Cackle

De: Rachel Harrison

Narrado por: Dylan Moore

Duración: 10 h y 15 m

Resumen del Editor

A darkly funny, frightening novel about a young woman learning how to take what she wants from a witch who may be too good to be true, from the author of The Return.

All her life, Annie has played it nice and safe. After being unceremoniously dumped by her longtime boyfriend, Annie seeks a fresh start. She accepts a teaching position that moves her from Manhattan to a small village upstate. She’s stunned by how perfect and picturesque the town is. The people are all friendly and warm. Her new apartment is dreamy too, minus the oddly persistent spider infestation.

Then Annie meets Sophie. Beautiful, charming, magnetic Sophie, who takes a special interest in Annie, who wants to be her friend. More importantly, she wants Annie to stop apologizing and start living for herself. That’s how Sophie lives. Annie can’t help but gravitate toward the self-possessed Sophie, wanting to spend more and more time with her, despite the fact that the rest of the townsfolk seem...a little afraid of her. And like, okay. There are some things. Sophie’s appearance is uncanny and ageless, her mansion in the middle of the woods feels a little unearthly, and she does seem to wield a certain power...but she couldn’t be...could she?

©2021 Rachel Harrison (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"This witty page-turner put its spell on me! Cackle is a charming and very contemporary story about self-realization — a gal-pal Addams Family, in the best way. Clever and massively enjoyable.” (Zoje Stage, USA Today and internationally best-selling author of Baby Teeth and Getaway)

“Reading Cackle was like stumbling upon a candy cottage in a dark wood: utterly surprising, deceptively delightful, and a little bit scary, too. I gobbled it up in a weekend, cackling all the while.” (Emily M. Danforth, author of Plain Bad Heroines and The Miseducation of Cameron Post)

“Cackle delivers a lesson that every woman needs to hear: embrace your inner witch! Sweet, sinister, and 100 percent delightful.” (Alma Katsu, author of The Hunger and The Deep)

fun

Fun read (listen)! Narrator was great, too! Definitely recommend. Refreshing compared to some of the cookie-cutter BS that is out now.

Wickedly good

I just wanted to listen to a fun, spooky-ish book for Halloween and thought I’d give this one a try. I really enjoyed it! It has a nice twist that I didn’t expect, and I liked the ending.

Cute story to read at Halloween.

I liked it.... wasn't sure how it was going to end. Made a good read for my Halloween bookclub night.

Amazing Book

100% would recommend, I love how it ends with such good feelings. Driving the message that you only need you to make yourself be happy

Don't be suspicious

Okay, I was totally suspicious throughout the book. When the "Ah ha! I knew it!" moment came in the book - I was wrong. I want a Sophie - we all need a Sophie in our lives. I do wish her character were a bit more fleshed out. I mean, yes - I get the idea, it's all mystery and snake and mirrors and such, but so much more could have been done with that perhaps in the sequel we will see a more complete Sophie. Otherwise - highly recommend, very lighthearted, not too mushy, not spooky, just right read.

Good

Annie the protagonist starts out really whiny but the as the story goes along she has a lot of growth and the ending was surprising but I’m happy with it.

Fun read, great reader

Fun, not really the murder mystery I was expecting based on other reviews. A bit easy to guess the story line from very early on, but rich with description so still fun

Did Not Disappoint…

‘Cackle’, was my second novel by Rachel Harrison, and it did not disappoint. I really enjoy how she writes such strong, independent, empowered women.
I’m going to start adding the rest of her work to my library.
Dylan Moore did an absolutely fantastic job with the narration. I could easily distinguish each of the characters from one another, and her voice in general was just pleasant to listen to.
5✨✨✨✨✨

not my personal favorite

the story is like a long winded short story. it has a core tale but feels like it is lacking substance.

Rachel Harrison is the best!

The story and characters were incredibly robust. The narration was probably my favorite yet.