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    The Nightmare Room
    The Nightmare Room
    The Nightmare Room
    Audiobook6 hours

    The Nightmare Room

    Written by Chris Sorensen

    Narrated by Chris Sorensen

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    About this audiobook

    New York audiobook narrator Peter Larson and his wife Hannah head to his hometown of Maple City to help Peter's ailing father and to put a recent tragedy behind them. Though the small, Midwestern town seems the idyllic place to start afresh, Peter and Hannah will soon learn that evil currents flow beneath its surface.

    They move into an old farmhouse on the outskirts of town-a house purchased by Peter's father at auction and kept secret until now-and start to settle into their new life.

    But as Peter sets up his recording studio in a small basement room, disturbing things begin to occur-mysterious voices haunt audio tracks, malevolent shadows creep about the house. And when an insidious presence emerges from the woodwork, Peter must face old demons in order to save his family and himself.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMay 29, 2018
    ISBN9781977384720
    The Nightmare Room

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    • 3/5
      (No spoilers.) Overall, the book is OK. A slow first third to set the characters, but the pace picked up thereafter. Finale was interesting though not explosive. The book was generally not scary to me though I must say it's not that easy to scare the listener/reader with audiobook and print formats. The author is also the narrator and the narration is great. I'm not anxious to pick up the second in the series; at least not yet.

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    • 4/5
      Different story line with nice twists narrator a bit lacking

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    • 4/5
      Well now.. that took a twist. Nicely done at the end. Didnt see it coming.

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    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book. I dropped a star because it should have been a little longer and more fleshed out. I like the descriptions of the small town and its inhabitants. The prickly psychic was a great character. A great narration from the author.

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    • 4/5
      This is a good narrator and well-recorded. It's also a nice, small story.

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    • 3/5
      I believe this was my first Sorensen book. I had high hopes but they were quickly dashed with the slow pace. The first half of the book was sad and dull. The second half does pick up a little steam but not enough to save this book for me. There is a part 2 but I highly doubt that I will read it.

      In all fairness to the book I was reading several things at the same time. The other books I was reading was very fast paced and had me on the edge of my seat. But then when I would come back to this book I would either nod off to sleep or my mind would wander altogether.

      Overall it wasn't a bad book but it just wasn't the book for me.

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    • 3/5
      Kept me entertained while I was doing some renovations. Story isn't the most original or outstanding but ok.

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    • 5/5
      This was so much creepier than I expected. Author does a great job as the narrator

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    • 5/5
      This was great! A nice balance of creepy and heartfelt.

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    • 4/5
      Review copyAt its heart, The Nightmare Room (The Messy Man Series Book 1) is a ghost story and a very good one to boot.Here's a killer opening line for you..."The boy woke to the sound of his screams."The back story is that of an abused child, but part of the mystery is the child's identity."He hesitated...but why? He'd already made this run two times this week. Both Monday and Thursday, he's awakened screaming, bringing down the Old Man's wrath, and sending him here. To the penalty box. To time out. To the Night—"Peter and Hannah Larson are moving back to Peter's hometown. With his mother passed and his father moving into a Nursing home, the plan was to take up residence in the family homestead, but when they arrive they find that the property has been promised to the home to help pay for his father's care. But there is an older property owned by Peter's father."...this was every house in every horror movie he'd ever seen."Peter makes his living reading audio books and after he sets up his sound booth in the basement of the property, the fun begins."'I saw something,' he said, laughing maniacally inside because he hadn't seen something, he had seen many many things, each more horrifying than the last. 'Inside, I saw something.'"Suitably creepy, with plenty of "Oh, WOW!" moments. The author has a knack for chapter cliff-hangers that make you want to start reading the next chapter immediately. I loved the way Sorensen developed and moved his characters through the story. One character, Ellen, a sort of psychic/paranormal investigator was absolutely wonderful as was Peter's childhood friend, Riggs, owner/manager of the local watering hole.A comfortable if not comforting read. Little touches, universals, make reading this book a pleasure, but at the same time, the author is creating a sense of unease.Although I was a bit thrown by the ending, I'm hoping for some clarification in book 2 of The Messy Man series.Chris Sorensen is a relatively new author, although he's been telling other's stories as an audiobook reader for years now. His own work is well worth reading. I finished reading this book the same week I saw Winchester in the theater. Of the two ghost stories. I much preferred The Nightmare Room (The Messy Man Series - Book 1)Recommended.The Nightmare Room (The Messy Man Series Book 1) is published by Harmful Monkey Press and is available in both paperback and Kindle formats. If you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited you can read it at no additional charge. Also, if you are an Amazon Prime member you can read it for FREE using the Kindle Owners Lending Library.From the author's bio - Chris Sorensen spends many days and nights locked away inside his own nightmare room, having narrated over 200 audiobooks (including the award-winning Missing series by Margaret Peterson Haddix ). He is the recipient of three AudioFile Earphone Awards, and AudioFile singled out his performance of Sent as one of the ‘Best Audiobooks of 2010.’ The Butte Theater and Thin Air Theatre Company of Cripple Creek, Colorado have produced dozens of his plays including Dr. Jekyll’s Medicine Show, Werewolves of Poverty Gulch, and The Vampire of Cripple Creek. He is the author of the middle-grade book The Mad Scientists of New Jersey and has written numerous screenplays including Suckerville, Bee Tornado and The Roswell Project.