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A review by ashley_books_cats_judo
The Shadows by Alex North
4.0
I was incredibly excited to receive a copy of the audiobook. I LOVED the debut novel from Alex North, The Whisper Man. This meant I had really high expectations set for The Shadows.
Charlie Crabtree is a teen who has committed to what seems like a ritualistic murder. Paul Adams was his friend and also friends with the victim. He’s now older and left their hometown but when his mother falls ill he has to return home. She keeps insisting there’s something wrong with the house and things start to happen that bring Paul back to that day 25 years ago when not only was his friend murdered but Charlie also disappeared.
The narration was really good and kept my attention through the book. However, I maybe would’ve enjoyed the physical book over the audiobook version for this one just because of the number of characters to keep straight. I found that difficult over the audiobook but I’m also new to audiobooks so that may be part of the problem.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book and would recommend it but would suggest someone pick up the physical book over the audio. For me it wasn’t 5-stars like the whisper man which I thought about for days after finishing but it did come up close at a 4-star read for me.
Charlie Crabtree is a teen who has committed to what seems like a ritualistic murder. Paul Adams was his friend and also friends with the victim. He’s now older and left their hometown but when his mother falls ill he has to return home. She keeps insisting there’s something wrong with the house and things start to happen that bring Paul back to that day 25 years ago when not only was his friend murdered but Charlie also disappeared.
The narration was really good and kept my attention through the book. However, I maybe would’ve enjoyed the physical book over the audiobook version for this one just because of the number of characters to keep straight. I found that difficult over the audiobook but I’m also new to audiobooks so that may be part of the problem.
Overall, I really enjoyed the book and would recommend it but would suggest someone pick up the physical book over the audio. For me it wasn’t 5-stars like the whisper man which I thought about for days after finishing but it did come up close at a 4-star read for me.