Claw: A Canadian Thriller

Claw, Book 1

By: Katie Berry

Narrated by: Alex Knox

Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

Lawless, British Columbia is on edge after a powerful earthquake jolts the region, quickly followed by a string of savage animal attacks. Newly stationed to the area after her predecessor mysteriously disappears, Conservation Officer Christine Moon needs to calm the jangled nerves of the small mountain town.

Awakened from ancient slumber, something stalks the swirling, grey mists that surround Lawless. A beast with a gnawing hunger that grows stronger by the minute - its only thought, to satisfy its ravenous appetite.

Rampant corruption at the highest level has targeted Christine to be the next mysterious disappearance. Now, she's in a fight for her life while trying to track and contain the creature threatening to decimate the local population.

©2019 Katie Berry (P)2020 Tantor

horrid voice

the book is probably OK, but the readers voice should have been for a dictionary, not a thriller.

Terrible Dialogue

The dialogue is painful. The attempts at humor are even more painful. But the narrator is good.

Don't bother.

This book is filled with exceedingly corny and unrealistic dialog, in both characters and narration. It's rather unoriginal in its story structure and quite predictable.

The characters can't even say a curse word in a way that sounds like a real human being.

The narrator sounds like he's just reading a script for a basic, dull documentary and lacks flexibility in his character portrayals.

How this book won any awards at all is beyond belief!

Definitely a Canadian product I would NOT recommend.

Ehh

Unless you’ve read all the creature features audible has to offer, I’d save my credits for something other than this. The best way to describe this book is time-filler. If you need something to listen to on you way to or while you work this will do. If you’re looking for an entertaining book with witty banter and little to no annoying tangents about food choices before someone is killed then run far away from this one. The author seems to have a grudge against people over a certain weight forgetting thin people can be out of shape too. She wrote their deaths as if a salad can save you from a 10 ft apex predator known for out-running the fastest athletes.

Wild, Whimsical, and Very Wordy

Pros:

- Vivid Worldbuilding and Quirky Personality
- Enjoyable Characters (albeit fairly stereotypical)
- Well Executed Monster Mayhem with grisly gore and legitimate tension

Cons:

- Frequently goes off on long tangents overexplaining the lives and histories of Lawless and its people (30 minutes of book devoted to 2 characters that get eaten at the end of the same chapter their introduced)
- Underdeveloped explanation of the mystery and reasoning behind the horror
- Somewhat anticlimactic ending

Overall I saw great potential here for this author to make some truly great horror creature features. When the monster and it's rampage is focused on its some of the best stuff I've read or seen in recent monster memory. Unfortunately the book gets more than a little buried by extensive detail and world building that begins to feel rather repetitive by the end. When the balance is found it's a great read/listen but you just have to be forgiving of LOTS of detail and explanation in between. Looking forward to see what this author does next...but hopefully honey crullers and magnificent beards don't play as big of a role.

fantastic story

an action packed story. I will definitely be listening to this again and again

Narrator was awful..

Interesting story, sophomoric dialog with a poor narrator. I really wanted to like this book but had a really hard time listening to it.

Great Story!

I didn't know what to expect from this book so I'm glad I gave it a chance. I look forward to reading more from this author and more about Canadians. I highly recommend this book!

It's okay

Got slow at times. I get it the kid eats a lot. Really not a bad book but not great.

Fun!

It was funny and extremely well written. I like the twist and turns of the story. Thank you!