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    Come Closer
    Come Closer
    Come Closer
    Audiobook3 hours

    Come Closer

    Written by Sara Gran

    Narrated by Julie McKay

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    About this audiobook

    A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that's replaced by obscene insults. Amanda-a successful architect in a happy marriage-finds her life going off kilter by degrees. She starts smoking again, and one night for no reason, without even the knowledge that she's doing it, she burns her husband with a cigarette. At night she dreams of a beautiful woman with pointed teeth on the shore of a blood-red sea.

    The new voice in Amanda's head, the one that tells her to steal things and talk to strange men in bars, is strange and frightening, and Amanda struggles to wrest back control of her life. Is she possessed by a demon, or is she simply insane?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 31, 2020
    ISBN9781541435506
    Come Closer
    Author

    Sara Gran

    Sara Gran is the author of Saturn’s Return to New York, Come Closer, Dope, as well as two previous novels featuring Claire DeWitt. Her work has been published in more than a dozen countries. Born in Brooklyn, Sara lived in New York City until 2004. She now lives in Los Angeles and has a successful career writing for television.

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    • 5/5
      WOW! So much creepy thrilling horrifying vibes! I love it!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
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      ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

      This book was very good. It kinda just jumped into it. Wasn't a long wait to see what happens. SPOILER ALERT... THE DOG DOES NOT DIE!


      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      Loved it. Started off slow but really picks up at the end.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Audiobook is the best way to experience this book. Quick, engaging, some nasty stuff without being gorey. Loved it....it's a short story, worth every minute

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      The performance was really good, but the story lacked tension past the first few chapters. If you want a story with a slow, creeping sense of dread, of an unreliable narrator further losing their grip on reality, read The Haunting of Hill House. If you want an unsettling possession story, read the Exorcist. This is a good story to listen to while at the beach, typing at work, or passing the time, but it never seems to realize its horrific potential.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Very strange story! If you love horror fiction, this is a short story for you!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️5 star read! Love the POVS, the atmosphere, the build up, the characters. The last 10pages ??? I’ll for sure be rereading super soon.
    • 2/5
      A quick easy novella that kept my attention, but was extremely tropey and predictable. If you haven't read or watched much horror this would make a great introduction to the genre.
    • 1/5
      Predictable and formulaic….a one size fits all demonic possession story.
    • 2/5
      This was on a most disturbing books list, and I’m disappointed, honestly
    • 3/5
      Kind of boring. Writing and story was fine. Just could have used more.
    • 5/5
      Dang this story was sad for the main character. Not tears sad just...frustrated for her sad.
    • 5/5
      I love the story! the ending pretty sad and the narrator did a good job
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed a new take on a possession story. I look forward to reading other titles from this author.
    • 4/5
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      Wow!!!!!!

      So she was a little crazy to laugh this shit off. I'm not even religious (anymore) and I would have been running to my nearest spiritualist or priest. It sucks because it literally ruined her life. Successful career, job . . . just ruined. But see, the first sign of me losing control would have triggered me.

      This was creepy but good.

      3.5 stars
    • 5/5
      Quick, easy listen. Descriptive writing that is very relatable. Couldn't stop listening once I started.
    • 3/5
      It was ok. It was missing something to make it better
    • 5/5
      Wow! Why did I wait so long for this one? I heard mixed reviews but I loved it. Best possession story ever
    • 5/5
      Well written and a very fun read. Please read this
    • 3/5
      Very well written, but a formulaic plot. I’d definitely be interested in her other books
    • 4/5
      It was an okay book. I was actually a little disappointed. It wasn’t that scary.
    • 1/5
      would have been a good read if it werent for the homophobic comments randomly thrown in there

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      I couldn't get past the juvenile homophobia in the first 2 pages.

      1 person found this helpful