Excellent story and narration

I listened to this on audible, narrated by Thomas Gloom. Take Your Turn, Teddy is a brutal look at how childhood trauma can manifest itself in dark, damaging ways. In the story, Teddy goes through experiences that no person, let alone a child, should ever have to endure. As an escape he turns to the ominous creature in the basement, Shadow. I don't want to go in depth into the story because I think that the plot at its core is best explored with minimal information. What we get in the rest of Teddy's story is the heartbreaking tale of a child that is conflicted and alone.

Part way through the book there is a tone shift as we focus on the law enforcement team that is investigating a case that involves Teddy and his family. At first this was jarring and I thought it would take me out of the story but it had the opposite effect, it drew me in more. I was thoroughly engrossed in the story of Detective Strode and the trauma that he suffered due to his job. I highly recommend this book to any horror fans, especially if topics of mental health intrigue you.

As I mentioned earlier, I listened to this on Audible, narrated by Thomas Gloom. From Teddy to Strode to Shadow and all in between Gloom did a wonderful job bringing these characters to life and adding yet another layer to this already powerful story. I not only look forward to more writing from Haley Newlin in the future but also more narration from Thomas Gloom!

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Different story

Nice change, good book. Finch was annoying to me for some reason, too many pauses. All the other characters were good.

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Gripping, Thrilling, couldn’t stop listening

I don’t stray too far from Stephen King, but TikTok has opened up a whole new world of horror and thriller books to me. I came across this gem on there and I loved it! It definitely keeps you guessing!! I tend to get bored easily with books, but this one kept my interest the whole way through. Definitely recommend!

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Great Book!

Really enjoyed this one. Dark, creepy, and sad all at the same time. Nice physiological aspect to the tale!

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Narrator dropped the ball here.

The first couple of chapters sounded like the narrator was reading from the other end of a hallway. After that, it was fine for a while. Then the whispering began, and no amount of rewinding, slowing down, and turning up the volume could clear up whatever was being said.

DNF 2 hours in, and a darn shame, because a lot of my friends loved this book. I'm not going to refund the credit, because the problem here is not with the author. I might try to get a print copy at some point to read through the parts the narrator wrecked, but my TBR list is long, so I might not. Oh, well.

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Is Indiana The South?

The story was great, but I could not get over all the Indiana people having southern accents. Why was that the choice? It was just so distracting to me.

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terrible narration

The narrator makes dialog sound off. as if he were reading word by word. something like "we*pause*need*pause*you" it becomes annoying

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Strange narration

The narrator has a pleasant voice but makes strange character choices and speech patterns. I can normally listen through unpleasant narration but this was the worst. The story also fell very flat.

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Off putting reading

The story was good. However the reader chose to voice one of the more chatty characters in a strange, halting monotone. Like a robotic Shatner impression. There were no descriptions in the book indicating this was how they’d talk. It was difficult to listen to.

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Horrible narrator!

The narrator’s voice for the main female character was terrible. The speech pattern was very slow and halting, unlike the one used for male characters. The dialog was often amateurish and the supposed “scary” events did not generate any true sense of dread or fear. Will not read any other offerings by this author or narrator.

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