Night of the Mannequins

De: Stephen Graham Jones

Narrado por: Gary Tiedemann

Duración: 2 h y 58 m

Resumen del Editor

We thought we'd play a fun prank on her, and now most of us are dead.

One last laugh for the summer as it winds down. One last prank just to scare a friend. Bringing a mannequin into a theater is just some harmless fun, right? Until it wakes up. Until is starts killing.

Luckily, Sawyer has a plan. He'll be a hero. He'll save everyone to the best of his ability. He'll kill as many people as he needs to so he can save the day. That's the thing about heroes - sometimes you have to become a monster first.

©2020 Stephen Graham Jones (P)2021 Tantor

this story brings like a bad creepypasta

the narrator was nice but if you're looking for a scary story keep looking. there's lots of plot holes and for a while I kept thinking this must be a parody of some sort.

Wasn't as bad as reviewer was made out to be.

I found the beginning slow but the ending make it worth the listen and the trip

Strange yet Entertaining

Finally got around to listening to this story. The premise is quite compelling as it takes off running without too much exposition dumping. We can follow the story pretty well & learn basics of our quintet of main characters, but mostly about our narrator and confirmed psychopath, Sawyer Grimes. Sawyer is convinced the mannequin he and his friends used for one last prank has come to life and is after them all so Sawyer takes matters into his hands. Your tolerance for him will likely waiver since it’s clear he’s an unreliable narrator and the actual villain, but the author does his best to show Sawyer doesn’t want to hurt his friends, but his psychosis causes him to do the terrible deeds he does. The execution is quite strong, but it does a bit repetitive since Sawyer dispatches his victims in the same manner instead of much more gruesome and creative ways (I don’t mind no gore, but still)

It's not a bad story

The end feels sort of like the author gave up. The story builds to this really exciting 3rd act that never happens.

Reminds me of an 80’s movie.

This reminds me of an 80’s movie of a group of friends. I enjoyed it a lot.

Fertilizer Stealing Mannequin

I'm not sure what the heck actually happened... but I did enjoy it! A quick paced story that had me wonder wtf majority of the time. It was entertaining and the narrator killed it!

What the…What?

I’m still thinking about this one.
Little confused & almost disgusted. Ha. Usually I can dig a psychological killer thriller - but I’m not sure how to take this one.
Great idea tho . Just not quite there with the clarity I don’t think. I, myself used to have a dark sick mind “so to speak” in writing, but switched genres. I’m feeling like this was a little too senseless? If that makes sense.
Not sure. Gonna ponder this a bit further. Definitely a “thinker” book.

It's fine.

This is only my second Stephen Graham Jones book. I was ultimately let down. I love his writing. I love his style. THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS is a fantastic read! This one, though...it was fine. There's nothing inherently wrong with it...it just feels like a mediocre CREEPSHOW segment. Not much else to say about it, 3/5.

Interesting

Definitely was not expecting the story to turn out the way it did! Love SGJ. The narrator was really good and made the story more immersive

metal health issues not supernatural

just another book on a young kids delusional brain making him kill people. wish it would have really been a supernatural or alien or possession mannequin. teen hood is tough and losing friends are tough but killing them after hs makes no since