Hater

By: David Moody

Narrated by: Gerard Doyle

Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Within seconds, normally rational, self-controlled people become frenzied killers. Christened "Haters" by the media, the attackers strike without warning, killing all who cross their path. People are afraid to go to work, afraid to leave their homes, afraid that at any moment their friends or family could turn on them. In the face of this mindless terror, Danny McCoyne must secure his family, seek shelter, and watch as the world falls apart. "Attack first, ask questions later" becomes the order of the day.

Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by J. A. Bayona.

©2006 David Moody (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"The novel moves at a deliberate, relentless pace, feeding readers just enough information to keep them perplexed and paranoid....Moody creates some truly chilling scenes, but there are also flashes of black comedy." ( Kirkus Reviews)
"Originally self-published, Moody's nail-biter of a debut plausibly creates a nightmare world....this intelligent, well-written chiller heralds a significant new talent." ( Publishers Weekly)
"It's a risky undertaking, giving literary form to a type of story that is traditionally told in pictures, but Moody completely pulls it off." ( Booklist)

Hated It

First off, listening to the protagonist's thoughts and observations in real time is grating as hell, especially the way Gerard Doyle's whiny voice speaks them. (This book may stop me from reading Val McDermid's Tony Tony hill books, which Doyle also reads.). The character is unsympathetic, and I was really hoping he'd die at the end, which is the only reason I finished this book. I loathe the story concept, too--normal people suddenly turning into human monsters consumed by, at first, fear for their own safety from random strangers and acquaintances, then into people filled with hate. No explanation, although I noted that there are 2 more books in this first series that MAY explain the phenomenon but I don't care enough to find out. Moody seems to be setting up this minority percentage of the population as the real heroes, despite the fact that the Haters are the aggressors.

Worse book I've gotten!

This has got to be the poorest written book and poorest performed book that I've ever gotten from Audible. I can not understand how it even got printed to begin with.
The story line is weak at best the narrator does such a poor job of reading it that I truly did waste my money.
This is the first book out of all the ones I've gotten that I am saying this, usually I give the benefit of the doubt but not on this one.

Best thing, don't buy it, shoot I wouldn't even take it as a free download.

Horrible

I listen to a lot of audiobooks and must say this is by far the all time worst yet.
The story develops so slowly. I was thinking the pace would pick up when the story got interesting.
It never did pick up the pace or get interesting.
There is this long build up to nothing. It is like the author had to finish the story for a deadline because it just ends telling you little to nothing.
There are a lot of other audiobooks out there to pick that are real thrillers. This book literally put me to sleep at times.

Worst book ever!!

Wow, I kept waiting for one, TINY shred of dialogue that would make me like the main character. Nothing. The book takes a turn halfway through, and goes from boring to just plain violent nonsense. I’ve never wanted a main character to end up on the losing side as much as I did this one. Don’t waste your money!!

Ok, you got me.

After reading a few of the other reviews on here, to just "stick with it", and to "not give up", I REALLY should have known better. Honestly, I gave this book about an hour and a half of my time, which turned out to be an hour and a half too much. This main character is so unlikeable, and so depressing, that I thought I needed an anti-depressant and a beer after listening to this! Do yourself a favor, DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE I DID! This book is boring, unoriginal, and just plain ANNOYING! I guarantee you that you will NEVER find a main character that you CARE LESS ABOUT in any book, EVER! Thank you for WASTING one of my credits!!

Pass The Skittles...Let’s Sneak Into The Next Theatre

Slow and boring. Moody should have combined the books in this series and he might have had a great story. Instead, he wrote a book with little character development and a pace as slow as molasses. I should have figured since this has been his mo forever. Too bad, because this book did have some good, if not original, ideas. The narration couldn’t rise above the material.