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The House of Long Shadows
- House of Souls, Book 1
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Series: House of Souls, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Horror
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- james
- 30-01-19
Im pretty hard to please..
But this book was in my top 10.
Ive been listning to audio books for years and this is my second review. I think the narrator makes this book better than it should be, he has a neutral tone that pleases the ear whilst leaving my imagination to make its own vision.
So many narrators steel tye joy of a book by reading it in their own perception, this guy hit the nail on the head and read a book to me amd npt for me.
The story is brilliant, simple yet effective. I wished the book was longer and hope the next in the series refers back to this book.
Highly recommended.
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- Victoria Elizabeth
- 07-05-18
Loved this book!
Even when the book summary sounds right up your street, it's always gamble when it's an author you've not read before. When that's also a book you've committed to invest 9 hours in, in return for a review, that's a whole heap of gamble and pressure.
So I've just finished this book, feeling pretty honoured if I'm honest, to have been given the opportunity to read/listen to a brilliant story, narrated perfectly. This is a book I'd very happily have used one of my precious credits on and will recommend to my family/friends who enjoy this genre.
The story is focused on one main character who has bought a house for peanuts in order to do it up whilst videoing himself. He's posting his updates on the internet - with his aim being to get a TV contract once he's completed the renovation. There are supporting characters but they aren't around much, so by the nature of this, it's mostly him alone in this pretty scary house. I like this as it feels really intimate, like you're there with him.
There's been loads of stories revolving around supernatural goings on in houses that new families etc, move into but this one feels really current, both in the way it's written and the fact that the main character is a vlogger, with lots of subscribers! so suddenly making the supernatural events even more scary, because it's relatable context.
Our protagonist finds a body in the house and this is when things really take an eventful turn for him. I will not give any spoilers here as that would ruin it for others. I've not heard this sort of twist in a supernatural thriller before and really enjoyed the journey and ending.
The writing style is so accessible, it, just flows and it's easy to just get swept along (I listened to this over two days). It, keeps you on your toes too, boy there's some scary bits in here. And the end, gosh, I had to listen to it twice to really get the impact. I need to listen to something nice and cheery now I think!
Finally, just a note regarding the narration. As any seasoned audiobook listener knows, a narrator can make or break a book and thankfully on this occasion the narrator is excellent., so really adds to the listening experience.
I'm hopeful that this being called book 1 means there will be more in the same vein even it not a cotinuation of this story. If there's more, hopefully with the same narrator, I'll definitely be in.
*Note, I received a copy of this book at no cost in return for a fair and honest review.
I do not know the author or the narrator - my gushing is just because I really loved this book!
8 people found this helpful
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- Jo
- 01-11-19
Spooky
With a really good narration this book draws you in to a spooky ghost story with a twist on the usual haunted house theme! I haven’t read this author before but might be tempted now! Would make a really good film.
4 people found this helpful
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- deafmick
- 16-11-19
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I have a lot of Ambrose Ibsen work as all way I give it 5 out of 5
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- mollyeyre
- 11-06-20
The worst book I have read in a long while!
This is the equivalent of watching paint dry! Totally boring, and as daft as it could possibly be!
There are chapters of this man creating a video about home improvements, I would have understood the basic concept of this without needing to hear a blow by blow account of how to check out the crawl space, or how to dismantle a wall!
The whole story was beyond ridiculous and the man's behaviour was incredible. A priest asked for help turned him away!! Really?
The narration was also monotonous and totally in line with the story!
I had a friend once who would go to the shop, but in relaying the tale he would tell the listener every move, from sitting on the third step to put his shoes on, then getting his coat............. You get the point? This book reminds me of that friend!
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- Anonymous User
- 22-08-19
Great narration! Good book. 😊
I really liked it, the narrator was great. at some points I felt like the author was slightly over describing things. Maybe a little bit should've been left to the readers imagination.
A good book though. I'd recommend it.
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- Sunny
- 18-08-19
Wonderful horror!
Absolutely loved this book. The narrator joe Hempel is awesome as well. Highly recommend it!
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- Mr. James Et Barton
- 08-09-21
A great chilling tale
First of all a very good performance from the narrator. You can see why he has done so much work on other titles.
The story itself was throughly enjoyable and gripping with a wickedly evil twist which will play on your mind long after you've moved onto another book.
Kevin is a likeable character with a tough upbringing so he's someone you root for. a lot of the book is just him in the house it feels very intimate like you're in the living room/kitchen even crawl space with him.
The book is pretty fast paced with spooky goings on happening pretty much from the get go and the author doesn't let up, with its modest run time of 11 hours it never once felt like over stayed its welcome.
This is the first book of the series and I've just bought the 2nd book, which hopefully will be as good as this one. Definitely worth your time.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-04-21
Absolutely fantastic
This story held my undivided attention from start to finish, very well written and excellent narration. I listened beginning to end in one day and looking forward to book 2. Highly recommended
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- Kie
- 20-02-21
Well structured, but a little slow
Whilst it's almost certainly too long, The House of Long Shadows eventually delivers some decent chills which, coupled with Hempel's somewhat soothing narration makes for an easy, occasionally unnerving listen.
Kudos to Ibsen for adding a modern spin on the genre and for fashioning a decent ending. Ultimately however, the uneven and often plodding pacing lets it down.
Not bad, but lacking in edge 3 / 5
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- Gayle Noland
- 15-02-20
The House of Long Shadows
Not sure how come I even continued to listen after the first F bomb. Ambrose doesn't use it as much as others but still not sure the reason that he does.
The story just plain dumb and the ending dumber. . Joe Hempel was so so in narration but after listening to other narrators he does have a monotone voice.
Would I recommend this book probably not.
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- Gregory
- 22-04-20
I Love this Author!
Ambrose Ibsen is my favorite author on Audible. Great stories, great voice actors and interesting characters. If you like creepy give Ambrose a try!
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-11-19
Amateur storytelling
This book was fine for a little company in the car, but I would not recommend it. The characters were paper thin, when the author chose to add them — most of the story is told in the first person by the main character, who is just not that interesting a guy. The plot was sewn together with bits taken from other books written in the past 30 years. Lots of exposition were there could’ve been action.
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- Hillmc719
- 07-12-18
Entertaining with a surprising ending
I enjoyed this book. It was like some of my favorite things (home reno and ghosts) has a baby. I wouldn’t categorize this as your typical ghost story. I’d say it’s more demonic than ghosts. I also enjoyed the mystery aspect of the book. Whenever I read a ghost story I want to know the why and who. The protagonist investigated what’s going on in the house which I enjoyed. I agree with others that the narrator pronounced some words in an odd way, but I don’t feel it took away from the story. Lastly, the ending had me yelling “oh no!” in my car.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-10-21
It ends well
The book is decent. The ending sufficiently spooky, though you’re going to be desperate for it to end. If you’re looking to be unnerved, this is not the book for you.
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- Donna Johnson
- 21-08-18
Dry
I could not finish this audiobook ! It was so flat, it seemed to go on & on never getting to anything exciting or scary! I tried twice to listen but just couldn’t get to the end.
Who knows, maybe the ending is the best part.
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- Teran Elenbaas
- 06-11-19
The First Book to Actually Scare Me!
I loved this book. I listened to and read many horror books in my time. This is the first to ever scare me. Several times, it gave me chills and had me looking over my shoulder. I highly recommend it. I'll be listening to the sequel next.
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- Robin Godwin
- 11-02-22
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This is the first book I have listened to by this author and I loved it. It was actually scary I can’t wait to listen to the next one in this series.
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- timj26
- 23-11-19
Loved it
Kevin is doing a 30 day renovation challenge when he uncovers long buried secrets
If your a fan of Ambrose you know he does hauntings and creepy very well and this is no exception
Excellent narration from joe hempel as usual
Highly recommended to any horror fan
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- Spooky Mike
- 09-05-18
DIY: Haunted Home Edition
Excited to start another series by Ambrose Ibsen with Joe Hempel narrating. After feeling cheated out of a story with In Absentia I’m glad to report that the start of this series is a complete story, has an ending that isn’t a huge cliff hanger, and is different than all of Ibsen’s other haunted house stories. The plot is very neat and having a wife who loves to watch home remodeling shows I’m always hoping for a dead body to be found during the demolition. This story is almost a home remolding show and paranormal investigative show hybrid. Really great idea and executed perfectly.
There really is only one character throughout this story, while a handful of other people pop in for a visit, this is mainly about Kevin. Kevin is a likeable character but I can’t say that I cared for him as much as I have some of Ibsen’s other characters. I appreciated why he was doing what he was doing and where he came from but another part of me was just thinking yeah dude life is hard, keep renovating that house. The character I actually liked the most was Mr Weiss. I liked his story and really liked how he handled everything.
Wasn’t really expecting the ending at all. Can’t say it was a twist, it was just not what I would have expected and I really enjoyed that. The haunts were good, not over the top but definitely different. I really enjoyed some of the descriptions. Can’t remember the exact wording but the description of a mouth opening like a marine predator sucking in food really brought a detailed image to my mind and it creeped me out quite a bit. Excited to see where the second one takes us.
As always Hempel does a great job and hope he continues to be the voice of Ibsen’s stories.
I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.
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