• When the Reckoning Comes

  • A Novel
  • De: LaTanya McQueen
  • Narrado por: Kara Young
  • Duración: 8 h y 44 m
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (211 calificaciones)

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When the Reckoning Comes

De: LaTanya McQueen
Narrado por: Kara Young
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A haunting novel about a black woman who returns to her hometown for a plantation wedding and the horror that ensues as she reconnects with the blood-soaked history of the land and the best friends she left behind.

More than a decade ago, Mira fled her small, segregated hometown in the south to forget. With every mile she traveled, she distanced herself from her past: from her best friend Celine, mocked by their town as the only white girl with black friends; from her old neighborhood; from the eerie Woodsman plantation rumored to be haunted by the spirits of slaves; from the terrifying memory of a ghost she saw that terrible day when a dare-gone-wrong almost got Jesse—the boy she secretly loved—arrested for murder.

But now Mira is back in Kipsen to attend Celine's wedding at the plantation, which has been transformed into a lush vacation resort. Mira hopes to reconnect with her friends, and especially, Jesse, to finally tell him the truth about her feelings and the events of that devastating long-ago day.

But for all its fancy renovations, the Woodsman remains a monument to its oppressive racist history. The bar serves antebellum drinks, entertainments include horrifying reenactments, and the service staff is nearly all black. Yet the darkest elements of the plantation's past have been carefully erased—rumors that slaves were tortured mercilessly and that ghosts roam the lands, seeking vengeance on the descendants of those who tormented them, which includes most of the wedding guests.

As the weekend unfolds, Mira, Jesse, and Celine are forced to acknowledge their history together, and to save themselves from what is to come.

©2021 LaTanya McQueen (P)2021 HarperCollins Publishers

Editor's Pick

Listen if you liked Get Out
As soon as Kara Young’s smooth-as-honey voice poured into my ears, I didn’t want to hit pause on When the Reckoning Comes. This haunting debut from LaTanya McQueen is a horror story, but it’s deeper than ghosts and ghouls. As Mira returns to her North Carolina hometown to attend her childhood best friend’s wedding, she’s forced to confront the oppressive history of the land she left behind 10 years ago. Mira believes she has reinvented herself, putting that fateful night when she sneaked onto the local Woodsman plantation firmly in the past. But she’s wrong. The plantation may have been restyled as an idyllic wedding venue, but the secrets buried there won’t remain hidden much longer. As a first-time narrator, Young’s performance is pitch perfect, reflecting the trepidation of Mira’s return to her roots and the lingering trauma of slavery on this troubled community. What a wonderful pairing of debut author and narrator—I can’t wait to hear more from them both. —Margaret H., Audible Editor

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Captivating and excellent story telling

The narrator had such a great delivery. Her voice was soothing and I think she did a great job bringing life to each character. The story itself was entertaining and heart wrenching. To know that it went even farther than the slavery and oppression, it’s believable that their ghosts would want vengeance. Excellent.

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Hard subject but beautiful book

Writing from my perspective as a middle class white woman from up North…. I love books that shine perspective on a life experience that is vastly different from my own. This book gave me a gut sense of the echoes of slavery in our current times in a way that nothing else has. Some of the scenes were painful to listen to but not so gruesome as to make me fast forward, and it felt necessary to hear them out. Beautiful narration, excellent writing, ghost story/love story blending in with the serious subject matter. Definitely in my top 5 audiobooks, & one I will listen to again.

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Never knew how Heinous they were!

I knew slavery was horrible.... but settling pieces of slaves...., wearing our skin as face masks or shoes! Really loving the texture of the whipped skin! Some even grinding down the bones and eating the powder. Whoa! And Still no reperations! Jesus!

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Solid

This was on my tbr for a while and I’m glad I got to it. The plot , imagery & characters were so well developed. The narration was amazing. Reviews getting offended that they are being painted in a wrong way because they are white - missed the point. And comments wondering where the horror was - the horror was the slavery. The brutality and violence of slavery that is hardly talked about. That’s the horror.

I did get confused with the time traveling and Mira shifting ( lack of a better word). Overall worth it.

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🤔

The story overall was interesting enough to keep my attention. Maybe it's me but I was expecting something different maybe more.... Jesse had the right idea to leave things as they were. Especially when he got Mira off that plantation. If you're given vision, dreams, or even a gut feeling to leave, then LEAVE. I felt sorry for Celine but she was as gullible as Mira. I don't know who was worse out of the two. This book did a good job with the whole horror/gore genre.

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Fun read

Good job, Tanya - looking forward to the next one! Thought the voice actor overdid Celine a bit, but other than that, great presentation throughout.

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Yes! Read !

This story depicts the black experience based on a variety of perspectives on how to make things better for them in the eyes of their white counterparts….nothing helps!

Great story. Will read again

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Highly Enjoyed

It’s not very often that a story hooks me from the very beginning but this one did just that. The back story was intriguing and kept me wanting to know more and the narrator was amazing! I could listen to her all day.

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Great story!

Loved this! it would make an amazing movie! a can't wait to see what else the author has written.

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Beautifully written and narrated!

Kara did an excellent job of narrating a great story. There was anticipation at each chapter. Loved the book!

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