The Violence

A Novel

De: Delilah S. Dawson

Narrado por: Hillary Huber

How far would you go to be free? Three generations of women forge a new path through an America torn by a mysterious wave of violence in this “chilling [and] dizzyingly effective” (The New York Times Book Review) novel of revenge, liberation, and triumph.

“A compulsively readable fusion of domestic thriller and modern horror.”—Kameron Hurley, author of The Light Brigade

“A novel that defines this era.”—Stephen Graham Jones, New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians

FINALIST FOR THE ITW THRILLER AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times

They call it The Violence: a strange epidemic that causes the infected to experience sudden bursts of animalistic rage, with no provocation and no memory of their crimes. While it tears the nation apart, one woman sees something unlikely in the chaos—an opportunity.

Chelsea Martin has been a prisoner in her own home for too long. Her controlling husband has manipulated her for years, cutting her off from all support. Her narcissistic mother is no help, and her teen daughter is realizing she might be falling into the same trap when her once adoring boyfriend shows a dark side.

But when the Violence erupts, Chelsea creates a plan to liberate herself and her daughters once and for all.

What follows is a shocking and thrilling journey as three generations of women navigate a world in which they are finally empowered to fight back. Somewhere along the journey from her magazine-ready Tampa home to the professional wrestling ring, Chelsea becomes her own liberator, an avatar of revenge and hope, and a new heroine for a new world.

I liked it a lot!

I didn't expect much going into this book but it was really good. More suspenseful than you might expect the narrator was fantastic as always.

Could have been better

The premise of the Violence was very interesting. I really enjoyed the characters (especially Patricia). However there was too much naval gazing (especially in the last quarter), too many cliches and politics.

Character development

An unrealistic situation but a very realistic reaction by most of the characters. Loved the changes in many of the characters. The ending was a little too pat. But oh so satisfying! Bad guy gets his and those who grew survived happily ever after.

I really enjoyed this book!

It was totally different and entertaining. I couldn't stop listening and liked the ending.

Amazing!

I loved this book. Such a great commentary of life these days and the struggle of those abused

Holy cow patties Flirida Woman!

I will give nothing away outside of the title of this review. Smart, current, scathing social commentary, gut-wrenching, compelling, disturbing and uplifting.

The narration is outstanding and this is a near perfect listen. I only write near perfect because I don't believe in perfection.

A good story

I was really loving this story in the beginning. The three points of view from the mother, grandmother, and eldest daughter were so great. I loved that they had so many echoed experiences. The book started to get shaky for me when the family split up. It hit a bit of a hump in the middle that it struggled to come back from. I am satisfied with the end of this and there are so many great quotable lines but in the end I wish it hadn’t lost the momentum it had in the beginning.

Pretty good

It was a pretty good story. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this. Read it, go!

Unlike anything I've read before

The author really put together a fabulous tale. Although the VFR angle was a little off the rails, somehow it worked. Narration was excellent.

believe the reviews, book is very preachy

I really struggled to get past the author trying to hand hold all of the ideas. mild spoilers.... the explanations of the vaccine, the literal dozens of times that referenced covid, politics, and feminism came across as very preachy. like if I as the listener needed all of the ideas dumbed down. really good concept however wish that the author would've done more showing and less telling.