Will Williams

Disorder collection

By: Namwali Serpell

Narrated by: JD Jackson

Length: 42 mins

Publisher's summary

In a modern retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s William Wilson by the author of The Old Drift, a young black man’s paranoia escalates as he is followed, challenged, and terrorized by a doppelgänger bent on sabotaging his life.

Ever since high school, somebody’s been playing the echo game on Will Williams. A look-alike with the same tattoos and the same name has been following him. Starting by implicating Will in petty crimes, and escalating to offenses with serious prison terms, he’s undermined every attempt Will has made to get his life on track. Now, drifting from city to city, Will’s doing everything in his power to outrun his shadow.

Will Williams is part of Disorder, a collection of six short stories of living nightmares, chilling visions, and uncanny imagination that explore a world losing its balance in terrifying ways. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single disorienting sitting.

©2019 Namwali Serpell (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Good short story

A surprise from start to finish. Great narrator and interesting storyline with an unexpected outcome.

Keeper!

I was literally captivated! my mind was abducted with each word! JD Jackson drew me in with his narration.

Outstanding Narration …

This was another creepy, get-under-your-skin short story in the Amazon Disorder series. It’s a short story so there’s not much to tell without ruining the story or listening experience. But, I will say that I added this book to my GoodReads shelf ‘audible narration gold’ because the narrator captured the voice of this character so well…pitch perfect.

I will mention that the N- word was used gratuitously, but it was so much part of the delivery of the story that I didn’t find it to be offensive, rather an indicator of the subject’s environment and experience. It was such a casual performance that it just comes off as a simple autobiographical ghost story…but he’s not the author, his narration just makes us believe he is. Loved this book in the series!

Impossible to listen to

The narrator is TERRIBLE. Couldn’t even get past the first 10 minutes. It’s a shame, the story looked interesting

interesting

It was interesting, not much of a surprise where it was going but overall entertaining

A stand-out amongst the Disorder Collection

This performance is exceptional! I was very engaged in the story, though it was not as creepy as I expected (relative to the other stories in this collection).

Mind Blown

This was an amazing story. It felt like the rationale realization of a schizophrenic mind trying to explain his internal psychotic self struggle that was brilliantly written by Namwali Serpell.

The narration was masterfully spoken and articulated by JD. Jackson with so much depth and emotion, I can sense and feel the struggle Will Williams endured throughout his journey for understanding, clarity and peace. Highly recommended…it was a great experience to listen to.

Intriguing, Captivating read!

Intriguing, Captivating read! I am still trying figure it all out :). Are we talking about Bipolar Disorder or Multiple Personality Disorder, or some other mental disorder. A rollercoaster of emotions. Great storytelling! Thank you.

Will Williams

I did not listen very long
Full of foul language
It may have been a good story, the performance was fine.

Creepy, but fascinating.

Now this was a quick, GOOD READ!

He thinks that another is the cause of all of his troubles, but the reality is he’s the cause of his own problems. He’s managed to see himself as separate from the evil side of him that commits wrongdoing and attempts to place the blame on a doppelgänger.

A creepy, but fascinating read. I’ll have to check out more from this author as I was thoroughly impressed with her writing style.