
A Good and Happy Child
A Novel
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Narrado por:
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Mark Deakins
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De:
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Justin Evans
As he delves into his childhood memories, he begins to recall things he hasn't thought of in 20 years. The odd, rambling letters his father sent home before he died. The jovial mother who started dating too soon after his father's death. A boy who appeared one night when George was lonely, then told him secrets he didn't want to know. How no one believed this new friend was real and that he was responsible for the bad things that were happening.
Terrified by all that he has forgotten, George struggles to remember what really happened in the months following his father's death. And when a mysterious murder is revealed, remembering the past becomes the only way George can protect himself and his young family.
A psychological thriller in the tradition of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, with shades of The Exorcist, the smart and suspenseful A Good and Happy Child leaves you questioning the things you remember and frightened of the things you've forgotten.
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"This is an edgy, compelling read, more unnerving than scary, that will slide its hooks deep inside and throttle you more than a few times before it's all over." (Booklist)
"This stunning novel marks the debut of a serious talent....Evans subtly evokes terror and anxiety with effective understatement. The intelligence and humanity of this thriller should help launch it onto bestseller lists." (Publishers Weekly)
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Perfectly average
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Not as good as I was expecting from reading review
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The story is riveting and the author is a great talent. Mr. Evans, please keep writing! Can't wait for your next work.
Mark Deakins: Hands-down the best narrator I've had the pleasure of hearing. We need more of you! In fact I'll go seek out anything else you have narrated when I finish this review.
The ending felt slightly rushed and wasn't as satisfying as I had hoped for but left me thinking long afterward. So I guess that's a good thing.
READ THIS BOOK.
Fantastic
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This book is not based on anything other than superstition, false premises and religious bull. If you are interested in the subject of demonic possession, this book will give you a bunch of incorrect and deluded ideas that will not really help you. It is so depressing that you will not even be entertained.
A Bad and Disappointing Read
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I actually read the physical book years ago and loved it, and so I was happy to revisit it on Audible. Mark Deakins as a narrator is fine. I wouldn't necessarily seek him out as a narrator in the future, but he did a good job with the narration. I found that I couldn't listen to this book at night--it was that scary. And again, the horror is largely subtle. There's not a lot of things jumping out, not a lot of blood and guts, nothing particularly flashy or grotesque. I get impatient with that stuff, as it tends to be predictable and not scary *because* it's so predictable. It's lazy writing.
This is not that. This is beautifully written and deep. This is a deeply human story working alongside something sinister, and that's what makes it so great and so unsettling. It alternates between the present action, where George Davies is in therapy because he can't bring himself to touch his newborn son, and George's childhood memories, which is more of a coming-of-age story centered around the great tragedy of George's life. These childhood recollections slowly, and alarmingly turn darker and darker as grown George remembers more and more. I will say that the book does get a little preachy at certain points, but I think that makes sense in context.
By the end of the book, things are not 100% clear, and that really works in this case. It's not a cliffhanger, and it doesn't make the book feel unfinished. Rather, it encourages you to keep thinking after the book is done. The description says that this has notes of The Exorcist, and I actually think it has more than that. It's easy to see how this book was directly influenced by The Exorcist, which, in my opinion, is one of the scariest books of all time. This goes up there with The Exorcist, The Haunting of Hill House, and My Best Friend's Exorcism as one of my favorite horror novels. I really wish there were more like this out there.
Not a Psychological Thriller
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great book!!!
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Loved it! Kept me on my seat!
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Brilliantly written!!
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What made the experience of listening to A Good and Happy Child the most enjoyable?
The great character development and the authors talent. I was able to sympathize with the protagonist because the author was able to write so well from this point of view.What other book might you compare A Good and Happy Child to and why?
Crazy Dangerous - same central themeWhat does Mark Deakins bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
His ability to portray and transition from one character to the next was incredible.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The moments where the protagonist is unaware of the damage he has done.Any additional comments?
The ending was not stellar but I enjoyed the book.Crazy or Posessed
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What I got instead was a really slow moving horror fantasy, which had absolutely no relevance to the real world, and was full of depressing and unlikeable characters.
Suitable for Halloween
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