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Eileen
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman, trapped between her role as her alcoholic father's carer and her day job as a secretary at the prison.
When the charismatic Rebecca Saint John arrives as the new counsellor at the prison, Eileen is enchanted and unable to resist what appears to be a miraculously budding friendship.
In a Hitchcockian twist, her affection for Rebecca ultimately pulls her into complicity in a crime that surpasses her wildest imaginings.
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- jane
- 09-12-2016
wow
Stunning, quiet, dark character study, reminiscent of the sublime Bernice Reubens. Love love love.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-09-2017
Masterful
This is a fntastic piece of work. I enjoyed every minute. . . . .
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- Riley
- 20-02-2022
Intense But Amazing
Smashed through it in a couple of days. The characters were incredibly written and the performance was amazing.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-10-2020
Quality Book
Great story! - She became such a strong woman within the final chapter :) Excellent ending
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- Rachel
- 29-04-2019
Boring
Eileen is a sad, narrow-minded young woman who is not particularly likeable. Nothing at all happens until the last hour of the book. It is really quite remarkable how someone can write a whole novel about nothing. I was so bored, waiting for the story to start. When the story does start, it’s ludicrously unlikely, unpleasant and clumsy. Thankfully by the time that happens you’re almost through the book because it is not enjoyable to listen to at all.
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- Cate
- 04-06-2018
Disturbing
I wish I hadn't read it. Writing was fine, narration was fine but the subject matter turned out to be awful. The author prepared us for something awful to happen but the twist was that it was even more awful than we imagined. I wish I hadn't read it, and I wish I could find a book about something other than depraved people doing awful things to each other.
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- gina
- 01-06-2017
Bad narration
I really can't get into this book - I am trying to get passed the sound of the narrators voice but I really think it's spoiling my enjoyment of what could be a half decent book.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-07-2023
Don't let TikTok fool you
For horror that makes you feel gross and uncomfortable sure, 5 stars, but overall this book was long, boring and anti climatic.
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- Katherine
- 05-10-2019
A horribly depressing novel.
If you enjoy stumbling along the vomit festooned snow drift walks of life, then this novel is for you. I started it several times before I listened to the conclusion only because there was nothing else to listen to. All the characters are depressingly dysfunctional. There is no one to empathise with. There is no gentle chuckling. There are no flickering lights of optimism. Nothing but haunting ghastliness.
However the reader does an excellent job of defining the different characters, none of which are attractive. I wish I had never bought this book. SIGH.
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