The Haunting of Room 904

A Novel

De: Erika T. Wurth

Narrado por: Ina Barrón

“Narrator Ina Barrón arrives at the mic fully formed, providing a notable performance of distinct characterizations.”—Booklist

From the author of White Horse (“Twisty and electric.” —The New York Times Book Review) comes a terrifying and resonant novel about a woman who uses her unique gift to learn the truth about her sister’s death.

Olivia Becente was never supposed to have the gift. The ability to commune with the dead was the specialty of her sister, Naiche. But when Naiche dies unexpectedly and under strange circumstances, somehow Olivia suddenly can’t stop seeing and hearing from spirits.

A few years later, she’s the most in-demand paranormal investigator in Denver. She’s good at her job, but the loss of Naiche haunts her. That’s when she hears from the Brown Palace, a landmark Denver hotel. The owner can’t explain it, but every few years, a girl is found dead in room 904, no matter what room she checked into the night before. As Olivia tries to understand these disturbing deaths, the past and the present collide as Olivia’s investigation forces her to confront a mysterious and possibly dangerous cult, a vindictive journalist, betrayal by her friends, and shocking revelations about her sister’s secret life.

The Haunting of Room 904 is a paranormal thriller that is as edgy as it is heartfelt and simmers with intensity and longing. Erika T. Wurth lives up to her reputation as “a gritty new punkish outsider voice in American horror.”

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

Different than I expected

I had hoped for more of a spooky, haunted atmosphere to this story. The premise is so interesting, but I feel kind of like it was a bait and switch in a way. It starts strong, with a paranormal vibe, but gets a bit choppy and morphs into a mock romance, with he-said/she-said characters on the sidelines. Sadly, the book never really came together for me and the ending just felt sorta rushed and flat.

A lot of woowoo nonsense treated like it's real

The narration was good but the storyline was eyeroll worthy. If you believe in all kinds of mystical, supernatural stuff then it was okay but treating the paranormal events in the book like they're real just made the whole thing sound childish. Some of the characters were painfully one-sided in their flaws. Also an extremely convoluted storyline, just all over the place with its concepts and not written well enough to bring it all together sensibly.

So good! Finished in 24 hours. I couldn’t stop

I don’t understand the low ratings on gd but can only imagine they’re from the ignorant/apathetic. This book had everything I could want in a story, paranormal, great characters, friendships, relationships, wit, interesting history and heartbreaking truths of humanity. The good and the bad, always duality. At the same time it was such so entertaining and fun. Well written and original I don’t understand how you wouldn’t love this! So so worth the credit! Going to read this authors other books next. Definitely recommend !

Good and Creepy

An intelligent woman who is a paranormal investigator is trying to move on after her sister`s suicide, but there is something that keeps pulling her back to her pain. Now, her mother is in danger and there may have been more at play in sister`s death. The writing is great and the performance was too. It`s a story that gets you from the beginning and doesn`t let you go.

Amazing

If there weren’t any racists, sexists or homophobes in the world this book would have gotten much better reviews. It’s awesome from start to finish. I will buy her first book now, so bye!