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Oak Avenue
- Dark Corners Collection, Book 7
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Series: Dark Corners Collection, Book 7
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Anthologies & Short Stories
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Publisher's Summary
A young wife and mother - new to this town and to its secrets - learns just how much she doesn’t know in this tingly tale of all the things hiding in the dark at the top of the stairs, from bestselling author Brandi Reeds.
While renovating her Victorian home, Ana Clementine finds an ornate door buried under forty years of earth. Once she restores it to the attic, she starts hearing whispers, her loving husband has become a stranger, and her baby daughter learns a chilling new word. Maybe Ana has unlocked the house’s secrets. Or maybe she’s becoming just a little unhinged herself.
Brandi Reeds’s Oak Avenue is part of Dark Corners, a collection of seven heart-stopping short stories by bestselling authors who give you so many new reasons to be afraid. Each story can be read in a single sitting. Or, if you have the nerve, you can listen all by yourself in the dark.
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- Melinda M Miller
- 04-10-2018
Ok story, terrible narration
I thought the story was, “Ok”
But the end was...well without spoiling this short read, the end of the story was not that great. The narration was awful and it really ruined the story for me I think. Had I read it without listening, I probably would have given 4 stars to the story itself.
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- Scott Brown
- 29-09-2018
The performance ruined it for me
The story was ok (felt very cliche) but the narration was terrible. Distracted me from the story and several times I almost stopped altogether. Why do her make characters all sound ridiculous. She should have stuck to telling the story and not acting out the voices.
3 people found this helpful
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- Enid
- 09-10-2018
Can we talk about the narrator?
Absolutely awful, I thought it was a robot until she deepened her voice for the male lines.
The story itself was lame, it had potential, but translated weak and pathetic, just like the protagonist.
1 person found this helpful
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- Craig specht
- 19-02-2021
genuine!
now this is my kind of story, it would have been even better if it was a longer novel. loved the narrator, she did a real good job.
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- travelfunlearn
- 24-01-2021
worst voice for a man ever.
I had to quit listening. could not do it for even 5 minutes. absolutely a no.
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- Carl Eakins
- 15-01-2021
The not-so scary door
The tone of the story was set-up nicely, but I rapidly lost interest during the second half. The narrator did a fine job with what she had to work with.
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- Maracapozzi
- 07-11-2020
Interesting concept, poor execution.
My biggest problem with this story is the narration. The actor uses a ludicrous falsetto for the men’s voices. They sound stoned and mentally challenged. It’s just odd, and distracting.
My second issue with this book is the weak ending.
The book was free, so I do not want to be ungrateful, but if I had purchased it, it would be a return.
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- Tonya Marie
- 26-10-2020
never have I ever
written a poor review but the narrator is awful and made this unlistenable, just glad it was short so I made myself suffer through. Her male voice is dull and drawn out and they all sound the same, not a bad story overall, just wish I hadn't had to suffer. I will be avoiding this narrator going forward...
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- Jeff VanderToolen
- 18-10-2020
thriller
leaves you with an open ended plot. The plot is weak. just as the story is starting to get good, the book ends.
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- Rona Trout
- 01-10-2020
just ok
story had alot of plot holes that just didn't make sense. author may need more experience. the reading was slow and sleepy and the pretend Male voices were so ridiculous it was hard to get through
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