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Audiobook Review: Dead Of Night by William. R Todd

Author: William R Todd
Narrator: Ben Werling
Release Date: 
30th March 2018
Genre: Horror
Series: 
–
Length: 4 hours
Publisher: William Todd | 2018

Blurb
:
Dead of Night is a compilation of turn-of-the-century-era horror stories with a Victorian flair and traditional horror story plots with unexpected endings. If you like ghosts and ghouls and demons and werewolves, these stories are for you.

Review

★★★★+1/2

Dark Of Night by William Todd is a gripping and scary horror story that was narrated in a way that took the spook factor to an entirely new level.

I loved this book, more than many other horror books I’ve read (that have totally failed to spook me.) This book was everything the short blurb promised – dark and macabre. I love reading short stories (the main reason why I picked this one up) and, to my relief, in this book all the short stories were good, some very good and some plain good, but good nonetheless.

All the stories were well-written and maintained a good pace. They all had a good beginning with a really good hook, a good middle point and a nice ending – even if it was an open ending. I enjoyed reading all the stories and plan to read more (or listen to more audiobooks) by the author.

The narration was really good and I loved the deep and dark voice of narration that leant this book a constant eerie air. My only complaint is that in some stories (especially in the first one) the background music seemed a bit funny at times and I felt that the audiobook could really do well without it.

I’d recommend this book to all horror readers and to anyone who’s looking for a nice spooky read around Halloween.

this review is also posted on audible and Goodreads


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2 responses to “Audiobook Review: Dead Of Night by William. R Todd”

  1. Kristine Hall Avatar

    I enjoyed listening to this book, too. There were a couple of stories that really stood out. I agree about the music being odd on a couple. Thanks for a great review.

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