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Dig

By: Dan Dillard
Narrated by: Mary Lake
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For seven generations, a member of the Gates family has been digging the same hole, drawn to the task by a force none of them can explain. What waits at the bottom of that hole could end the world. Loretta is the latest in the Gates bloodline, and having no children, she will be the last.

Rusty Clemmons is home for his twentieth high school reunion. He is rethinking life and trying not to dwell on the past. He notices changes in his hometown of Smithville...strange behaviors, the odd smell. Everything points back to the hole Loretta Gates is digging. As the evil boils to the surface, Rusty must decide if he should help...or if he should run.

©2014, 2024 Daniel P Dillard (P)2025 Daniel P Dillard Horror
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Honestly, I hadn't heard of 'Dig' or the author before I received a code from the audiobook narrator, but after following her on social media, I was super keen to listen to her work and jumped at the chance to read this book - and neither the book nor narration disappointed!

Chapter one sets the intrigue well and I was all-in after that. What I really loved, though, was the character development, the depiction of the cosy but creepy small town, and the seemingly benign high school reunion that brings the MC to town after so many years away. The pacing is on point, and everything unravelled alongside the darker events perfectly.

There is a trigger warning at the start of the book for themes surrounding death, SA, and suicide. Given that this a horror/thriller, these warnings weren't surprising (details are strong enough without being overly gory or graphic, but the ambience and darkness is definitely there and well done for the genre). However, I would add homophobic language to the TW. The slurs come from a relatively minor side character and are clearly not meant to glorify such backward comments, but they are jarring, nonetheless. 

The narrator switches voices brilliantly, giving each character individual tone and emotion. It was truly a pleasure listening to the book, and the hours flew by. 

I won't give spoilers, but the ending is satisfying and in keeping with the overall vibes of the apocalyptic-style themes of the book.

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