Creature

Fiction Without Frontiers

By: Hunter Shea

Narrated by: Lance C. Fuller

Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins

Publisher's summary

The monsters live inside of Kate Woodson. Chronic pain and a host of autoimmune diseases have robbed her of a normal, happy life. Her husband Andrew's surprise of their dream Maine lake cottage for the summer is the gift of a lifetime. It's beautiful, remote, idyllic, a place to heal.

But they are not alone. Something is in the woods, screeching in the darkness, banging on the house, leaving animals for dead. Just like her body, Kate's cottage becomes her prison. She and Andrew must fight to survive the creature that lurks in the dead of night.

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Scary and captivating

The only reason I didn’t give it highest rating is because I found Kate very weak and annoying. I kept wanting her to die so she would be out of her misery.

Wow. Just wow

Andrew is trying to give Kate the best end of life he can. Kate is young and is dying, nothing can help, so her husband Andrew rents a cabin on Round Lake in Maine with practically no one around for miles, allowing Kate the peace and solitude to rest.
That is all I can say without spoilers. My emotions are boiling over and...Aghhhh!! I can’t talk about it. Hunter! You... mmmmm... biting my lip.. tensing up... please just go get this and read or listen to it because WTH!!

good story

this was a good story. I have to admit I did not expect the direction it went and it worked. I will definitely listen to this again in the future.

Subtle brutality with a heart

There's a subtleness to the horror that Hunter Shea paints with his latest novel. You know it's coming. You're expecting it to come at any moment. The story is building to its climax and then wham. It hits you between the eyes. You know something is coming and that it's going to be horrific, but it still catches you by surprise. One could say that this book is just as much a love story as it is a horror story. The main characters have horrific circumstances that they have to overcome that can hit very close to home. The manifestation of pain and suffering revealed in the main couple's relationship was both beautiful and heartbreaking all at the same time.

Great characters. Great story. Fantastic ending. Wonderful narration from Lance Fuller. I have loved everything I've read by Shea so far and Creature doesn't end that streak. This may be my favorite book by Shea so far. It only makes me want to read more of his work.

Like a slow burning block of C4.

this story had alot of potential, but none of that potential was taken advantage of.

My own personal Kate kicks me straight in the balls

This book is great. I loved the pace of this book, it was great, it kept me guessing to throughout the listen. It is slow at the beginning but the build up of Andrew and Kate’s relationship makes up for it. Everybody in this book seems to be madly in love. This book is relatable to me as someone who has to take care of a person who is sometimes bed ridden I felt a lot for Andrew even when he broke down and did bad things. Hunter masterfully crafted the characters in this book. I absolutely love them. Every twist that he put in the story felt almost like it didn’t belong until it tied up at the end. That was great. The end broke man heart like so many people’s backs, so many disembowelings, i wished it could have ended differently but it came to a good conclusion. It could have been a psychotic version of Harry and the Henderson’s. This is a great entry into Hunter Shea and if I was younger I would have gone on a Hunter Shea bender instead of a Stephen King bender, f it I’ll still do it.

Captivating Writing, but Poor Execution

This story was very interesting and I really enjoyed the writing style and narration, but I feel like the story got sluggish in a few places and interrupted the pace. There's also some aspects / details regarding the overall theme or explanation that got me hung up and will also be the reason I don't listen again. Nonetheless, it's nice to see new, quality monster / creature feature novels coming out so if that's your thing then you'll probably enjoy.

It’s okay

Mr Shea has written better stories and anthologies. I get it that disease and chronic pain are monstrous events to deal with fo the patients, And monster born from these experiences is brilliant, but too long in the. Tooth for development of the characters…
And very little story background on what was occurring with the other victims until the end
It felt and read like Shea was only writing part of the book

So Awful

The narrator did a great job with the miserable dumpsterfire he had to work with.

but this story is just not okay...I feel like a really clever 7th grader wrote it with no idea how plot, suspense, continuity, or horror work in a story.

You will love this book if you want to listen to 9 hours of crying about a horrible disease ravaging a woman, followed by 15 interesting minutes of family time and a final 2 hours of totally left field creature feature entirely devoid of any semblance of sense...