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Small Spaces
- Narrated by: Renee Dorian
- Series: Small Spaces Quartet, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Action & Adventure
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Critic reviews
- A Kirkus Best Book of 2018
- Middle-Grade A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018
- Middle-Grade A Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books of 2018
- An Amazon Best Book - October 2018
“Atmospheric horror at its best. Chillingly tender.” (Kirkus, starred review)
“With a tantalizing pace and palpable suspense, all nicely grounded in realistic emotions, this well-wrought spine-tingler is destined to be a hit (just makes sure the lights stay on).” (Booklist, starred review)
“Riveting…The story moves at a good pace with just enough clues to keep the reader intrigued and guessing.” (School Library Connection, starred review)
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- Dove
- 07-07-20
Creepy
Its 1.30am and ive just finished listening to this story, i listened to it in one sitting, as tired as i am i just couldnt stop listening.
This book isnt just for kids, im 36! Im not sure what age id let my kids hear this but it depends how sensitive and jumpy they are. The story isnt gory but has suspense and is dam creepy.
I found the story intriguing. Ive never heard of the smiling man story before but ive read in other reviews it is well known in the us.
For a shorter story it was fast paced and had alot of detail. She really does have a gift with story telling.
The main characters were likeable especially the main one 'Ollie', her personal development throughout the story was great.
Although i did like 'Coco' i found her a little much at times but thats just because i dont have the energy to tolerate enthusiastic girly girls. But she was a sweet character and i was pleased with how her character grew throughout.
I liked the narrator alot and hope she reads the other books (i read there will be 4 in total).
I did feel a little of an anti climax at the end of the story as i did with her last book in the Winternight Trilogy, and i feel like im repeating my self when i reviewed her last book. Im not sure if its me but i feel she has such a strong beginning and middle her endings lack the same quality. I was really creeped out by this story until i got close to the end and something changed for me, but i cant put my finger on it. Hence the 4 stars.
But all in all i enjoyed it and It will be a story id return to again perhaps around Halloween to get my Creepy fix.
Looking forward to book 2 'Dead Voices' tomorrow!
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- Erin McGuigan
- 16-05-21
This book is the best
Literally my fav book ever thank you for writing this! Soo fricken good the other two books are insanely good too.
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- philip
- 27-01-21
A great read
A great story. I wanted to read it before reading it to my kids and I loved it. I think they will love it too. A real page turner and very well written
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- Christian Beck
- 22-06-20
Warning - Young Adult Novel
Maybe I missed it in the description, but I had no idea this was a YA novel (guessing for 6th graders). I knew it centered around kids, but so does a lot of Stephen King. That being said, I listened to it and it was good story performed well, I just wasn’t the target audience. I recommend for a family road trip to make the time fly by.
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- Robert
- 02-10-18
Small Spaces was a great short story
Was kinda dark with a hint of the snow kings attitude in the deity's personality, had a feel good happy ending to it.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-05-19
the best
i thought it was the best book in the whole world it was pretty scary but i loved it. i hope the author makes more
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- Anonymous User
- 09-02-20
Quality fun time
A fine YA story. Seems a bit short, but that's because it's pretty good.
No melodrama, decent characters (remember: if you are annoyed at a kid here and there, that's because they act like normal 6th graders xD), the story avoids the convenient Deus ex machina-s.
The reader does well. Intonation, expression- it's working. No overacting, too.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-10-19
Fun
loved it. fun and spooky. appropriate for 10yrs old and above I would say.
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- Seth Adam Smith
- 07-10-19
A GREAT Scary Story
I’m someone who loves a good scary story IF it has a good, meaningful ending (I hate books/movies that are purely about horror and/or end on an ominous, sickening note). This book, while being quite scary, was also particularly meaningful. The characters were very believable and there was a healthy dose of humor sprinkled throughout the book. I quite enjoyed it. I will definitely read the rest of Katherine Arden’s books.
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-06-19
Delightful
As an adult, I thoroughly enjoyed this book, Small Spaces by Katherine Arden. It's delightful. Much of the middle school angst was relatable to my own childhood. A great book if you want to get a young person who enjoys ghost stories interested in reading. It's first in a series. The second one will be released on August 27.
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- theycallmefrench
- 05-11-18
Awesome fun !
This is a nice quick spooky story right in time for Halloween. I'll listen to it again soon!
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- Anonymous User
- 21-10-18
love it so very much and is a thriller book with lots of adventure best book
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- Barbora Kocianova
- 29-02-20
A beautiful read!
A great little story to pass a misty afternoon with! Loved both the narration and the storytelling in this - Katherine Arden really knows what she's doing when it comes to injecting the mundane with a dash of magic. :)
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