The Third Floor

Even though the writer seemed to jump scenes prematurely I was enthralled with this book. As a reader I found myself having a "movie" like experience.

The narrator did throw me off at first, but I adjusted rather quiclky and enjoyed it.

My favoriate scene was when the ghost child climbes into the bed with Liz and askes "why did my daddy kill me?".

Well told. Really creepy, but not heavy-handed. The creepiest parts are when the family isn't quite sure what's going on. One of my favorite parts about this book is Moore's inspiration. He writes that this story is based on experiences he had in one of his childhood homes. Sure, this is fiction and obviously fleshed out to be a complete haunted house story, but thinking about some of the things that Joey (the child) saw and heard as coming from the author's memory gives this an added level of fright for the reader.

I haven't read the print version, but the audio version was excellent. Having a narrator really adds to the story because it sets a tone, which print novels can't do. Additionally, this narrator was really good at creating a vision in your mind. The story was really good - I love the suspense and the wonder that the story builds.

I can't really identify just one thing. I think it is worth listening to because it's was an all-around good story.

The one with the house (again, I can't really pick a favorite - it wouldn't be fair because it's just too good).

I didn't laugh or cry, but I found myself wrapped up in it and it was hard to stop listening. I would listen on the train, before bed, at lunch, and when walking. Really enjoyable.

I'll be looking for more from this author and this narrator!

The narrator did a great job with the voices for each character. Made it easy to follow. kept my attention at max!

I love ghost/scary/thriller stories. This one did not disappoint. Chilling.

I always love when the characters hear/see the first signs of a ghost presence. When Jack thinks someone using the bathroom and closing the door when no one was. When Liz feels someone laying next to her, when no one was there. All the thumping from the 3rd floor. Don't want to give too much away, but a very good job of building suspense:)

Joey. Always more frightening through the eyes of a child.

This will get me more into audio books for sure:)

It's not that this was a terrible story, it just wasn't a very good one and certainly not a particularly fresh or well-told one.

I can see that other people loved it, but I felt it dragged, pace-wise. And if I read another horror story where the conflict centers around a couple where the husband keeps flatly denying there is anything supernatural going on, for 5 hours, I'm going to scream.

That particular plot device has worn very thin with me.

Yes and will, it was a good book! I can't wait till he writes another.

How the step mother loved Joey

getting out of the House

Yea!

Best? Every four minutes people awoke from adult naps having vague nightmares about ghosts. Worst? So much peeing.

Larger bladders for protagonists. Less weird lisping from narrator when doing #ladyvoices

THhhhhhhhibilenthe! BABY VOICE!

If you're looking for a book about a family that naps and pees just allllll the time and is ready for ghosts to take advantage of their hypersomnia and lack of foresight at bed time, this is the book for you.

The Third Floor is a prototypical haunted house story. Family moves to a new town with a local reputation for unexplainable phenomena. The house the family moves into tortures and haunts the family because of its sordid past. It's by no means a new story, but it's interesting and well told and since every story has been told before, all we can ask of our authors is to retell the story better and/or more interestingly than others who've come before and I think Moore does a really good job. Tiedemann does an excellent job of contributing to the creepy vibe of the story and infuses excellent vocalizations to the various characters you grow to identify with in the story.

Let the home buyer beware...of ghosts!

The narrator was really good at doing the different voices in this story and that made it better for me. I also like the story it sounded like it would be a really good movie although I could predict some of the things that were going to happen it was still a very good story

This is a decent horror story but definitely on the tame side. What I mean is, it will entertain you, but probably not keep you up at night or have you checking under the bed.