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Gather the Daughters
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Never Let Me Go meets The Giver in this haunting debut about a cult on an isolated island where nothing is as it seems.
Years ago, just before the country was incinerated to wasteland, 10 men and their families colonized an island off the coast. They built a radical society of ancestor worship, controlled breeding, and the strict rationing of knowledge and history. Only the Wanderers - chosen male descendants of the original 10 - are allowed to cross to the wastelands, where they scavenge for detritus among the still-smoldering fires.
The daughters of these men are wives-in-training. At the first sign of puberty, they face their Summer of Fruition, a ritualistic season that drags them from adolescence to matrimony. They have children, who have children, and when they are no longer useful, they take their final draught and die. But in the summer, the younger children reign supreme. With the adults indoors and the pubescent in Fruition, the children live wildly - they fight over food and shelter, free of their fathers' hands and their mothers' despair. And it is at the end of one summer that little Caitlin Jacob sees something so horrifying, so contradictory to the laws of the island, that she must share it with the others.
Born leader Janey Solomon steps up to seek the truth. At 17-years-old, Janey is so unwilling to become a woman, she is slowly starving herself to death. Trying urgently now to unravel the mysteries of the island and what lies beyond before her own demise, she attempts to lead an uprising of the girls that may be their undoing.
Gather the Daughters is a smoldering debut; dark and energetic, compulsively listenable, Melamed's novel announces her as an unforgettable new voice in fiction.
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- Ashlyn
- 08-03-17
A gripping but disturbing read
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One important thing about this book that wasn't obvious from the summary: Although the main characters are young teenage or prepubescent girls, it's definitely not a story for children and should not be read by someone who's sensitive to the subject of child abuse or sexual abuse.
That said, while the subject matter of this story was deeply disturbing, I felt it was done tastefully (at least as much as is possible) and the author stayed away from any graphic descriptions. Most of the horror comes not from the acts themselves but from how they're seen by members of the island's society as completely normal and mundane. It was well-written with compelling, fleshed out characters. The suspense was very well done to the point that I listened to most of the book in one go. I'll definitely be on the lookout for future books from Jennie Melamed.
My only criticism on the performance is that the dialogue for most of the girls was read in a very whiny, shrill voice that distracted me from the story. Janey was the worst offender, which is unfortunate since she has quite a bit of dialogue. Thankfully the narrator's normal voice isn't like that so most of it was fine.
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- Amy L. Harmon
- 09-11-17
had no idea this was about pedophilia
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The summary does not indicate the actual gist of the story. I should have read the reviews.
Shame on me. I would not have purchased. Even knowing the author has dealt with childhood trauma victims does not help that this is an odd story and disappointing at best.
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- AMFM
- 08-18-17
Set Up for a Series
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It's an interesting if uncomfortable concept, and definitely engaging. I got into it very quickly. However, the real conflict of the story is never resolved and the big questions are never answered. Most likely slated for a sequel, as a stand alone book, this left me disappointed.
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- Scott H
- 09-09-17
end of book didn't justify upsetting premise
I really did like the author's style but I wish she would cut off the last few chapters and keep working on it. This book had a lot of potential.
The premise is extremely disturbing. For a world this terrible I feel we are owed more feminist empowerment and revenge than was delivered. That being the case I wish I hadn't read it.
Narrator was very good except she chose a whiny voice for one of the main characters that didn't reflect her strength. Her normal voice was great as were many of her other choices.
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- Gramgram
- 09-07-17
Disappointed!
It was hard for me to finish this book. Nothing like Handmaid's Tale . Relationship with fathers and daughters were disturbing.
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- cassandra vollenberg
- 08-07-17
good book
This book was a good read, very interesting but as I got deeper into the book the undertones were kind of disturbing. However, I did enjoy the story. The ending seemed somewhat abrupt and I felt like it needed to go on just a little longer.
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- Fiona
- 07-12-18
Meh
Initially the story had a lot of promise, but it left too many things unanswered. Mostly the incest, there was no real explanation for why that had to be included and came off as just a tool for shock value and like the author wanted to write a story rooted in incest. Again, could have been super interesting but just wasn’t throughly fleshed out. Also the narrator was terrible. She was fine when narrating the story but the voices the chose for the characters were awful. She made all the girls whiney and screechy so to the point where it was annoying and did not at all reflect the emotion they were trying to convey.
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- Spread Kindness
- 11-16-21
Amalgam & THT!
The narrator mispronounced amalgam a couple of times, made me chuckle. If you like, The Handmaids Tale, you will find this compelling. There aspects of many religious practices shadowed in this story. The Amish rumpshringa, the old Mormon practice of reassigning wives/children. Various religious organizations power-struggles & caste system of hierarchy.
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- Callista Clark
- 01-27-19
Overall.... just ok....
Once you figure out the overall plot, it really just seems like an absurd venture into exploiting sexual abuse.
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- Nick Jazayeri DMD
- 09-25-18
A very brave book.
Fans of the Handmaids Tale will find this book to be a powerful and thought provoking read.
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Arcadia
- By: Lauren Groff
- Narrated by: Andrew Garman
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Lauren Groff’s acclaimed debut novel The Monsters of Templeton was short-listed for the Orange Prize. Her second novel, Arcadia opens in the late 1960s with a group of young idealists forming a commune in western New York State. Into this group is born Bit, who grows into a quiet, distant man. Over the course of 50 years, Bit witnesses the utopia crumble and the world change in unimaginable ways.
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Luscious prose, intimate and realistic
- By Kathleen on 03-22-12
By: Lauren Groff
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Wolf Winter
- By: Cecilia Ekback
- Narrated by: Alyssa Bresnahan
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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Swedish Lapland, 1717. Maija, her husband Paavo and her daughters Frederika and Dorotea arrive from their native Finland, hoping to forget the traumas of their past and put down new roots in this harsh but beautiful land. Above them looms BlackAsen, a mountain whose foreboding presence looms over the valley and whose dark history seems to haunt the lives of those who live in its shadow.
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So atmospheric, it hurts
- By Bookmarque on 08-24-15
By: Cecilia Ekback
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Daughters of the Storm
- By: Kim Wilkins
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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Lying in a magic-induced coma, the King of Thyrsland is on the brink of death: if his enemies knew, chaos would reign. In fear for his life and his kingdom, his five daughters set out on a perilous journey to try to save him, their only hope an aunt they have yet to meet, a shadowy practitioner of undermagic who lives on the wild northern borders. No one can stand before the fierce tattooed soldier and eldest daughter, Bluebell, an army commander who is rumoured to be unkillable....
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Loved
- By Amazon Customer on 07-01-20
By: Kim Wilkins
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The Trees
- By: Ali Shaw
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
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There came an elastic aftershock of creaks and groans and then, softly softly, a chinking shower of rubbled cement. Leaves calmed and trunks stood serene. Where, not a minute before, there had been a suburb, there was now only woodland standing amid ruins. There is no warning. No chance to prepare. They arrive in the night: thundering up through the ground, transforming streets and towns into shadowy forest. Buildings are destroyed.
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Post apocalypse with a little bit of magic
- By Tam on 09-20-16
By: Ali Shaw
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Autumn Castle
- By: Kim Wilkins
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
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Berlin in autumn: Christine Starlight lives in an artists' colony with her lover Jude, whose patience and beauty have eased her battle with chronic pain. But Christine begins to be haunted by childhood recollections of a little girl's disappearance and the flapping of a blackbird's wings. Then her world is rocked by the return of a childhood friend... Mayfridh rules over a land where a wolf is the queen's counsellor, fate turns on the fall of an autumn leaf and mortals feel no pain.
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Great Story, Horrible Narration
- By KathyDB on 03-24-15
By: Kim Wilkins
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The Feed
- A Novel
- By: Nick Clark Windo
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett, Nick Clark Windo
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
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The Feed is accessible everywhere, by everyone, at any time. It instantaneously links us to all information and global events. Tom and Kate use the Feed, but Tom has resisted its addiction. The Feed's collapse, taking modern society with it, leaves people scavenging to survive. Tom and Kate have managed to protect themselves and their family. But then their six-year-old daughter, Bea, goes missing. Who has taken her? How do you begin to look for someone in a world without technology?
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uhhh
- By Michelle on 03-10-20
By: Nick Clark Windo
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Daughters unto Devils
- By: Amy Lukavics
- Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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When 16-year-old Amanda Verner's family decides to move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, she hopes it is her chance for a fresh start. She can leave behind the memory of the past winter; of her sickly ma giving birth to a baby sister who cries endlessly; of the terrifying visions she saw as her sanity began to slip, the victim of cabin fever; and, most of all, of the boy she has been secretly meeting with as a distraction from her pain. The boy whose baby she now carries.
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One Intense Ride that Will Leave You Horrified
- By Jeffrey veals on 05-31-18
By: Amy Lukavics
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Tess of the Road
- By: Rachel Hartman
- Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
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In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. Tess is none of these things. Tess is...different. She speaks out of turn, has wild ideas, and can't seem to keep out of trouble. Then Tess goes too far. Tess's family decide the only path for her is a nunnery. But on the day she is to join the nuns, Tess chooses a different path for herself. She cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey. She's not running away, she's running towards something.
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Beautiful and Boring, Both.
- By Ryan on 04-05-19
By: Rachel Hartman
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Grim
- By: Ellen Hopkins, Julie Kagawa, Amanda Hocking, and others
- Narrated by: Christine Johnson
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
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Inspired by classic fairy tales, but with a dark and sinister twist, Grim contains short stories from some of the best voices in young adult literature today: Ellen Hopkins, Amanda Hocking, Julie Kagawa, Claudia Gray, Rachel Hawkins, Kimberly Derting, Myra McEntire, Malinda Lo, Sarah Rees-Brennan, Jackson Pearce, Christine Johnson, Jeri Smith Ready, Shaun David Hutchinson, Saundra Mitchell, Sonia Gensler, Tessa Gratton, Jon Skrovron.
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amazing
- By Anonymous User on 10-04-17
By: Ellen Hopkins, and others
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Deathless
- By: Catherynne M. Valente
- Narrated by: Kim de Blecourt
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to Western European culture: a menacing, evil figure; the villain of countless stories that have been passed on through story and text for generations. But Koschei has never before been seen through the eyes of Catherynne Valente, whose modernized and transformed take on the legend brings the action to modern times, spanning many of the great developments of Russian history in the 20th century.
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My Favorite Fantasy Book of the Year
- By Robert on 12-29-13
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Desired
- The Untold Story of Samson and Delilah
- By: Ginger Garrett
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gallagher
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Three women loved him. Two betrayed him. One fulfilled his destiny. Desired tells the story of the legendary strongman through the eyes of the three most important women in his life. The fiercely loving Jewish mother who nags him toward greatness … and rebellion. The impoverished Philistine girl, Amara, who becomes Samson’s bride. And the emotionally damaged seductress—the legendary Delilah—who becomes the instrument of his destruction and the key to his tragic triumph.
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really cool perspective on this story
- By Lisa on 02-11-13
By: Ginger Garrett
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Palimpsest
- By: Catherynne M. Valente
- Narrated by: Aasne Vigesaa
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse - a voyage permitted only to those who’ve always believed there’s another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this kingdom of ghost trains, lion-priests, living kanji, and cream-filled canals come four travelers.
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Excellent Prose, but lacks maturity
- By Michael on 08-09-15
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Nowhere is a Place
- By: Bernice McFadden
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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Nothing can mend a broken heart quite like family. Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most important, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer afternoon. The incident has haunted Sherry, and it causes her to dig into her family's past. Like many family histories, it is fractured and stubbornly reluctant to reveal its secrets. But Sherry is determined to know the full story. In a few days' time, her extended family will gather for a reunion, and Sherry sets off across the country with her mother, Dumpling, to join them.
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A Mother and Daughter Tear. It. Up.
- By Susie on 01-15-14
By: Bernice McFadden