Dark Visions

By: Maxine O'Callaghan

Narrated by: Freddy Moyano

Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's summary

Second Sight...Precognition....

Mitch always had the power...or the curse. It had been passed down in her family tree, generation to generation. 

No matter how far away she ran, the unwanted visions of killing filled her mind. She felt the victim’s terror, the terrible pain of the stabbing knife. 

Unable to banish what she has seen, Mitch goes to the police. 

And seals her doom....

The murderer knows that Mitch’s gift is real. 

The next death Mitch sees will be her own. 

Dark Visions

©1988 Maxine O'Callaghan (P)2019 Capricorn Literary

Excellent

A classic thriller that doesn’t feel dated
A psychic terrorized by images of violent murders must embrace her gift to avoid becoming the next victim
A Well narrated introduction to this authors work highly recommended
I received a free review audiobook and voluntarily left this review

Visions of Murder

I enjoyed the story. It was a bit of a struggle to get through it, but it was a good story. I don’t think it strayed far from your typical psychic helping a cop story, but this could have been ground breaking 30 years ago. The names have been changed to protect the innocent, but the story remains the same. It was well told and while there isn’t much mystery, it is a good chase with some twists along the way.

I liked the two main characters, although I had a hard time discerning them from other characters from time to time. When I think back on the story, I have a better idea of who was who and understand now what was going on. I got lost a little bit in the moment, but it could have been because I was multitasking while listening. Once I finished the story, and reflected on what I had listened, I realized that it was a much better plot line than I thought it was at the time. I think this is one that would be worth a second listen to catch the things I missed the first time and appreciate the characters more. They had a lot going on in their lives and I fear I missed some of their development.

My main issue I had was the narrator. I don’t often come across a narrator that I don’t like, however I had a really hard time with his narration. I checked other books that he narrated, and he doesn’t narrate them the way he did this one, I really liked the samples from the other books I heard. With this book he had a very soft whispery voice that I didn’t think matched the tone of the book or the characters. At first, I was gung-ho on having a book read different from the norm, but slowly it dragged the overall story down. I really enjoyed his accent, although his slow and often shaky voice caused a bit of the confusion for me with the characters as I couldn’t always discern the difference between them. From time to time I thought their character voices were switching and wondered why Russ went from his voice to Mitch’s.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

This may be a good book, but the audiobook sucks.

As far as an audio book, this is terrible. the story may be okay, but I won't ever know, unless I read the book. I received this code for free, in return for an honest review. I got a message from the narrator asking me not to review it, unless I could give it a 5 star review, because he had been working on it for 5 months and has had enough negative reviews. I told him I only give honest reviews. I was between books, so I decided to listen to this one. I listened for 45 minutes and had no clue what was going on. I started it again and listened for 20 minutes. I finally gave up. This may be a wonderful book, but the audiobook is terrible. I have never heard a worse narrator of audiobooks. This was ridiculously bad. I am not just giving this review because the narrator didn't want anything but 5 star reviews. It's impossible to listen to this though. I tried. Twice!

Needs a different narrator

This is a great story, but whomever was responsible for casting the narrator failed big time. Freddy Moyano's accent is totally inappropriate for this novel. He is a talented narrator for the right setting/characters, but he should have disqualified himself from narrating this audiobook.

NOTE: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Creepy and dark

Dark Visions is the perfect name for this book. The book is creepy, dark, fast paced fun. The narrator Freddy Moyano is absolutely perfect with his voices he draws you in and doesn't let you go. The storyline is well written and strong. The characters are well developed. The story flows at a great pace I just hope this book does not give me nightmares. I received this audio book upon my request and it comes highly recommended if you love a good twisted tale like me. I leave this honest review of my own volition.

good some twists a nice Spanish lean i think

just spooky enough to keep it from going to far out their. different narration, nice. nice lead girl. went quick.
i got a free copy some how. tks

Psychic Stuff!

There is lots of it in this one. Overall I enjoyed this book quite a bit. Though I found the narration to be problematic in a few ways. I really liked Freddy Moyano's voice, it has an interesting whispery quality that I found interesting. That said, his accent didn't seem to fit with the setting and more importantly, even if it did, all of the characters had the same accent... so it was very difficult to distinguish between them a lot of the time. I think the writing may have contributed to this as well - I think the same characters were referred to in different ways (first and last names) and some of the names sounded similar enough to others to the point where I really didn't know who was speaking much of the time. It wasn't a bad book at all, but I don't think I would recommend it to any friends.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

an amazing story

This story is about a young woman who can see pending deaths of people around her. When she went to the police. They thought she was a wacko. But one detective decided to give her a chance. And found he could actually care about the young beautiful woman.


Now for the narrative. Freddy did a great job using different voices. The slow soft voice takes a little to get used to, but then I realized that he was putting the emotions of the main character into the voice. I enjoyed listening this story, and would recommend it to anyone who loves a good psychic murder mystery

Dark Visions

This is a fantastic thriller. It grabbed me and kept me on the edge of my seat. I like how it was told in different characters point of view as well. The storyline flowed great. I love these type of reads because its like putting a puzzle together. The Narrator done a fantastic job as well. The Characters came alive and your could hear there emotions. I definitely recommend.
Shauna Joesten

Visual darkness

I love the story I thought it was overall excellent the story. The narrator no no I couldn’t understand half the words he was saying and so it just took away from the storytime to understand the narrator and that’s not good the book was excellent the narrator sucked it just took so much awayWould I recommend the book, possibly, excellent excellent story though very very good.

Dark Visions

I have put this off long enough.I tried to listen to this book three times.I could not understand what the book was about and narration by Freddy Moyano was horrible.Having recieved a notice ;'There is no need of any review with text unless it is 5 star one. If you don't feel it is 5 star worthy, then no need to enter a review. If you put a five star review and comment your favorite character voice was in the audiobook, I will offer you an appreciation code towards ANY audiobook of your choice.'and then there was the blurb"It takes 5 months to put one of these together between narration and editing. Some folks know I am a popular actor around here and they go in to damage with reviews.' which just put me off listening to any book for a bit.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Great story

A great story from start to the finish once you get drawn into the story the characters are believable and you can’t wait to listen to what happens next the story is brought to life by the many voices of Freddy Moyano Thank you for making this a great piece of entertainment

enjoyable book

No matter how far away she ran, the unwanted visions of killing filled her mind. She felt the victim’s terror, the terrible pain of the stabbing knife.
good book can't wait for book 2

Imagine Seeing Your Own Murder.

A very atmospheric crime fiction novel with a scary twist. Seeing murders is a huge inherited burden for our central character. Eventually she goes to the police, for the first time, to unburden her latest vision but her problems become entangled in the killers twisted plans. The plot twists and turns in this tense thriller. The narrator, at first was a distraction, but soon added to the sense of tension. An enjoyable listen.

Dark Vision

This audio book is a good book to listen to. The story line kept you on the edge of your seat with the many twists and turns. Numerous tense moments. Good narration.