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The Vanishing
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
Recently widowed and rendered penniless by her Ponzi-scheming husband, Julia Bishop is eager to start anew. So when a stranger appears on her doorstep with a job offer, she finds herself accepting the mysterious yet unique position: caretaker to his mother, Amaris Sinclair, the famous and rather eccentric horror novelist whom Julia has always admired...and who the world believes is dead.
When she arrives at the Sinclairs' enormous estate on Lake Superior, Julia begins to suspect that there may be sinister undercurrents to her "too-good-to-be-true" position. As Julia delves into the reasons of why Amaris chose to abandon her successful writing career and withdraw from the public eye, her search leads to unsettling connections to her own family tree, making her wonder why she really was invited to Havenwood in the first place, and what monstrous secrets are still held prisoner within its walls.
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- Trinity Zero
- 07-08-24
Enjoyable
I have read other reviews that complain about the narration. I have to say I think they are being very picky. Not great Scottish accent, but I could easily distinguish between eac of the character - something that I have struggled with in other audiobooks.
The story had enough twists and turns to make it interesting and I like the characters - on the whole. The main protaganist did make me want to shake her a coupe of times.
Yes parts of t was predictable, and yes there are some passages that could have been editted, but I enjoyed it.
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- E. Robertson
- 18-10-23
Kept me guessing to the very end
The story kept me interested all the way through. A good developing plot. Look forward to reading another title.
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- J.C Lynch
- 23-01-24
The actors Scottish accent was deplorable
Otherwise it was fine. Wendy Webb isn't a bad writer but she has a tendency to introduce plotlines she never quite resolves. This is not done in a "let the reader decide themselves way" but in a lazy, she forgot how many plots she introduced kind of way.
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- Moonlight 90
- 22-12-23
Great
I really enjoyed this book rare to find good ghost stories. Can’t wait to listen more of her books
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- J Blackmur
- 14-02-22
Library or Libary
Did this reader, and her producer, not understand that ‘library’ has two “r” - her pronunciation of ‘libary’ ruined the telling of this story - started to rankle once I became aware of the constant mispronunciation and I cringed every time she said the word. Gentle spooky story otherwise…
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- Flamexxx
- 19-06-24
infuriatingly annoying
The main character, Julia, was very annoying in this story. I could only get up to Chp31 until I had enough. For a woman who supposedly doesn't believe in anything supernatural and who has had many supernatural experiences yet refuses to believe, She just seems incredibly dumb to me and god only knows whatbher logic is. also Drew, the scottish accent the narrator tried to voice, was terrible. This was by no means a scottish accent I have hears and being from UK, I have heard many a scottish accent. It would have been nice to have a scottish narrator for Drews character for authenticity. Also male and female narrators for the required parts respectively.
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- debbie.hazelwood
- 12-01-23
Fabulous read
Really enjoyed the last two books ( I’ve been reading them in the order of publication) lovely spooky story that was perhaps a little short as there could have been more to Jeramy and his call! But I love the way the endings are always leaving you with a question! Brilliant
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- alex72
- 05-11-22
Very Good
I like Wendy Webb and her books but the narrator makes it even more special. I find XE Sands has such a relaxing voice. This is my favourite so far.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-07-24
Ok story but does drag on.
First thing as Scottish person this was difficult to listen to, no need at all for Drew to be Scottish. The accent was terrible and seemed to go between Irish and Russian rather than Scottish. The story was ok, wouldn’t say this was a horror story rather mild ghost story and that’s a push. The story does drag a lot, this is mainly down to the description of every little thing from drinking a glass of water to brushing her hair. I would say if you want to listen skip to last few chapters as you are not missing anything.
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- Stephanie Jenkins
- 05-01-24
The vanishing
I have to agree with other reviews, she can’t pronounce library, does an awful Scottish, and not great English accent, and if you’ve listened to one Wendy Webb book you’ll find this quite same-y.
The woman is famished, drinks water quite a bit, usually vomits at some point, will be romance. Another review said different bits that are the same.
The main character was a little annoying in this one, I won’t say why as I don’t like to give plot away.
Not bad for free.
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