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The Broken Room

By: Peter Clines
Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
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“Absolutely brilliant!” (Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author)

The new supernatural thriller from New York Times best-selling author Peter Clines

You can still owe the dead.

Hector was the best of the best. A government operative who could bring armies to a halt and nations to their knees. But when his own country betrayed him, he dropped off the grid and picked up the first of many bottles.

Natalie can’t remember much of her life before her family brought her to the US, but she remembers the cages. And getting taken away to the Project with dozens of other young children to become part of their nightmarish experiments. That’s how she ended up with the ghost of a dead secret agent stuck in her head.

And Hector owes Natalie’s ghost a big favor.

Now Hector and Natalie are on the run from an army of killers sent to retrieve her. Because the people behind the Project are willing to risk almost anything to get Natalie back and complete their experiments.

©2022 Peter Clines (P)2022 Audible, Inc. Adventure Fiction Science Fiction Fantasy Scary Ghost Haunted
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Good story, but I still preferred Paradox Bound. The narrator is OK, but not as easy to pay attention to as Ray Porter.

Overall, worth a listen. People need to remember it's just a fictional story!

Not suitable for snowflakes who need trigger warnings on everything

Good, but not his best

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The Broken Room by Peter Clines promised an intriguing mix of action, mystery, and heartfelt moments, but it didn’t entirely deliver for me. While the premise of a haunted past and a quest to save a young girl sounded compelling, the story often felt weighed down by its predictability. Plot twists were telegraphed too far in advance, and I found myself anticipating key moments long before they happened. This took away much of the suspense that should have driven the narrative. The pacing, while steady, occasionally felt sluggish, and the characters, though well-crafted, didn’t always make decisions that felt authentic or engaging.

Very hard to listen to at time

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Very confusing towards the end, and not exactly sure why this book couldn't be included in the Threshold Universe due to the supernatural elements, narrator is nothing compared to Ray Porter
And why are people shocked about the kids in Cages and experiments with minimum level of violence that they need trigger warnings just read the 1 star review and you'll understand :)) that's the least disturbing thing in this book, feels like a needles political ploy of it's time as well 2022
Nobody cares outside the US

I assume the reason I give it a mid score is because I keep comparing it with 14 at the back of my head.

Started good, ended bad

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This is not another entry in the Terminus series, or Ex-Heroes. What it is however, is a cracking story in its own right. It reads like a TV series, and has some twists and bumps that add to the journey along the way. I thoroughly enjoyed this, and look forward to what is next.

Clines does it again

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Enjoyable enough, but so close to the authors mainline series of horror novels, I was left wondering constantly why it wasn't a part of that lore. With the loose continuity of that series, it could fit well with a couple of tweaks.

This is certainly a book that will trigger more than a few people, it has cruelty to kids and body horror but is well told in Peter Clines' usual easy going tone and meaning.

Worthwhile and well narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon, if you can stomach the themes.

Should have been a Threshold entry.

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