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The Silent Companions

By: Laura Purcell
Narrated by: Katie Scarfe
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Inspired by the work of Shirley Jackson and Susan Hill and set in a crumbling country mansion, The Silent Companions is an unsettling Victorian Gothic ghost story that will send a shiver down the spine....

Newly married, newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge. With her new servants resentful and the local villagers actively hostile, Elsie only has her husband's awkward cousin for company. Or so she thinks.

Inside her new home lies a locked room, and beyond that door lies a 200-year-old diary and a deeply unsettling painted wooden figure - a Silent Companion - that bears a striking resemblance to Elsie herself.

As Elsie's suspicions about her husband's family grow, she discovers that those around her believe a very different story - a story of just what Elsie did to end up where she is now....

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this book promised a lot but in the end I found it average. the writing was a bit basic and clichéd and the characters a little one dimensional. however I found myself wanting to read to the end. I didn't really like the narrators voice or tone, she wasn't very engaging and it was so quiet I had to really concentrate to hear it. the ending was a little disappointing. overall I enjoyed it, but not one if the best books I've ever read.

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This was an ok listen overall.
A little spooky in places.
I felt it a little confusing initially with chapters jumping from timeframe to timeframe with no warning as to why initially.
By the last two chapters I have to say I just wanted it to end. In an effort to build the drama and I suspect tension the shushhing or scrapping noise that kept being made to simulate the movement of the * companions* built to what can only be described as fever pitch in chapter 30 along with my irritation by it! It was like nails down chalkboard and had I not been nearly at the end Id have given up.
An ok listen. I wasn't blown away. I found the whole story line a bit silly.

An ok listen but I just wanted it to end!

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There was no warning that this is one of those experinmental books whereby the author is provided a series of disparate themes on post-it notes pulled from a hat and one weekend to tie them into a coherent and engaging novel. If I had known this, I would have afforded a more compassionate view of the story, such as it is.

I wasn't Warned!

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A bit of a slow burn to start with, but then as things develop it becomes harder and harder to switch off.

Absolutely Gripping

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Another hidden gem from the "Daily Deal". I wasn't sure what to expect at first but it had me hooked very early. Don't want to say too much as the thrill is in the unknown. Just give it a go, you won't be dissapointed.

Loved it!

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