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Shelter
- A Gripping Suspense Thriller
- Narrated by: J. Bruce McRell
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
Gabriel, a devoted single father, seeks a haven for his daughter, Anne, during a raging blizzard. They stumble upon a state-of-the-art smart home, a beacon of hope. But what begins as a refuge turns into a nightmare when the house locks them in, its sophisticated technology refusing to release them.
Desperate to save Anne, Gabriel faces an unyielding foe—this high-tech fortress. His goal is simple: escape. Yet, with each thwarted attempt, their predicament worsens. Trapped inside without sustenance, the looming threat of starvation and dehydration becomes more menacing.The house's sinister intent becomes evident, tightening its grip on them. Gabriel races against time, unraveling the home's dark secrets, fighting not just for escape, but for their very survival. Failure means a grim fate—death within the confines of this technological prison.Join Gabriel in 'Shelter,' a riveting psychological suspense thriller, where a father's love confronts an unrelenting adversary. Can he decipher the house's twisted game and secure Anne's safety before their hope dwindles into the chilling embrace of the unknown?
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- Norma Miles
- 21-11-19
A pretty little thing
The premise behind Shelter is excellent but, sadly, the execution almost totally negates the impact of the story and it certainly fails to live up to the 'gripping suspense' part of the subtitle.
Some thirteen years prior to the main events of the novel, the home of millionaire Jake Pryor was invaded whilst he was out by two men dressed in black who raped and murdered his wife and killed his teenager daughter, Georgie, when she was knocked down the stairs. This incident nearly destroyed Jake who blamed himself: the gun he'd purchased and left in the safe for just such circumstances was one with super childproofing aspects and, because of these, in her terror his wife had been unable to defend herself from her assailant despite having the gun in hand, pointed and fired at him: to no avail the safety aspect stopped the gun from firing. Later, re.arrived and with young twin children, he has a house built for his new family which is n not only remote but gifted with the highest security systems available, including notifications of intrusion and camera observation, and remote control of the system including the activation of a vault lockdown in time of emergency. Unfortunately, before the new home is fully finished and Jake and new family are holidaying in Paris, an unemployed single father arriving in the area for a job interview, with his young, deaf daughter, have an accident in the blizzard which arrived unexpectedly and take shelter in the empty house with predictable (to the reader) results.
Rather like this review, the book rambles on for over half the content before reaching the awaited adventure - the house, the lock in, and the survival, if that is going to happen. Setting a scene and building character is fine but does the reader really need to know all of the sweets and snacks young Anne wants to buy, or every item of clothing in their wardrobes - OK, an exageration, but it did begin to feel like that. There was also constant repetition about teenage angst, mixed with too much doting sentimentality, all seemingly to deliberately delay getting to the actual advertised adventure part of the story. The book needed serious editing and pruning. This should have been a tense, near horror experience, so needed to be sharp in presentation not just meander ever onwards. And, although it is more difficult to fault language usage when read by a decent narrator, it is difficult to overlook such uncorrected as a man 'laying' on the floor - laying what? Eggs?
There is certainly promise in this author's work: the story idea was clever, the characters well thought out, even if poorly delivered, and the addition of a young, deaf girl as one of the main protagonists was a welcome and clever addition. But the writing style badly needs work. A good exercise would be to trim and rewrite this as a short story, maintaining only the essentials, much more difficult than rambling for short novel length but with far greater impact if done well. Narrator J.Bruce McRell has a pleasant voice, fairly deep and rounded, and he reads well, with empathy. However, in the earlier part of the story, he has a song song cadence which is somewhat disconcerting after a whi!e. Fortunately, this does not persist throughout and his performance is otherwise good.
It is never pleasant to give reviews which are less than praiseworthy. But the expectations established with the given synopsis were met, but only after a long haul struggle through too much domestic tedium. My thanks to the rights holder of Shelter, who, at my request, freely gifted me with a complimentary copy via Story Origin. Despite the obvious promise shown, this is not a book I would recomment: best wait for the revised edition.
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- ChaosKay
- 13-11-19
From one hell to another.
I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.
Gabriel and his 10 year old Daughter are on a journey to new beginnings when they are in a car accident .
They find a house in the woods and seek shelter and that’s where their horror starts , will they escape ?
Edge of the seat listening!
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- Debbie McLean
- 22-03-20
fantastic
what a great novel and I love the fact that one of the main characters is a deaf girl.
it was a fantastic listen with wonderful narrative to go with a well written book xxx
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- Helen
- 22-08-19
great story
They managed to escape the storm, but will they escape their shelter?
I enjoyed this book from start to finish
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