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The Listeners by Jordan Tannahill

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sienahart's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

On the surface, it was just a heavyish story about some people who believe they’re experiencing a phenomenon and how their lives unravel because of it. I actually loved this book so much. Super emotionally engaging/immersive. Good commentary on “othering” and social exile + what it means to believe (or not believe) in something. It felt like it was super close to trying to be a mock autobiography which was really interesting too.

samsaindon's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

geneebee's review against another edition

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dark

4.25

anniemackillican's review against another edition

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4.0

Crazy how we will allow something to take over our lives and totally destroy us when people are doubtful of our sanity while we still have it.

Or at least that’s what I got. I loved this though!! Good book!!

pixe1's review against another edition

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2.0

Found the premise very interesting. Started off strong, but about 200 pages in, I had lost a lot of interest. Felt like it was a bit of a kitchen sink novel that tried to comment on too many different things and had a very hard time keeping the characters straight.

kristelleg's review against another edition

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medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

This book would be a 3 star but the audiobook at the beginning was so good adding a bit of sound to the background. I wish it had done that throughout.