Ring Shout

By: P. Djèlí Clark

Narrated by: Channie Waites

Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

In America, demons wear white hoods.

In 1915, The Birth of a Nation casts a spell across America, swelling the Klan's ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They plan to bring hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die.

Standing in their way are Maryse Boudreaux and her fellow resistance fighters, a foulmouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter. Armed with blade, bullet, and bomb, they hunt their hunters and send the Klan's demons straight to hell. But something awful's brewing in Macon, and the war on hell is about to heat up.

Can Maryse stop the Klan before it ends the world?

©2020 P. Djèlí Clark (P)2020 Recorded Books, Inc.

AMAZING

The story is an incredible story of anger and hate. The way the author shows the differences in these emotions is astounding. The audiobook reader does an incredible job with the different voices and songs. Truly a beautiful book all around.

Amazing.

This is, hands down, the best book I've read this year. There are some interesting parallels between this book and Matt Ruff's LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, which I liked but didn't love. Ultimately, I felt like this book accomplished something similar that Ruff had set out to do in his novel, but P. Djèlí Clark did it better than Ruff. It's possible that the difference is in the authors' lived experiences and racial identities...

The narration for this audiobook is excellent. I'm looking forward to reading more works by Clark and listening to more books read by Chance Waites.

Quick Draw and To the Point

Action! Animation! A thrilling imagination on a topic of a hateful sort of people. Loved every song, voice, and action!!! Perfect timing.

Love the story

Great story, but the narration felt overdone and forced at times distracting from the power of the narrative itself.

incredible story, incredible narration

the narrator put so much live and personality into the story, I wish she could read every book to me from now on!

Wow

I purchased Ring Shout, anticipating a vivid world, populated by fascinating characters, because it's P. Djeli Clark after all. He has this ability to create characters I can both identify with and relate to, no matter how different their world is from mine or they are from myself. I guess that's the mark of a brilliant story teller. I'm always on the look out for anything he publishes and haven't been disappointed yet.

Ring Shout is set post WWI. The feel of the time is beautifully recreated, the social structure, the gravitas of the situation and Clark adds in Lovecraftian supernatural elements that heighten the threat of what's at risk of being enacted - the KKK coming to power in the United States. (I researched Birth of a Nation, chilled by the movie's message and influence on society at the time.) The book also has a bit of a feel like a documentary, with interviews at the start of the chapters from people who participated in a ring shout, that adds validity to the events that unfold in that section. As the story grows there's also a deep attachment to the characters, warts and all.

Great story and Channie Waites' narration is _fantastic_. I especially liked how she perfectly captured the lyrical beauty of a song's description and then illustrated it by staying in character and singing their lines. Wow. Well worth the credit.

A thrilling, imaginative historic fiction!

I enjoy reading historic fiction novels. This one reads as part sci-fi, part thriller and part documentary. As mentioned by others it has a LOVECRAFT COUNTRY feel to it but in a good way.The narrator does an amazing job depicting the voices of different characters including the Gullah Geechee accent. This is an excellent novel!

Fantastic

The performer of this story is fantastic. It was easy to tell characters apart. The story is phenomenal; gripping and emotional and important.

Incredible narrator performance with a fast-paced plot!

A short-shot of fun horror book reads like the beginning of a mini series. An all-female group of hero’s taking on the KKK as literal monsters. Surprising funny and heartfelt through out it’s a blast you’ll breeze through in a few hours

Creative & Memorable

I really loved this book! The idea was very creative and so was the plot. I liked how the author mixed reality with fantasy. It reminds me a lot of. Lovercraft Country. I didn't like the narrator. But other than that, a good solid read.