the most intimate details about one another…except for the destructive secret hidden from them both. A secret that will trigger a chain of events ending in tragedy, bloodshed, and death. And now Charity wants Margaret to know her story—the real story. In a narrative that takes place over one feverish day, Margaret follows a series of increasingly disquieting breadcrumbs as she forges deeper into the mystery of her best friend—a person she never truly knew at all…

©2024 Nick Cutter (P)2024 Simon & Schuster Audio
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Interview: With "The Queen," Nick Cutter has mastered the art of creepy-crawly horror

'Writing from the villain's perspective... is quite liberating and quite fun.'
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Enthralling

Really compelling story and characters. Horrifying imagery. Part Carrie, part Aliens, part The Fly, part Rivers Edge.

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Yikes. Boring and forgettable.

I’ve read half a dozen of Cutter’s books and I mostly enjoyed them (The Deep being very good imo) so I pre ordered this one.
Wished I hadn’t.
It’s mostly the whining of a chubby high school girl mixed with oddly specific analogies.
None of the characters were well developed so I didn’t care about any of them. The bad guy was lame and the premise was silly and boring.
I made it all the way through but just barely. It got to the point that I kinda stopped listening and would just periodically check to see if it was almost done.
The female voice actor I find annoying. Her girl voices are always shaky and victim-like or just whining.
Her male voices are caricatures that sound nothing like how men sound.
Skip this one… it’s not scary, not fun, not believable and not worth a credit.

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He once again horrifies and grosses me out on another level. Amazing.

Cutter has such a way with throwing me into the book. The book is grotesque and terrifying almost as much as the troop. I dare to say worse. It is a beautifully executed story and has me starting again to see what I had missed through the words.

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Lots of bugs .

I like Cutter a lot and I love his work with bugs and body horror. I myself am a little bored of teenaged girl horror tropes. There’s moments of mean girls , Carrie , Jennifer’s body in here that just feels a little done but the villain is evil creepy crawly fun.

This book is a bit too rapey for teenagers to be the focal point. But Cutter is overall still an author I seek out of the grossest horror that leaves me thinking about scenes from each one of his works. This is the grossest yet I think, and that’s a compliment.

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awesome

another astounding read from nick cutter! this is my 4th book of his that I've read. he does body horror so frigging well. couldn't put it down.

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Creepy

Nick does it again with things that go bump in the night.
then they burrow under the skin and live there.
Great narrator brilliant author.
Highly recommend

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NICK CUTTER does it again!

I’m always sad when I get to the end, not from the story but I not wanting it to end! Seriously, I can’t find many authors like him!

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Fun but Not his best work

Fun read but definitely far from his best. Derivative of his other work and felt like a retelling of Species (movie and book) Cutter definitely has got a real fixation on bugs/parasites haha

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I gagged during the prologue. 10/10 horror.

Good listen, well narrated, and Cutter is as good as always. Extra shout out for writing teen girls that I believed and empathized with!

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Terrible voice actor.

It was hard getting through the audio book due to the cringey voice acting. Otherwise, it is the quality you would expect from Nick Cutter.

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