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The Last Days of Jack Sparks

By: Jason Arnopp
Narrated by: Joe Jameson
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Jack Sparks died while writing this book. This is the account of his final days.

In 2014, Jack Sparks - the controversial pop culture journalist - died in mysterious circumstances. To his fans, Jack was a fearless rebel; to his detractors, he was a talentless hack. Either way, his death came as a shock to everyone.

It was no secret that Jack had been researching the occult for his new book. He'd already triggered a furious Twitter storm by mocking an exorcism he witnessed in rural Italy. Then there was that video: 40 seconds of chilling footage that Jack repeatedly claimed was not of his making, yet it was posted from his own YouTube account.

Nobody knew what happened to Jack in the days that followed - until now. This book, compiled from the files found after his death, reveals the chilling details of Jack's final hours. Listen and decide for yourself what really happened to the notorious Jack Sparks - in this razor-sharp tale about the dangers of mocking what you don't believe....

©2015 Jason Arnopp (P)2015 Hachette Audio Ghosts Horror Psychological Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Haunted Fiction

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Critic reviews

"Wow...seriously good. Very hard to put down once I'd gotten into it, and with a really brilliant pay-off.... Chilling and utterly immersive." (M. R. Carey, author of The Girl with All the Gifts)
"A gut-twisting supernatural thriller that will even chill atheists. This is The Omen for the social media age." (Chris Brookmyre, author of the Jack Parlabane thrillers)
"Tremendous.... A cracking read." (Andy Nyman, cocreator of Ghost Stories and Derren Brown's award-winning shows)
"Wittier than the lovechild of Stephen Fry and Charlie Brooker, scarier than watching The Exorcist in an abandoned asylum, The Last Days of Jack Sparks is fast, furious, original and most importantly, terrifying." (Sarah Lotz, author of The Three)
"Original, clever, scary and funny.... Jack Sparks manages all that and more. It kept me gripped and guessing from page one." (Rebecca Levene, author of The Hollow Gods series)
"A contemporary novel which knows true horror lives in the present. A breath of fresh air, vivid and essential." (John Higgs, author of Stranger than We Can Imagine: Making Sense of the Twentieth Century)
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was ok. I wasn't enthralled by it at all. it just seemed to be missing something and I can't put my finger on what it was.

meh

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I need to be clear. Although the author and I were both freelancers on the same music magazine and our time there over-lapped I don't believe we ever met, sadly. So although it could be said that this fact has coloured my review, it really hasn't. We were barely colleagues much less personal friends.

All that said, this is an excellent novel; it's humorous, it's dark and it's often truly chilling.

The main character is a self-assured, egotistical, and very self-centered journalist who rings absolutely true from my own experiences - so much so that I was often left wondering who amongst our colleagues the author based him upon.

Our hero/anti-hero attends an exorcism in Italy arrogantly trying to prove what a sham the whole thing is and matters rapidly, entertainingly and disastrously spiral out of his control immediately afterwards.

The narration is superb, the story equally so.

Top marks.

Excellent!

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One of the best horror stories I've read in years! I look forward to reading more from this author. fantastic narration.

Don't miss!

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thoroughly enjoyed this - had to get to the end and a very good ending it was

The last days of jack sparks

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Started very well but the last was third pretty awful: a failure of imagination I suspect. The section where we have the repetition of me, me, me and I,I,I.... was painful...though well performed.


Started very well....

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Not the sort of thing I have read before unsure if it was a tongue in cheek story line or real still puzzled

Odd

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I really relished the idea of an update of The Exorcist for the 21st Century and the opening chapters of this book were genuinely scary and hugely promising. Unfortunately the tension more or less disappeared with the introduction of some fairly unbelievable comic book type characters and a plot that lost its way and never really got back on track. There was some good use of modern day social media, especially You Tube, and the egotistical character of Jack Sparks had a ring of authenticity, but this was let down by a confusing storyline and no real sense of what this book is all about. Overall I was disappointed, but it was an entertaining listen so not a complete waste of time.

A 21st Century devil

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Good narrative on an interesting story although I didn't find it scary at all!
Would probably make a good B movie with lots of blood and gore!
Biggest problem was the main character who wasn't very likeable so it was difficult to actually care what happened to him.

Enjoyable!

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Where does The Last Days of Jack Sparks rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is one of my favourite audiobooks, and one that I'll definitely listen to again.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked that it started out as a dig at those 'Round Ireland with a Fridge' type books that seemed to be everywhere not so long ago but then quickly morphed into something really quite different. Some truly scary moments and images, which were balanced by humour.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

So many - and so many scenes rely on surprise that I think I'll spoil them by listing them...

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Yes.

Blend of horror and comedy worthy of Sam Raimi

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Part horror, part sci-fi, with one of the least sympathetic protagonists I've ever encountered. This tightly-plotted book is a bingeworthy page-turner, whether you're a skeptic or a believer.

Best book I've read in 2016.

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