The Seance in Apartment 10

By: Ambrose Ibsen

Narrated by: Valerie Englehart

Length: 4 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

Would you like to speak to the dead?

When Tori moves into a studio at the rundown Lamplight apartment complex, she gets more than she bargained for. The faucet leaks, the water heater barely functions, and the lack of air conditioning makes the summer nights brutal...

But worst of all is the dark presence that stalks the building.

When she and her friends play around with a Ouija board, Tori learns firsthand why the living have no business communing with the dead. Something sinister is roused in the process, and her life begins to spiral into madness soon thereafter. She suffers terrible nightmares, hallucinations, and feels as though she's being watched at all hours of the day.

And that's only the beginning. If the spirit has its way, it'll consume her completely.

With a terrifying specter on her trail and only a few cryptic clues about the building's curious past to aid her, Tori searches desperately for a way to get rid of the spirit.

What has escaped from the underworld will not go back so easily, however.

©2017 Ambrose Ibsen (P)2017 Ambrose Ibsen

Would have worked better in third person

I enjoy Ambrose Ibsen's work. I can always find a good ghost story, but they're always different and give me new experiences to look back on through a good book.

That being said, I had some issues with this book. I enjoyed the story, and I really liked the main character, but the story is written in first person POV, from the perspective of a college-student on break between terms. Sometimes the language that would be used in the narration was old enough, or flowery-enough, that I would have easily understood it having come from the character if she were an English major or someone who studied literature. But it didn't match her characterization at all, and it kept throwing me out of the story in confusion, because it was like she would suddenly start acting like a different character.

Add onto that that the narrator. She did an amazing job on tone and voices, but mispronounced a number of words that had me gritting my teeth through the book. Overall, a good and interesting story that spanned over years, but frustrating in enough points that I don't know if I'll listen to it again.

Couldn't get past the Narrator

I really like Ambrose Ibsen's stories. If you're in the mood for dark, creepy, something lurking in the shadows, he is my go to guy.

I liked the premise of this story but after listening to only ten minutes decided I just can't get past the narrator. She is reading too fast, almost like a nervous kid in front of a class that can't wait til he finishes his book report so he can sit back down.

I still want to read this story but I think I'll do it by actually reading it since I found the narrator more annoying than enjoyable. If you're looking for an Ambrose Ibsen story, I'd suggest one of his other ones like Transmission or The Asylum or Whispering Corridors. All of those I really enjoyed and the narrators did a great job.

not my favorite Ambose Ibsen book

I am a huge fan of Ambrose Ibsen but this was not really as good as most of his books I hsvecread or listened to. Valerie Englehart was ok as narrator but wasn't great either. The story was good.

Tori talks her father into letting her rent an off campus apartment during the summer so she can take some extra classes. After moving in some friends come over and bring an Ouija board. The trouble begins. Tori finds out the person who lived in the apartment above hers had committed suicide months before Tori moved in. She also found out the same woman had summoned a Demon. The same demon that came through the night her friends used the board. Now according to a friend she must get rid of the demon.

Enjoyed

I really like this book as well as the performance. It was not terrifying but it had some spooky moments. I would recommend it to anyone who has a fan of horror.

Decent story

Decent audiobook. The story was pretty good but the main character did bug me a bit. It's like she lacked common sense completely. It did a good job to pray on my living alone fear there and the things you can't see. The narration with Valerie Englehart was pretty good. I do wish she had shown more emotion, more fear. She was kind of one note or monotone and lacked the real fear that would have escalated this entire audiobook IMO.

I am LOVING Ambrose Ibsen's covers though! Amazing!!

Not too shabby

The end was a bit eh but it did hold my attention.
I reccomend it especially as we draw near to Halloween.

Another well-written Ibsen supernatural thriller!

The Seance in Apartment 10 by Ambrose Ibsen is a little under 5 hours and for me, it was a little tougher to listen to than his typical books. The narration, by Valerie Englehart, just wasn't up to the usual standards that you find from other frequent narrators of his books, such as Joe Hempel. There were various mispronouciations and a few other errors and I just didn't love her voice.

Narration aside, the story itself was pretty good. In his typical fashion, Ambrose crafts a unique tale around a supernatural entity that is angry and wants to wreak havoc on whatever and whoever gets in their way. This particular time it just happens to be Tori and another friend who unlocked the very thing keeping this particular being at bay by using an Ouija board and also not closing out the Ouija session the way that they should have. Tori had just moved into her own off-campus apartment and as she learns more about the "cheap" housing she's in and past occurrances that have happened there, she realizes that there's something not quite living that's tormeting her. I don't want to give anything away, but it's an enjoyable story. If you can just listen and enjoy the story and not get too caught up in the narration issues, then you'll enjoy this book. I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher for an honest review. Did you find this review helpful? If so, would you please take a moment and select the 'helpful' button below? Thanks so much!

Pretty Good

This is a very standard horror story. I've read a ton of Ambrose Ibsen's work and this is middle of the road in terms of quality and actual creepiness. It's worth a listen if you don't know what to do with your credits but it's nothing spectacular or very unique.

However, beware the narration is very lackluster. I don't know what is up with this actress but she was reading it like a book report the whole way. I made it through but it is a little distracting the way her cadence is.

It will give you the creeps

This book had me sleeping with the hallway lights on. It gave me the creeps. The author does a great job of describing everything going on so that you can visualize what is going on. Highly recommend.

Strong feeling of anticipation...then of dread

Great job as always, this guy is the king of haunted houses. This one had a large dose of creepy chills, loved it! But then...once you were into the story and new what was happening I found myself mentally screaming "DON'T GO IN THERE!!" This one almost had me shaking in the end.