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Lost Boys

By: Orson Scott Card
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Step Fletcher, his pregnant wife DeAnne, and their three children move to Steuben, North Carolina, with high hopes. But Step's new job with a software company turns out to be a snake pit, and 8-year-old Stevie's school is worse. As Stevie retreats into himself, focusing more and more on a mysterious computer game and a growing troop of imaginary friends, the Fletchers' concern turns to terror. Young boys, whose names match a list of Stevie's nonexistent friends, have mysteriously vanished from Steuben. And as evil strikes out from the most trusted corners, it's suddenly clear that Stevie is next on the list.

©1992 Orson Scott Card (P)2004 Blackstone Audiobooks Family Life Fantasy Genre Fiction Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Fiction Paranormal Mormon

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"Card skillfully uses terror as a background to everyday family life. For Stephen King fans and those who like their suspense mixed with the supernatural." ( Library Journal)
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I've never cried at an audiobook before, but this one really got to me.

A family relocate to enable the father to work at a computer firm, the mother is expecting their fourth child and the eldest, aged seven is finding it difficult readjusting. I didn't know a lot about Mormons or religion for that matter, but this book describes the religion and doesn't shove it in your face as if trying to convert you.

The family is so close and willing to believe and help each other that you are rooting for them throughout, but you can't help but think something bad is going to happen.

BRILLIANT

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I am a great fan of Orson Scott card and he his near the top of my personal list of favourite (living) authors but this novel is not one of his greatest but still a highly enjoyable listen.

It is difficult describe what classification to put on this novel in because it is not simply a Science Fantasy as catalogued but it neither is it a crime thriller, ghost story or a moral values insight novel like to kill a Mocking Bird but it as elements of all of these.

At its core is a Mormon Family and how they hold their family and religious convictions together against a slowly tightening noose of evil influences. The characters are introduced like the current in a long winding river, some lead you into small eddies that go nowhere, others into small whirlpools that disorientate you and yet others feed out small tributaries the sweep you faster towards your final destination.

Lost Boys

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I think if I was living with parents like that, I'd run away from home! It would drive me crazy! They over reacted to the stupidest things in my opinion, and seemed to take a lot of things very seriously. I also didn't like the sexist way Step was at times, and De-Anne's over reactions to things which seem to be nothing. Nothing against the Morman religion of course, but if that's how men are, and women just seem to react irrationally, then I certainly couldn't do it. I'm not sure why we were given over 15 hours of family life, before the actual serious things started to happen. The narrator does this book credit, considering not much happens for a very long time.

Not very impressed at all.

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I downloaded this audio book free with my membership and at the same time as few others late one night. Weeks later I begin listening and had forgot the reason I'd picked it.
After 10 minutes I was very intrigued and decided to continue without rereading the blurb.
I was completely drawn in. Unsure where the story was going but fascinated to find out. I'm not a particularly religious person but everything about this man and his family had me hooked, wanting to get back to work so I could continue listening and find out what was going to happen next.
I loved everything about it, highly recommend it and it's in the top 10 of my audio book reads.
And I've listened to a lot.

Brilliant

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I've listened (and read) Lost Boys twice. At first I was enthralled with the story and recommended it to a relative. We started listening to it together (my second listening) and all the time I kept saying, 'in the next chapter you'll be hooked.' Then I realised the chapter that hooks you appears after you've 'read' 75% of the book. From that point on the narrative is an emotional roller coaster and on both listenings I've choked-up.

There were discrepancies between my hard copy and the audio version and I think Card has done some revisions (My hard copy is rather old). Much of the book deals with early computer systems, the names which I remember, and this in itself was interesting. However, the actually book's synopsis paints a description of 'lurking terror,' 'danger' and suspense but these are never fully exploited.

The book has the most captivating opening, as memorable as Wyndham's, Day of the Triffids, but then you have a long wait flitting between rather mundane family life and computer 'stuff' before the roller-coaster begins.

However, the final 25% of the story are well worth the wait! In retrospect, I think much of the middle material could be removed and those elements not really exploited could be revamped. It is though this is a novel still in the making and as a Card fan I can't believe I'm being so critical.

Stefan Rudnicki is one of my favourite narrators and I think he does the book credit.

Without doubt, the last 25% is worthy of five stars but other than the opening, the middle pulls the overall mark down.

Despite this, I still feel the experience was worthwhile and would recommend listening to it.

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