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What Grows in the Dark
What Grows in the Dark: A Novel | Jaq Evans
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"At once suspenseful and tendera queer horror masterpiece." Marisa Crane, author of I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself In this chilling contemporary horror novel, a phony spiritualist returns to her hometown to assist in an investigation that eerily mirrors her sisters death, forcing her to confront the secrets shes been running from. Sixteen years ago, Brigit Weylans older sister, Emma, walked into the woods in their small hometown of Ellis Creek. She never walked out. People said she was troubledin the months leading up to her death, she was convinced there was a monster in those trees. Marked by the tragedy, Brigit left town and never looked back. Now Brigit travels around the country investigating paranormal activity (and faking the results) with her cameraman, Ian. But when she receives a call from Ellis Creek, shes thrust into the middle of a search for two missing teenagers. As Brigit and Ian are drawn further into the case, the parallels to Emmas death become undeniable. And worse, Brigit cant explain whats happening to her: trees appearing in her bedroom in the middle of the night, something with a very familiar laugh watching her out in the darkness, and Emmas voice on her phone, reminding Brigit to finish what they started. More and more, it looks like Emma was right: there is a monster in Ellis Creek, and its waited a long time for Brigit to come home.
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I have somewhat mixed feelings about this one. There were some truly creepy parts that had me glued to the story, but it was also somewhat hard to follow as an audiobook because there were just so many people to keep track of. Half the time I wasn‘t really sure what was going on and just had to keep listening until I picked up the thread again. Overall it wasn‘t bad but I think I would have preferred it as a physical book. 🌟🌟🌟💫

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This is a low pick for me. I really wanted to like this book more than I did. There was creepiness; however, most of the action and outright scares don't occur until the end. This opinion might partly be shaped by the fact that I only read partway before listening to the audiobook, and then returning to print in the end. 3.5 stars.
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Listening to this while writing out wedding invitations.

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“Brigit Weylan slid her fingers across the vintage tape recorder in her lap, the plastic warm as living skin.“
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“The Babadook meets The Blair Witch Project in this chilling contemporary horror novel about confronting trauma.

When fake spiritualist Brigit returns home to investigate the disappearance of two teenagers, the case eerily echoes her own sister‘s death sixteen years earlier.”

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