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The Fisherman

By: John Langan
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
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Summary
 In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumors of the Creek, and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss it as just another fish story. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir. It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as Der Fisher: the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.©2016 John Langan (P)2023 Tantor Media Fiction Genre Fiction Horror Literary Fiction Sea Adventures Scary Adventure Fishing
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Loved the performance, the story ….i really empathised with Abe …he’s a character that’ll stick with me

Outstanding Story and Performance

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I was excited to listen to this after reading reviews of the book. Maybe it’s just not my style of horror, but it didn’t really grip me. I wasn’t invested after the massive backstory divergence, and thought the momentum was lost. The narrator’s voice quavered quite a bit and that was a bit of a distraction.

Pretty good, narrators voice irked me

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Not enough story for two books, too much story for one.

Spending half the book telling a story within story killed the momentum, the story within the story was so long by the time you get back to the original story it feels like you needed to be reintroduced to the characters.

The SWS was too long for a flashback so the story didn’t feel fleshed out, it would be great if it was its own book, having room to become better acquainted with the characters, it just felt shoehorned in.

Lost in the weeds

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Enjoyed this story quite a bit - draws heavily on some of Lovecraft’s work - principally The Call of Cthulhu and The Dunwich Horror. Some really cool imagery and ideas here, and it’s written well. The story in the middle is great but it upsets the pacing a bit - once we got back to the main narrative I’d forgotten what was going on but both narratives are awesome so it’s fine. The narrator has this sorta odd Christopher Walken cadence which some people might not like but I found entertaining. If you’re into cosmic horror you’ll like this .

Pretty great Lovecraftian horror

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I liked the all of it! A perfect horror story. Amazing suspense, pacing and mystery.

Incredible read!

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