Five Total Strangers

By: Natalie D. Richards

Narrated by: Devon Sorvari

Mira needs to get home for the holidays - badly. But when an incoming blizzard results in a canceled layover, it looks like she might get stuck at the Philadelphia airport indefinitely.

And then Harper, Mira's glamorous seatmate from her initial flight, comes to the rescue. Harper and her three friends are renting a car, and they can drop Mira off on the way home. But as their trip begins, Mira discovers her fellow travelers aren't friends like she thought - they're total strangers. And every one of them seems to be hiding something dangerous.

Soon, Mira is in a panic. The roads have gone from slippery to terrifying. People's belongings are mysteriously disappearing. Someone in the car is clearly lying...and Mira begins to suspect that one of them is sabotaging the trip. If she wants to make it home alive, she'll need to uncover the truth about these strangers before this nightmare drive turns fatal.

©2020 Natalie D. Richards (P)2020 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Would have stopped if it wasn't being read to me

The synopsis on the back really drew me in, and I had high hopes this would be a thrilling mystery. However, its largely a story of young adults making a series of bad decisions, trying to backtrack and fix those bad decisions but then giving up and moving on in another bad decision. It also has an anticlimactic ending.
The performance was good and there were some parts of the story near the end where I didn't want to stop listening, but if this wasn't being read to me I would have given up on it a few chapters in. So worth a credit if you have an extra.

Meh

Was just ok. Felt like a lot of build up for it to just come to an abrupt and quick ending.

mystery!

it was a sweet and creepy tale, I enjoyed the personal growth and simultaneous fearful tension

What a crazy ride!

What a crazy ride. I binged the book. It’s hard to believe most of the book spans one crazy car ride. I've got to hand it to the author for pulling that off well.

I thought the book was better than the narrator was. I think with a different narration I would've given it 3.5-4 stars. I didn't love the ending, but I'm not sure what I would've liked better, so...

I did guess who the antagonist was but only just before the reveal. and I missed a few clues and had a few queens so at the end. All in all I'm happy I purchased/listened to it.

Really good

Great story but wasn't crazy about the narrator her voices lacked depth or expression but overall five stars