3.55k reviews for:

The Whispers

Ashley Audrain

3.74 AVERAGE

megsandruth's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage

Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol

chloebrewzerv's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

megafayray's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Ashley Audrain is the best. Great weaving over stories, strong control of her characters and no wasted space on the page. The twist at the end was amazing, I was hooked 

where the son has woken up and waits to be alone with his mom, and asks her what will happen when he tells them everything (about what he saw and what she did). I was so scared when she started to manipulate him and suggest that he might have misremembered things because of the coma, that her son might fall for it out of desperation for her attention

erinlfairorth's review against another edition

2.5

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katiebryant's review against another edition

4.0

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Fairly steamy and suspenseful!

kayjay2012's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 3%

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I could already tell only 10 pages in that the writing style wasn’t for me

elisaee's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thebrookecritic's review against another edition

4.0

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I genuinely don’t know how to rate this. Amazing writing but it’s so damn bleak and unsettling that I question whether I should even recommend it?! Maybe if that’s your cup of tea? Audrain’s debut was similar in tone but this was an entirely new level of disturbing .


Quick thoughts: Liane Moriarty with darker undertones, multiple perspective domestic drama, what it means to be a mother ( the dark and the light side), what it means to be a wife, societal pressures on both

Trigger warnings: pregnancy loss, infidelity

jmrkls1's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

kinnimomo's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes