Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
The Grownup
- Narrated by: Julia Whelan
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
99p for the first 3 months
The Grownup
Buy Now for £3.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
Summary
The Edgar-winning short story from the author of Gone Girl.
A young woman is making a living, faking it as a cut-price psychic working at Spiritual Palms (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage - mostly by telling people what they want to hear.
But then she meets Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15-year-old stepson, Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor, built in 1893. Susan has become convinced that some malevolent spirit is inhabiting their home and taking possession of the stepson. She has even found trickles of blood on the wall.
The young woman doesn't believe in exorcism or the supernatural, but she does see an opportunity to make a lot of money. However, when she enters the house for the first time and meets Miles, she begins to feel it, too, as if the very house is watching her, waiting, biding its time....
'The Grownup', which originally appeared as 'What Do You Do' in George R. R. Martin's Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world's most original and skilled voices in fiction.
More from the same
Author
Narrator
What listeners say about The Grownup
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Mrs S.
- 14-11-15
Unsettling
Lots of twists and turns, read in such a matter of fact way that you are drawn into the story because it becomes more plausible, let's face it who hasn't wondered at some point which person is telling the truth and which a lie. Very flippant on the surface, but so very unsettling underneath and no gore, it's all simply implied. The very best sort of psychological thriller !
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
- leigh.victoria
- 24-05-16
great
Great story only wish it wasn't so short. I felt she could have made it last longer.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- E. Ordish
- 31-05-16
Only negative- I want more!!
This was excellently performed by Julia Whelan and I must say I was very impressed by her clear differences in each character's voice. She is particularly very good at young children's voices even though she only had very little to say as that character.
Gillian Flynn naturally took me by surprise. He always does. Fantastic author, hooking story and very well written. Everything believable. And once again, powerful female characters which is a nice change when looking at most decent thrillers.
As I said in the title, I just wanted more!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- AmazonWoman
- 14-10-17
narrator was perfect for the story.
Really liked the story. I just wish it was longer. felt it was unfinished. It left me wanting more.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- ula
- 12-11-15
Short but sweet!
Dark, twisted and funny! A great listen for fans of Flynns 'Dark Places'. Highly recommended.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 14-01-24
Nothing matters
Great character, well performed but by the end you feel like nothing in the first half mattered.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- 08Brown
- 27-06-17
Just WOW
Why is this not a full length book? Amazingly captivating and full of detail, I couldn't stop listening even for a minute. one of my favourites.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story2 out of 5 stars
- michaela scott jackson
- 06-07-23
Too short!
Failed to check the length of this audio as went on reviews of good thrillers for ‘23.
Started well but became too rushed , almost like the synopsis for the book was the whole story.
Can’t believe I used a full credit but my bad. Disappointing!
Narrator was good though.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Justine Powell
- 20-12-15
Very good but a little hurried
I very much enjoy Gillian Flynn's work but there were just too many twists in the last section of the book. They were all good, but I would've enjoyed more time being spent on each.
An excellent novella nonetheless.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- don't bother playing it was awful
- 14-07-20
Short gripping story.
This will leave you hanging until the last word. Great narrator, loved every seconds of it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful