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Struck
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Narrated by:
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Jelyne Helms
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By:
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Rachel Langley
About this listen
The headline read: A Deserted Town: Where Are the Missing?
The missing. That’s what their friends and family had become.
Laney and Leela are identical twins, except for a birthmark and two very different personalities. Home for the summer after college graduation, they go on a camping trip with their two younger siblings. When they return home, they find the town empty. Everyone is missing, including their parents and Laney’s boyfriend, Hollister.
Besides some strange marks on the ground caused by a lightning storm, there aren’t any clues, and without any leads on the disappearances, the police leave the town isolated and closed off. Laney falls into despair, and Leela is not sure how much longer they can remain in their home, hiding from the authorities.
When a mysterious man named Curwen arrives, claiming he wants to help them, Laney and Leela aren’t sure how to proceed. He decides to tell them the truth even though it is forbidden - he works for the leader of an underground resistance, and he knows what's happened to their friends and family. Curwen offers to help the twins on a mission to rescue their parents and Hollister - a mission that could cost them their lives. They must decide whether to trust him or risk being separated from their loved ones forever.
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Struck is a well narrated book, with decent narrative to drive you forward. The hook points and story is well told from the narrator, who uses prosody and register well to carry the story forward.
The audio is mastered well, with an exceptionally low noise floor and clear and consistent voice types for different characters. The story is well read, with good pacing and excellent timbre from the narrator. In all, I was pleasantly surprised with the narration and it helped to immerse me into the story.
The story is an interesting one. We follow two twins who have gone camping when everyone they know and all the people in the town they are from goes missing.
The concept tees up nicely for a dystopian epic fantasy adventure. It doesn't quite take off on one, slightly more tamed, grounded in a more realistic realm. The books heroines (The two twins) are off to discover what exactly happened to everyone in the town.
There are several arcs of concern for our twins. Their family, of course, but also one twin has a powerful love interest who is also missing. They are compelled to investigate this issue.
I liked the story in this book. The writer did well to build a picture of the world our heroes find themselves in. With a powerful drive to complete the quest they unwittingly find themselves on.
To begin with, the story starts slow, it is not helped by the fact that the twins have similar names and are narrated with similar voices. But after a while the plot begins to pull you in.
When they stumble upon a person who offers to help them find their missing family, the fun really begins. In all it's a fun and exciting book that tells a fun and exciting story. It's one I would recommend.
Entertaining book with great narration
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