The Haunted

By: Bentley Little

Narrated by: Dan Butler

Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins

Publisher's summary

The Perry family's new house is perfect - except for the weird behavior of the neighbors, and that odd smell coming from a dark corner in the basement. Pity no one warned the family about the house. Now it's too late. Because the darkness at the bottom of the basement stairs is rising.

©2012 Bentley Little (P)2012 AudioGO

Creepy and Beautiful

Not for young readers, this book has some serious adult content in parts. Overall a seriously creepy story, great plot twist.

Not so much ghosts as overall poltergeist activity. More of a thriller than a horror.

Very Scary

All in all, fairly good book. Parts of the book was pretty darn scary. I didn't care for the ending but it didn't take away from the enjoyment of the book.

Family drama and making amends

Good, became real creepy at the end, and very family closeness at the very end 👍👍

A Solid Scary Story

So I really did like this audiobook! It kept me interested the entire time. Dan Butler’s narration was sharp, quick, and entertaining. Bentley Little’s writing felt very similar to Stephen King’s. That could be a good thing or or a bad thing depending on your point of view. His style is detailed and that made the characters more believable. Some of my favorite chapters actually gave us some background of the “haunting.” They were super interesting to listen to.

There are definitely some graphic sexual and gore descriptions that might upset some people but overall it was a great spooky story to listen to, especially during the Halloween season!

simply fabulous all around :)

Without any doubt, I loved this story and the narrator was incredible. Now that I'm finished I will look for more by Bentley Little and with any luck it will be read by Dan Butler!

Spooky Tale...

Worth the read. No blood and gore-type horror, but a genuine spooky tale. Fast-paced, too - Just right!

Very entertaining and scary.

I really enjoyed this book. The character development was more than I have found in a book in awhile. There were certain scenes I found disturbing but the book is horror so.... the thing I did appreciate was that those scenes were short and not drawn out. I did not feel like they were “over-done”. I am very surprised at some of the reviews for this book. I don’t understand why some people today are so hateful regarding other people’s creative works. If you’re reading something and you don’t like it, all you have to do is stop reading it. I enjoyed the ending. And I also enjoyed the historical fiction that was included as a backdrop for a possible reason for the haunting. I was looking for a good haunted house story that was really scary and I feel like this was exactly that. I like a book to have a good final ending and I really feel like this book had that. Though some readers obviously don’t agree with me. But that’s their right. If you’re looking for purely scary entertainment, and aren’t easily offended, I suggest giving it a try.

A dark tale full of despair that falls short

this is one of my least liked novels by Bentley Little if I have to be honest. it had such potential with the dark haunted house story that was filled with despair but ultimately fell short. although the characters were well written I never felt attached to any of them and it all seemed a bit bleak. it had moments that were nerve wrecking and then moments that I felt didn't work. The family made so many bad decisions it was exhausting. At times it felt boring but would then pick back up and save its itself. this was a decent listen bit not one I would pick up again.

One dimensional

This is a very long book, but still feels somehow superficial. Not terribly absorbing horror fiction.

Spoiler alert

This was such a good scary story and you spent I spent the whole book rooting for them and then the ending ruined it. I did not like it at all. In the end they’re all supposed to get out and be OK. Nobody pertinent to the story is supposed to die