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Playlist for the Dead

By: Michelle Falkoff
Narrated by: Davis Brooks
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Here's what Sam knows: There was a party. There was a fight. The next morning, his best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs, and a suicide note:

For Sam – listen and you'll understand.

Here's what Sam knows: There was a party. There was a fight. The next morning, his best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs, and a suicide note: For Sam – listen and you'll understand.

As he listens to song after song, Sam tries to face up to what happened the night Hayden killed himself. But it's only by taking out his earbuds and opening his eyes to the people around him that he will finally be able to piece together his best friend’s story. And maybe have a chance to change his own.

Part mystery, part love story, and part coming-of-age tale in the vein of Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Playlist for the Dead is an honest and gut-wrenching first novel about loss, rage, what it feels like to outgrow a friendship that's always defined you – and the struggle to redefine yourself.

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The narrator was perfect. The perspective truthful and the story one I will never forget.

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The performance by the narrator was pretty good and made the book overall enjoyable to listen to and would recommend. The story itself was ok, I really liked the concept of the playlist but felt the story got a bit predictable towards the end so some revelations felt less impactful.

A good listen overall

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